The International Trade Commission published notices in the Nov. 17 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 Nov. 17 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 on Nov. 17 released the final results of the antidumping duty administrative review on cased pencils from China (A-570-827). Commerce said it continued to find that Tianjin Tonghe Stationery Co., Ltd. and Ningbo Homey Union Co., Ltd., did not demonstrate independence from state control, assigning them to the China-wide AD duty rate of 114.9%. Commerce will assess AD duties at this rate on subject merchandise from Tianjin Tonghe and Ningbo Homey entered Dec. 1, 2019, through Nov. 30, 2020. A 114.9% AD duty cash deposit rate for Tianjin Tonghe and Ningbo Homey takes effect for each company on Nov. 18.
The Commerce Department published notices in the Federal Register Nov. 16 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 is issuing a limited exclusion order banning imports of electronic devices from Roku that it has determined infringe patents held by Universal Electronics, it said in a notice (ITC Inv. No. 337-TA-1200). The order concludes a Section 337 investigation that began in May 2020 (see 2005200016), with Roku left as the only remaining respondent after the ITC narrowed the scope of the investigation. Universal had originally said streaming players, televisions, set-top boxes and remote controllers imported four companies and their affiliates infringed its patented QuickSet technology, which automates the configuration and control of remote controls and home entertainment devices by capturing control codes from remote controls or written specifications. The ITC also issued a cease and desist order against Roku, and set bond at zero percent for entries of covered products imported during the 60-day period the administration has to review the exclusion order.
The Commerce Department issued the final results of the antidumping duty administrative review on drawn stainless steel sinks from China (A-570-983). These final results will be used to set final assessments of AD duties on importers for subject merchandise entered April 1, 2020, through March 31, 2021.
The Commerce Department is recognizing a Chinese company’s name change for the purposes of antidumping duties on certain activated carbon from China (A-570-904). The agency upheld its preliminary finding that Ningxia Huahui Environmental Technology Co., Ltd. (Huahui Environmental) is the successor-in-interest to Ningxia Huahui Activated Carbon Co., Ltd. (Ningxia Huahui) (see 2110070067), in the final results of a changed circumstances review released Nov. 16. Commerce found that Huahui Environmental continues to operate as the same business entity other than the change in name, therefore Huahui Environmental will inherit the AD duty rate assigned to Ningxia Huahui, currently $0.65/kg.
The Commerce Department is postponing until Jan. 26, 2022, the due date for its preliminary determination in the antidumping duty investigations on acrylonitrile-butadiene rubber (AB rubber) from France, South Korea and Mexico (A-427-832, A-201-855, A-580-912), it said in a notice released Nov. 16. The due date was Dec. 7 (see 2107260034). The petitioners that requested the investigation, Zeon Chemicals L.P. and Zeon GP, LLC (collectively, Zeon), asked for the extension. Commerce may suspend liquidation and require cash deposits of estimated AD duties beginning on the date it publishes its preliminary determination, or 90 days prior if it finds “critical circumstances.”
The Commerce Department published notices in the Federal Register Nov. 15 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):
A coalition of anonymous solar companies is “evaluating all options” following the denial of its requests to apply antidumping and countervailing duties on Chinese solar cells to imports from Malaysia, Thailand and Vietnam, it said Nov. 15. The American Solar Manufacturers Against Chinese Circumvention (A-SMACC) said it “strongly” disagrees with the Commerce Department’s rejection of its request for an anti-circumvention inquiry, on the basis that the coalition’s members could not remain anonymous.