The International Trade Commission has ended a Section 337 investigation on imported network equipment supporting NETCONF standards (ITC Inv. No. 337-TA-1391) with a finding of no patent violation, it said in a notice.

The Commerce Department published notices in the Federal Register Dec. 9 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 Dec. 6 Federal Register on the following AD/CVD 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 beginning a Section 337 investigation on allegations filed by Trina Solar and its subsidiaries that Canadian Solar and its affiliates are importing products that infringe its patents (ITC Inv. No. 337-TA-1425), the agency said in a notice to be published Dec. 9.

The Commerce Department published notices in the Federal Register Dec. 6 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):

Antidumping duty and countervailing duty investigations on paper file folders from Cambodia and Sri Lanka will continue, after the International Trade Commission on Dec. 4 voted that there is a “reasonable indication” that imports of the product are injuring U.S. industry, the ITC said in a news release. The Commerce Department will now consider whether to impose AD/CVD cash deposit requirements on file folders from these countries, in preliminary determinations due in Jan. 16 for CVD and early April for AD.

The Commerce Department has released the final results of the antidumping duty administrative review on organic soybean meal from India (A-533-901). Commerce continued its preliminary finding that the only company remaining under review -- Shanti Worldwide -- had an AD rate of 18.8% during the period of review, Nov. 2, 2021, through April 30, 2023.

The Commerce Department has released the final results of the antidumping duty administrative review on citric acid and certain citrate salts from China (A-570-937). Commerce continued its preliminary finding that four companies making up the RZBC group of companies -- RZBC Group Co., Ltd., RZBC Co., Ltd., RZBC Import & Export Co., Ltd., and RZBC (Juxian) Co., Ltd. -- didn't make sales at less than fair value during the May 1, 2022, through April 30, 2023, period of review, assigning them a zero percent AD cash deposit rate, effective Dec. 9.

The Commerce Department has released the preliminary results of its antidumping duty administrative review on oil country tubular goods from Argentina (A-357-824). The agency preliminarily calculated a 6.8% AD rate for Siderca S.A.I.C. If the agency's finding is continued in the final results, importers of subject merchandise from Siderca entered May 11, 2022, through Oct. 31, 2023, will be assessed AD at importer-specific rates. Any changes to rates for Siderca would take effect on the date of publication in the Federal Register of the final results of this review, due in April.

The Commerce Department issued its final determinations in its countervailing duty investigations on melamine from Germany (C-428-853), Qatar (C-518-002) and Trinidad and Tobago (C-274-811). Suspension of liquidation is currently not in effect for entries on or after Nov. 19, 2024, and Commerce will require cash deposits of estimated CV duties on future entries only if it issues a CV duty order.