The International Trade Commission has voted to terminate antidumping and countervailing duties on hot-rolled steel flat products from Brazil, finding in a sunset review that revocation of the AD/CVD orders would not result in resumption of injury to domestic industry, the ITC said in an Oct. 21 news release. As a result of the ITC's determination, the Commerce Department will revoke the AD/CVD orders on hot-rolled steel flat products from Brazil effective for entries on or after the date five years after the date the AD/CVD orders were issued, i.e., around Oct. 23, 2021. The AD/CVD orders on cold-rolled steel from Australia, Japan, South Korea, the Netherlands, Russia, Turkey, and the U.K. will remain in place.
The International Trade Commission published notices in the Oct. 20 Federal Register on the following AD/CV 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 began a formal Section 337 investigation on imported smart TVs, a Federal Register notice released Oct. 20 said (ITC Inv. No. 337-TA-1338).
The International Trade Commission began a formal Section 337 Investigation on imported hazelnuts, according to a Federal Register notice released Oct. 20. The initiation of the investigation (ITC Inv. No. 337-TA-1337) follows a complaint (supplemented three times) to the ITC by Pratum Farm in Salem, Oregon, on Sept. 14 (see 2209200020). The complaint alleged that five Turkish hazelnut producers -- Arslanturk, Balsu, Farmeks, Nimeks and Progida -- have falsely advertised imported hazelnuts from Turkey as "certified organic," which Pratum Farm disputes. The farm has asked the ITC for a permanent limited exclusion order barring falsely advertised hazelnuts from the respondents, along with cease and desist orders.
The Commerce Department is beginning new antidumping duty investigations on freight rail couplers from China and Mexico, as well as a new countervailing duty investigation on freight rail couplers from China, it said in a fact sheet Oct. 19. The underlying petition was filed Sept. 28 (see 2209300052). The International Trade Commission is scheduled to make its preliminary injury determinations by Nov. 14. These AD/CV duty investigations will only continue if the ITC finds injury. The request for AD/CV duties on China follows the termination of AD/CVD investigations in July after the ITC found no injury in those investigations, despite Commerce having found dumping and illegal subsidization. International Trade Today will provide more details upon publication of the initiation notices in the Federal Register.
The Commerce Department is amending its previously amended final results of a countervailing duty administrative review on softwood lumber products from Canada (C-122-858) to correct a ministerial error in listing the duty rate for companies not individually selected for examination. The final results of that review covered calendar year 2020.
The International Trade Commission published notices in the Oct. 19 Federal Register on the following AD/CV injury, Section 337 patent or other trade proceedings (any notices that warrant a more detailed summary will be in another ITT article):
Public interest comments regarding a possible Section 337 investigation on imported electronics are due to the International Trade Commission by Oct. 28, it said in a notice to be published in the Oct. 20 Federal Register (ITC Docket No. 3649).
The International Trade Commission published notices in the Oct. 18 Federal Register on the following AD/CV 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 began a Section 337 investigation on imported raised garden beds, it said in a notice to be published in the Oct. 19 Federal Register (ITC Inv. No. 337-TA-1334).