The International Trade Commission initiated an investigation on alleged violations of Section 337 based on importation and sale of interactive fitness products, including stationary exercise bikes, treadmills, elliptical machines, and rowing machines (ITC Inv. No. 337-TA-1310). The complaint filed March 3 (see 2203080047), and supplemented March 21, accuses Free Motion Fitness, ICON Fitness Corp., IHF Holdings, iFIT and NordicTrack, of infringing on five patents owned by Peloton. Peloton is seeking a limited exclusion order and cease and desist orders. The ITC has assigned Chief Administrative Law Judge Clark Cheney to oversee the case.
The International Trade Commission will issue a limited exclusion order barring entry of certain in vitro fertilization products, components thereof, and products containing the same (ITC Inv. No. 337-TA-1196) that infringe EMD Serono’s asserted trademarks and that are imported by FastIVF and Hermes Ezcanesi. Respondents were importing gray market products that copied trademarks held by EMD Serono and also falsely advertised the origin of the products, the ITC found in its February determination of injury (see 2202160053). In addition to the limited exclusion order, the ITC will issue a cease and desist order to FastIVF, it said in an April 11 notice.
The Commerce Department published notices in the Federal Register April 11 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 began administrative reviews for certain firms subject to antidumping and countervailing duty orders with February anniversary dates, it said in a notice released April 11. Producers and exporters subject to any of these administrative reviews on China or Vietnam must submit their separate rate certifications or applications by May 12 in order to avoid being assigned high China-wide or Vietnam-wide rates.
The Commerce Department issued the final results of its countervailing duty administrative review on steel concrete reinforcing bar from Turkey (C-489-819). The agency calculated new CV duty cash deposit rates for three Turkish companies. It determined that 21 other companies subject to the review had no shipments during the review period, and rescinded the administrative review of those companies. These final results will be used to set final assessments of CV duties on importers for entries in calendar year 2019.
The Commerce Department on April 8 released the final results of the antidumping duty administrative review on oil country tubular goods from Vietnam (A-552-817). The agency said it made changes to its preliminary calculation, setting an AD rate of 1.49% for the only company under review, SeAH Steel VINA Corporation. Commerce will direct CBP to assess AD duties at importer-specific rates for subject goods from SeAH entered Sept. 1, 2019, through Aug. 31, 2020. The new 1.49% cash deposit rate for SeAH takes effect April 11, the date these final results are scheduled to be published in the Federal Register.
The Commerce Department on April 8 released a correction to the published final results of its countervailing duty administrative review on carbon and alloy steel cut-to-length plate from South Korea (C-580-888) entered Jan. 1, 2019, through Dec. 31, 2019. Commerce said the Feb. 7 final results published in the Federal Register "inadvertently contained an incorrect rate for all other producers/exporters." The correct all-others rate is 3.72%, rather than the 4.31% rate appearing in the notice. This doesn't change any of the duties calculated in the review or the effective date of the original notice. (See 2202070040 for the original final results of the CVD administrative review.)
The Commerce Department published notices in the Federal Register April 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 on April 8 released the final results of the antidumping duty administrative review on wooden bedroom furniture from China (A-570-890). Commerce continued to find that the only company remaining under review -- sole mandatory respondent Hui Zhou Tian Mei Investment Co., Ltd. (aka Hui Zhou Tian Mei Furniture Co., Ltd.) (Tian Mei) -- is not eligible for a separate rate and is part of the China-wide entity, with an AD duty rate of 216.01%. The new 216.01% AD duty cash deposit rate for Hui Zhou Mei takes effect April 11, the date the final results are to be published in the Federal Register. Commerce will direct CBP to assess AD duties on importers at that 216.01% rate for entries in calendar year 2020.
The International Trade Commission published notices in the April 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):