Solar cells and modules manufactured in Turkey by HT Solar are not subject to antidumping and countervailing duties on crystalline silicon photovoltaic products from China (A-570-010/C-570-011), the Commerce Department said in a recent scope ruling, The scope of the solar products orders covers only solar modules and panels assembled in China using cells from third countries, Commerce said. As the solar cells and modules from HT Solar are manufactured in Turkey, the China solar products orders do not apply, even though some of the raw materials in the cells, including wafers, are sourced from China, the agency said.
The Commerce Department published notices in the Federal Register July 8 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 published the preliminary results of its antidumping duty administrative review on tapered roller bearings from China (A-570-601). In the final results of this review, Commerce will set assessment rates for subject merchandise from the 11 companies under review entered June 1, 2020, through May 31, 2021.
The Commerce Department on July 8 issued the final results of the antidumping duty administrative review on circular welded carbon-quality steel pipe from the United Arab Emirates (A-520-807). These final results will be used to set final assessments of AD duties on importers for subject merchandise entered Dec. 1, 2019, through Nov. 30, 2020.
The Commerce Department is reopening its original countervailing duty investigation on ripe olives from Spain (C-469-818) to implement a ruling of the World Trade Organization. The agency will reconsider rates it set in a final determination issued in 2018 as part of the CV duty investigation (see 1807310076). As Section 129 proceedings aren't retroactive, assessments of CV duties for such entries won't be affected. Current cash deposit rates would be affected only if no new CV duty rates have been set for the relevant company in more recent proceedings, or if the Section 129 determination results in termination of the CV duty order.
The International Trade Commission published notices in the July 7 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 is soliciting comments on any public interest issues raised by VideoLabs in a July 1 patent complaint on imported video processing devices. The company alleges Acer, Asus, Lenovo, Micro-Star, Motorola Mobility and MSI are importing computers, smartphones, virtual reality devices and other products capable of encoding and/or decoding video data that infringe on four patents it owns. VideoLabs asked the ITC to issue permanent limited exclusion orders as well as cease and desist orders. Public comments are due by July 18.
The Commerce Department published notices in the Federal Register July 7 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 July 7 released the preliminary results of its antidumping duty administrative review on glycine from Japan (A-588-878). In the final results of this review, Commerce will set assessment rates for subject merchandise from the one company remaining under review entered June 2020 through May 2021.
The Commerce Department July 7 released preliminary results of its antidumping duty administrative review on cold-drawn mechanical tubing of carbon and alloy steel from Italy (A-475-838). The agency preliminarily calculated a zero percent AD rate for Dalmine S.p.A. If the agency's finding is continued in the final results, importers of subject merchandise from Dalmine entered June 1, 2020, through May 31, 2021, will not be assessed AD duties, and future entries from Dalmine will not be subject to an AD cash deposit requirement until further notice. Any changes to rates for Dalmine would take effect on the date of Federal Register publication of the final results of this review.