The Commerce Department published notices in the Federal Register Sept. 1 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 has published the preliminary results of its antidumping duty administrative review on prestressed concrete steel wire strand from Turkey (A-489-842). In the final results of this review, Commerce will set an assessment rate for subject merchandise for the single company under review entered Sept. 30, 2020, through Jan. 31, 2022.
The Commerce Department released the preliminary results of its antidumping duty administrative review on utility scale wind towers from South Korea (A-580-902), calculating a 2.58% AD rate for Dongkuk S&C Co., Ltd. If the agency's finding is continued in the final results, importers of subject merchandise from Dongkuk entered between Feb. 14, 2020, and July 31, 2021, will be assessed AD duties at that rate.
The Commerce Department has published the preliminary results of its antidumping duty administrative review on heavy walled rectangular welded carbon steel pipes and tubes from South Korea (A-580-880).
The Commerce Department issued the final results of its countervailing duty administrative review on cut-to-length carbon-quality steel plate from South Korea (C-580-837). The agency calculated new CV duty cash deposit rates of zero percent for two South Korean companies, a change from the preliminary results that had one of the companies above de minimis. These final results will be used to set final assessments of CV duties on importers for entries in calendar year 2020.
The International Trade Commission began a Section 337 investigation on imported solar power optimizers (ITC Inv. No. 337-TA-1327), it said in a notice. The investigation follows a July 28 complaint by Ampt, a Colorado-based photovoltaic power company (see 2208030024). The complaint, supplemented Aug. 4, 11 and 15, alleged that SolarEdge Technologies imports solar panels that incorporate power optimizer technology infringing on two of Ampt's patents. Ampt asked the commission to issue limited exclusion orders directed to the proposed respondents and their subsidiaries, barring products using the patents from entry into the U.S., as well as permanent cease and desist orders.
The International Trade Commission has determined it will issue a limited exclusion order against defaulting respondents and terminated the investigation in a Section 337 case concerning imported portable battery jump starters (ITC Inv. No. 337-TA-1256), it said in a notice.
The Commerce Department issued the final results of the antidumping duty administrative review on steel nails from China (A-570-909). These final results will be used to set final assessments of AD duties on importers for subject merchandise entered Aug. 1, 2020, through July 31, 2021.
The Commerce Department issued the preliminary results of its antidumping duty administrative review on hydrofluorocarbon blends from China (A-570-028). The agency said the companies for which a review was requested but which did not respond to the request also did not demonstrate independence from Chinese government control, and they preliminarily were assigned to the China-wide entity with an AD rate of 216.37%. See the notice for the list of these companies.
The International Trade Commission published notices in the Aug. 31 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):