The Commerce Department issued the final results of the antidumping duty administrative review on passenger vehicle and light truck tires from China (A-570-016). These final results will be used to set final assessments of AD duties on importers for subject merchandise entered Aug. 1, 2019, through July 31, 2020.
The Commerce Department is amending the final results of the antidumping duty administrative review on large diameter welded pipe from Canada (A-122-863) it issued Feb. 4, to correct an error it said it made in calculating the rate for Evraz. These amended final results will be used to set final assessments of AD duties on importers for subject merchandise entered Aug. 27, 2018, through April 30, 2020. The new rates are applicable as of March 11.
The International Trade Commission published notices in the March 9 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):
Australian Mud Company and Reflex USA filed a Section 337 complaint with the International Trade Commission over the importation of core orientation systems by Boart Longyear, Globaltech, Granite Construction and International Directional Services. The complaint, filed March 1, alleges the respondents are importing core orientation systems, used in earth drilling services, that infringe on a patent held by AMC, in violation of Section 337 protections. The complainants asked the ITC for a limited exclusion order and cease and desist orders. The ITC is seeking comments on public interest issues raised by the complaint in addition to explanations of how the potential remedies would affect U.S. consumers. Written submissions are due by March 16.
The Commerce Department published notices in the Federal Register March 9 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 issued the final results of the antidumping duty administrative review on crystalline silicon photovoltaic products from Taiwan (A-583-853). These final results will be used to set final assessments of AD duties on importers of subject merchandise entered Feb. 1, 2020, through Jan. 31, 2021.
The Commerce Department released the final results of the antidumping duty administrative review on carbon and certain alloy steel wire rod from Mexico (A-201-830). These final results will be used to set final assessments of AD duties on importers for subject merchandise from companies under review entered Oct. 1, 2019, through Sept. 30, 2020.
The Commerce Department issued the final results of the antidumping duty administrative review on finished carbon steel flanges from India (A-533-871). Commerce found 41 companies under review did not undersell subject merchandise during the period of review, assigning each of them a zero percent AD duty rate. Subject merchandise from these 41 companies entered Aug. 1, 2019, through July 31, 2020, will be liquidated without any assessment of AD duties, and future entries of subject merchandise from the 41 companies will not be subject to AD duty cash deposit requirements until further notice. Changes to cash deposit rates from these final results take effect March 10, the date these final results are scheduled to be published in the Federal Register.
The Commerce Department issued 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 only company under review, Comfort Coil Technology Sdn. Bhd., had no exports of subject merchandise to the U.S. during the period under review. As such, subject merchandise from the company will continue to enter at AD rates set in the most recent previous review, and any entries filed with Comfort Coil's case number entered Feb. 1, 2020, through Jan. 31, 2021, will be liquidated at the China-wide rate.
The Commerce Department gave itself more time to consider whether to begin an anti-circumvention inquiry on solar cells from Malaysia, Thailand and Vietnam, in a March 9 memo. The petition alleges that Chinese solar panel manufacturers have shifted manufacturing to Malaysia, Thailand and Vietnam to circumvent the antidumping duty and countervailing duty orders on solar cells and modules from China (see 2202090060).