Imports of dual-piston engines with a single combustion chamber are circumventing antidumping and countervailing duties on vertical shaft engines between 99cc and up to 225cc from China (A-570-124/C-570-125), the Commerce Department said in the final determination of an anti-circumvention inquiry released Feb. 27.
The International Trade Commission published notices in the Feb. 24 Federal Register on the following AD/CVD injury, Section 337 patent or other trade proceedings (any notices that warrant a more detailed summary will be in another ITT article):
The International Trade Commission has begun a Section 337 investigation on imported folding truck bed covers, it said in a notice released Feb. 24 (ITC Inv. No. 337-TA-1353). The initiation followed a Jan. 19 complaint by Extang Corp., Laurmark Enterprises (doing business as BAK Industries) and UnderCover, which asked the ITC for a limited exclusion order and cease and desist orders against 21 named respondents (see 2301240006). The complaint alleged 21 companies are importing folding truck bed covers that infringe seven patents held by the complainants relating to latching systems, hinge systems, fluid routing, extension plates and other features.
The Commerce Department published notices in the Federal Register Feb. 24 on the following AD/CV duty proceedings (any notices that announce changes to AD/CV duty rates, scope, affected firms or effective dates will be detailed in another ITT article):
The Commerce Department is issuing antidumping and countervailing duty orders on sodium nitrite from India (A-533-906/C-533-907). The orders, scheduled for publication in the Federal Register Feb. 27, set permanent antidumping and countervailing duties, which will remain in place unless revoked by Commerce in a sunset or changed circumstances review. Commerce will now begin conducting annual administrative reviews, if requested, to determine final assessments of AD/CVD on importers and make changes to cash deposit rates.
The International Trade Commission published notices in the Feb. 23 Federal Register on the following AD/CVD injury, Section 337 patent or other trade proceedings (any notices that warrant a more detailed summary will be in another ITT article):
The Commerce Department is amending the final results of an antidumping duty administrative review on heavy walled rectangular welded carbon steel pipes and tubes from South Korea (A-580-880) to align dumping margins assigned to HiSteel Co., Ltd. and Kukje Steel Co., Ltd. with the final decision in a court case challenging those final results. In the final results of the AD review (see 2007090021), covering the period Sept. 1, 2017, through Aug. 31, 2018, Commerce assigned HiSteel a 26.2% dumping margin and Kukje, 35.11%. Based on the judgment in the Nov. 23, 2022, court decision, Commerce calculated revised weighted-average dumping margins for HiSteel and Kukje of 9.90% and 1.91%, respectively, applicable Dec. 3, 2022.
The Commerce Department has released the final results of the antidumping duty administrative review on stainless steel butt-weld pipe fittings from the Philippines (A-565-801). The agency continued its preliminary finding that the three companies under review -- E N Corp.; Enlin Steel Corp.; and Vinox Corp. (aka Vinoc) -- had no exports of subject merchandise to the U.S. during the period under review. As such, Commerce made no changes to cash deposit rates already in effect for the companies. Subject merchandise from E N, Enlin and Vinox will continue to enter at AD rates set in the most recent previous review, and any entries filed with their case numbers entered Feb. 1, 2021, through Jan. 31, 2022, will be liquidated at the all-others rate, currently 33.81%.
The Commerce Department has released the final results of the antidumping duty administrative review on frozen warmwater shrimp from China (A-570-893). These final results will be used to set final assessments of AD duties on importers for subject merchandise entered Feb. 1, 2021, through Jan. 31, 2022.
The International Trade Commission published notices in the Feb. 22 Federal Register on the following AD/CVD injury, Section 337 patent or other trade proceedings (any notices that warrant a more detailed summary will be in another ITT article):