The Commerce Department is beginning an anti-circumvention inquiry to determine whether all imports of stainless steel round wire from Vietnam made using South Korean stainless steel wire rod are circumventing antidumping duties on stainless steel wire rod from South Korea (A-580-829), it said in a notice released Jan. 31.
The Commerce Department issued the final results of its countervailing duty administrative review on heavy-walled rectangular welded pipes and tubes from Turkey (C-489-825). Commerce found the only company under review, Ozdemir Boru Profil San. Ve Tic. Ltd. Sti, received de minimis illegal subsidies during the period of review, assigning it a zero percent CV duty rate. Subject merchandise from Ozdemir entered Jan. 1, 2019, through Dec. 31, 2019, will be liquidated without any assessment of CV duties, and future entries of subject merchandise from Ozdemir will not be subject to CV duty cash deposit requirements until further notice. Changes to cash deposit rates from these final results take effect Feb. 1, the date these final results are set for publication in the Federal Register.
The Commerce Department issued the final results of its countervailing duty administrative review on polyethylene film, sheet and strip (PET film) from India (C-533-825). Based on comments received, the agency said, it revised the CVD rates published in the preliminary results for all companies. Commerce will set final assessments of CV duties on importers for subject merchandise from four companies entered Jan. 1, 2019, through Dec. 31, 2019. The new CV duty cash deposit rates take effect for entries from these companies on or after Feb. 1, the date these final results are to be published in the Federal Register.
The Commerce Department issued the final results of the antidumping duty administrative review on polyethylene terephthalate film from India (A-533-824). Commerce continued its preliminary finding that Jindal Poly Films Ltd. and SRF Limited of India did not undersell subject merchandise during the period of review, assigning each company a zero percent AD duty rate. Subject merchandise from Jindal and SRF entered July 1, 2019, through June 30, 2020, will be liquidated without any assessment of AD duties, and future entries of subject merchandise exported by Jindal and SRF will not be subject to AD duty cash deposit requirements until further notice. The new AD duty cash deposit rate takes effect Feb. 1, when the final results are set to be published in the Federal Register.
The International Trade Commission published notices in the Jan. 28 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 officially opened an investigation into alleged infringement of patents held by Future Link Systems of integrated circuit products, including processors, mobile phones, tablets, personal computers, and smart home devices (ITC Inv. No. 337-TA-1295). In the underlying complaint, filed Dec. 29 (see 2201050021), FutureLink said more than a dozen major tech firms including Apple, Google, Qualcomm, HP, Motorola, Acer and Dell violated Section 337 by improperly importing integrated circuit products into the U.S. that infringe on two of Future Link's patents. The ITC will consider a limited exclusion order and cease and desist orders against the following respondents to is investigation:
The International Trade Commission officially opened an investigation into alleged infringement of a patent held by Brita of high-performance water filters. The investigation (ITC Inv. No. 337-TA-1294) follows Brita's complaint filed with the ITC on Dec. 27 (see 2201030032). The complaint alleges that nine entities in the U.S., China and Germany have violated Section 337 by importing high-performance water filters into the U.S. that infringe one of Brita's patents. The ITC will consider whether to issue a limited exclusion order and cease and desist orders against the following respondents to the investigation:
The International Trade Commission officially opened an investigation into alleged misappropriation of trade secrets relating to the manufacture of the antirheumatic drug Adalimumab. The investigation (ITC Inv. No. 337-TA-1296) is based on a complaint filed by AbbVie Dec. 17 (see 2112230048), alleging that Alvotech, Teva Pharmaceutical Industries and Ivers-Lee engaged in "a scheme to improperly recruit employees with knowledge of AbbVie's manufacturing process for Adalimumab," in an attempt to market a biosimilar called AVT02. AbbVie asked the ITC to issue a limited exclusion order and cease and desist orders banning importation and sale of covered goods by Alvotech, Teva and Ivers-Lee and their affiliates.
The Commerce Department issued the final results of the antidumping duty administrative review on diffusion-annealed, nickel-plated flat-rolled steel products from Japan (A-588-869). Commerce set an AD rate of 7.49% for Toyo Kohan Co., Ltd., slightly higher than the 7.21% rate set in the preliminary results. Commerce will assess AD duties on importers at import-specific rates for subject merchandise from Toyo Kohan entered May 1, 2019, through April 30, 2020, it said. The new AD duty cash deposit rate for Toyo Kohan takes effect Jan. 31, the scheduled publication date of these final results in the Federal Register.
The Commerce Department on Jan. 21 issued a final scope ruling continuing to find "veneered panels" with only two layers of veneer are subject to antidumping and countervailing duties on hardwood plywood from China (A-570-051/C-570-052), and that their processing in Vietnam into plywood by adding face and back veneers does not substantially transform the panels into a product of Vietnam.