The Commerce Department published notices in the Federal Register Jan. 4 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 International Trade Commission published notices in the Jan. 3 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. 3 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 preliminary results of its antidumping duty administrative review on welded line pipe from Turkey (A-489-822). The agency preliminarily said the only company remaining under review, Cimtas Boru Imalatlari ve Ticaret, Ltd. Sti., had no exports of subject merchandise to the U.S. during the period under review. If Commerce's “no shipments” finding for Cimtas is continued in the final results, subject merchandise from the company will continue to enter at AD rates set in the most recent previous review, and any entries filed with Cimtas' case number entered Dec. 1, 2019, through Nov. 30, 2020, will be liquidated at the all-others rate. Commerce will make its final decision when it issues the final results of this review, currently due in May.
The Commerce Department is recognizing a Chinese company’s name change for the purposes of antidumping duties on steel propane cylinders from China (A-570-086). The agency upheld its preliminary finding that Yi Jun Hong Kong Ltd. (Yi Jun) is the successor-in-interest to Hong Kong GSBF Co. Ltd. (GSBF) (see 2111180055), in the final results of a changed circumstances review released Jan. 3. The agency found that Yi Jun continues to operate as the same business entity other than the change in name, therefore Yi Jun will inherit the AD duty rate assigned to GSBF, currently 43.65%.
The Commerce Department on Jan. 3 released the preliminary results of its antidumping duty administrative review on 1,1,1,2-tetrafluoroethane (R-134a) from China (A-570-044). The agency assigned the only exporter under review, Puremann, Inc., to the China-wide entity, with a rate of 167.02%, after the company failed to submit an application for a separate rate. Any changes to cash deposit rates for Puremann would take effect on the publication date of the final results of this review. If this rate is confirmed in the final results, Commerce would assess AD duties at the 167.02% China-wide rate for subject merchandise from Puremann entered April 1, 2020, through March 31, 2021.
Brita recently filed a Section 337 complaint alleging imports of high-performance gravity-fed water filters from several companies infringe its patents. Brita says EcoLife, Ecopure, Kaz, Helen of Troy, Zero Technologies, Culligan, Vestergaard Frandsen, Mavea and Brita GmbH water filters under the Aqua Crest, Pur, ZeroWater, LifeStraw and Kirkland Signature brands copy technologies used in its LongLast line of water filters. Brita seeks a limited exclusion order and cease and desist orders against those companies. Comments are due to the ITC by Jan. 7.
The International Trade Commission published notices in the Dec. 30 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 launching a formal enforcement proceeding to determine whether Panduit is in violation of a general exclusion order and cease and desist order issued Aug. 3 in a Section 337 investigation on high-density fiber optic equipment (ITC Inv. No. 337-TA-1194), it said in a notice released Dec. 30. In a complaint filed in November, Corning Optical Communications LLC said Panduit continues to import and sell merchandise that infringes its patents. The general exclusion order and cease and desist orders bar Panduit and other companies from importing or selling high-density fiber optic equipment that copies Corning's patented EDGE products, which permit a greater density of fiber-optic connections in an industry-standard rack space than any prior equipment. The ITC may seek penalties if it finds violations of the general exclusion and cease and desist orders.
The Commerce Department is giving advance notice that in automatic five-year sunset reviews scheduled to begin in February it will consider revoking 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). 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 released Dec. 30.