The Commerce Department announced the opportunity to request administrative reviews by Jan. 31 for producers and exporters subject to 22 antidumping duty orders, 15 countervailing duty orders and one suspension agreement with anniversary dates in January.
The Commerce Department and the International Trade Commission began five-year sunset reviews of the antidumping duty orders on large residential washers from China (A-570-033), glycine from China (A-570-836), wooden bedroom furniture from China (A-570-890), and polyester staple fiber from South Korea (A-580-839) and Taiwan (A-583-833), Commerce said in a notice released Dec. 30.
The Commerce Department issued the final results of the antidumping duty administrative review on frozen warmwater shrimp from Thailand (A-549-822). These final results will be used to set final assessments of AD duties on importers for subject merchandise entered Feb. 1, 2019, through Jan. 31, 2020.
The Commerce Department issued the final results of its countervailing duty administrative review on cut-to-length carbon-quality steel plate from South Korea (C-580-837). The agency calculated new CV duty cash deposit rates for four South Korean 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 issued the final results of the antidumping duty administrative review on cold-drawn mechanical tubing of carbon and alloy steel from Italy (A-475-838). Commerce set an AD rate of zero percent for the only company under review, Dalmine S.p.A. Subject merchandise from Dalmine entered June 1, 2019, through May 31, 2020, will be liquidated without regard to antidumping duties. The new zero percent AD duty cash deposit rate for Dalmine takes effect Jan. 3, 2022, the scheduled date of publication for these final results in the Federal Register.
The Commerce Department published notices in the Federal Register Dec. 29 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):
OPEX seeks a ban on imports of automated put walls and automated storage and retrieval systems from HC Robotics and Invata that allegedly infringe its patents, it told the International Trade Commission in a Section 337 complaint filed Dec. 22. OPEX says products from the two companies copy technologies used in its Sure Sort and Perfect Pick systems. The products are scalable robotic sorting and picking systems that allow quick and accurate processing of hundreds or thousands of items in storage and order fulfillment contexts such as warehouses. OPEX seeks a limited exclusion order and cease and desist orders against HC Robotics and Invata. Comments are due to the ITC Jan. 5, 2022.
Bioverativ and Genzyme filed a Section 337 complaint Dec. 20 seeking a ban on imports of monomer-dimer hybrid immunoconjugates from Spectrum Pharmaceuticals and Hanmi Pharmaceutical. The two Sanofi subsidiaries told the ITC that Spectrum and Hanmi seek FDA approval for Rolontis (eflapegrastim), which infringes patents related to their Aprolix and Eloctate biologics. They seek a limited exclusion order and cease and desist orders against Spectrum and Hanmi. Comments are due to the ITC by Jan. 5.
The International Trade Commission published notices in the Dec. 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 Commerce Department published notices in the Federal Register Dec. 28 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):