The Commerce Department has released the final results of its countervailing duty administrative review on corrosion resistant steel from South Korea (C-580-879). These final results will be used to set final assessments of CV duties on importers for subject merchandise entered Jan. 1, 2020, through Dec. 31, 2020.
The Commerce Department has issued the final results of its countervailing duty administrative review on collated steel staples from China (C-570-113). The agency calculated new CV duty cash deposit rates for the Chinese producers and exporters listed below. These final results will be used to set final assessments of CV duties on importers for entries Nov. 12, 2019, through Dec. 31, 2020.
The International Trade Commission published notices in the Feb. 3 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 is seeking public interest comments in a Section 337 investigation concerning a possible limited exclusion order on imported replacement vehicle lamps (ITC Inv. No. 337-TA-1292), according to a notice in the Federal Register released Feb. 3.
The Commerce Department published notices in the Federal Register Feb. 3 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 on Feb. 3 published its quarterly list of (i) completed antidumping and countervailing duty scope rulings and (ii) anti-circumvention determinations. The following list covers completed scope rulings for the period Oct. 1, 2022, through Dec. 31, 2022:
The Commerce Department released the preliminary results of its antidumping duty administrative review on forged steel fluid end blocks from Italy (A-475-840). The agency preliminarily an AD duty rate of 2.21% for the only company remaining under review, Lucchini Mame Forge S.p.A. Any changes to cash deposit rates for Lucchini would take effect on the publication date of the final results of this review, currently due in June. If this rate is confirmed in the final results, Commerce would assess AD duties at importer-specific rates for subject merchandise from Lucchini entered July 23, 2020, through Dec. 31, 2021.
The Commerce Department has released the final results of the antidumping duty administrative review on uncovered innerspring units from China (A-570-928). The agency upheld its preliminary finding that the two companies under review, Bomei Tex Ltd. and Saffron Living Co., Ltd., did not cooperate in the review, and assigned both companies to the China-wide entity, with an AD rate of 234.51%. Importers of subject merchandise from Bomei and Saffron Living entered between Feb. 1, 2021, and Jan. 31, 2022, will be assessed AD duties at that 234.51% rate. New cash deposit rates of 234.51% will take effect for Bomei and Saffron when these final results are published in the Federal Register, currently scheduled for Feb. 6.
The Commerce Department finalized its determination that amorphous silica fabric from China with a silica content of 70%-90% is circumventing antidumping and countervailing duties. The agency continued to find the 70%-90% silica content amorphous silica fabric has undergone only minor modifications from goods subject to AD/CVD, and should be covered by the AD/CVD orders on amorphous silica fabric from China (A-570-038/C-570-039).
The International Trade Commission has initiated a formal Section 337 investigation on imported active matrix organic LED display panels for mobile devices, according to a notice in the Federal Register (ITC Inv. No. 337-TA-1351). Samsung has asked for a general exclusion order, arguing that it would prevent circumvention of a limited order and because "a pattern of violations" makes it difficult to identify the sources of the infringing products.