The Commerce Department is giving advance notice that in automatic five-year sunset reviews scheduled to begin in March it will consider revoking the antidumping duty and countervailing duty orders on aluminum extrusions from China (A-570-967/C-570-968) and stainless sheet and strip from China (A-570-042/C-570-043), as well as the antidumping duty orders pure magnesium from China (A-570-832), R-134 from China (A-570-044) and phosphorous copper from South Korea (A-580-085). These orders will be revoked unless Commerce finds that revocation would lead to dumping and the International Trade Commission finds that revocation would result in injury to U.S. industry, Commerce said in a notice published Feb. 1.
The Commerce Department announced that it inadvertently omitted a company from a list of exporters/producers in announcing in October 2021 the final results of the antidumping duty administrative review on certain crystalline silicon photovoltaic cells, whether or not assembled into modules, from China (A-570-979), for the Dec. 1, 2018, through Nov. 30, 2019, review period. Commerce said Wuxi Suntech Power Co., Ltd/Luoyang Suntech Power Co., Ltd. should have been on the list of the companies with no shipments of subject merchandise to the U.S. during the period of review. The notice set to be published Feb. 2 in the Federal Register is to clarify that Wuxi Suntech Power Co., Ltd/Luoyang Suntech Power Co., Ltd. had no shipments during the review period, and therefore is now included in the list of companies with no shipments, bringing that list to a total of four companies.
The Commerce Department issued the final results of the antidumping duty administrative review on carbon and alloy steel wire rod from South Korea (A-580-891). Commerce calculated an AD rate of 7.46% for POSCO, the only company under review. Commerce will assess AD duties at importer-specific rates for subject merchandise from POSCO entered May 1, 2019, through April 30, 2020, it said. The new 7.46% AD duty cash deposit rate for POSCO is in effect Feb. 2, the date that these final results are scheduled for publication in the Federal Register.
The Commerce Department issued the final results of its countervailing duty administrative review on large diameter welded pipe from South Korea (C-580-898). These final results will be used to set final assessments of CV duties on importers for subject merchandise entered June 29, 2018, through Dec. 31, 2019.
The Commerce Department issued the final results of the antidumping duty administrative review on steel nails from Malaysia (A-557-816). These final results will be used to set final assessments of AD duties on importers for subject merchandise entered July 1, 2019, through June 30, 2020. No AD duties will be assessed on the three companies assigned zero percent AD duty rates.
The Commerce Department made preliminary affirmative antidumping determinations that urea ammonium nitrate solutions from Russia (A-821-831) and Trinidad and Tobago (A-274-808) are being sold at less than fair value. The agency will impose AD duty cash requirements on entries of subject merchandise beginning on Feb. 2, the publication date of these preliminary determinations in the Federal Register.
The Commerce Department made preliminary affirmative antidumping duty determinations that imports of acrylonitrile-butadiene rubber from France (A-827-832), Mexico (A-201-855) and South Korea (A-580-912) are being sold in the U.S. at less than fair value. The agency will impose AD duty cash requirements retroactively on entries of subject merchandise from all French companies except Arlanxeo, and all South Korean companies except Kumho, beginning Nov. 4, 2021. For Arlanxeo, Kumho and all Mexican exporters, suspension of liquidation and cash deposit requirements take effect Feb. 2, 2022.
The International Trade Commission published notices in the Jan. 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):
The Commerce Department published notices in the Federal Register Jan. 31 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 and the International Trade Commission began five-year sunset reviews of the antidumping and countervailing duty orders on ammonium sulfate from China (A-570-049/C-570-050), amorphous silica fabric from China (A-570-038/C-570-039), biaxial integral geogrid products from China (A-570-036/C-570-037) and off-the-road tires from India (A-533-869/C-533-870), as well as the antidumping duty order on artist canvas from China (A-570-899), Commerce said in a notice released Jan. 31.