The Commerce Department issued notices in the Federal Register on its recently initiated antidumping and countervailing duty investigations on brake drums from China and Turkey (A-570-174/C-570-175, A-489-853/C-489-854). The CVD investigations cover entries for the calendar year 2023. The AD investigation on Turkey covers entries April 1, 2023, through March 31, 2024, and the AD investigation on China covers entries Oct. 1, 2023, through March 31, 2024.

The Commerce Department soon will suspend liquidation and impose countervailing duty cash deposit requirements on imports of melamine from Germany, India, Qatar and Trinidad and Tobago, it said in a fact sheet issued July 16. Commerce set CVD rates at 29.72% for all German exporters, 17.09% for all Indian exporters, 40.49% for all Qatari exporters and 5.13% for all Trinidadian exporters, the agency said as it announced its preliminary determinations in its ongoing CVD investigations. Suspension of liquidation and cash deposit requirements will take effect for entries on or after the date of publication of the preliminary determinations in the Federal Register, which should occur in the coming days.

The Commerce Department will conclude its countervailing duty investigation on mattresses from Indonesia without imposing a CVD order, it said in a fact sheet announcing its final negative determination in the CVD investigation, as well as affirmative antidumping duty investigations for four other countries. For those other four countries, the agency amended some AD rates from its preliminary determinations, setting them at 13.35% to 42.76% for India, 63.66% to 344.7% for Kosovo, 37.59% to 61.97% for Mexico and 4.61% to 280.28% for Spain. The amended rates will be effective upon publication of these final determinations in the Federal Register in the coming days. Commerce issued AD orders for mattresses from eight other countries on July 11 (see 2407160012).

The International Trade Commission published notices in the July 16 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 Commerce Department published notices in the Federal Register July 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 Commerce Department issued a Federal Register notice on its recently initiated antidumping duty investigation on large top mount combination refrigerator-freezers from Thailand (A-549-853). The agency will determine whether imports of Thai refrigrator-freezers are being sold in the U.S. at less than fair value. The investigation covers entries from Thailand during the period April 1, 2023, through March 31, 2024.

The Commerce Department has published the preliminary results of its antidumping duty administrative review on steel nails from Taiwan (A-583-854). Rates calculated in this review will be used to set assessment rates for importers of subject merchandise from 23 exporters remaining in the review that was entered July 1, 2022, through June 30, 2023.

A U.S. producer seeks the imposition of new antidumping and countervailing duties on imports of tungsten shot from China, it said in petitions filed July 9 with the Commerce Department and the International Trade Commission. Commerce will now decide whether to begin AD/CVD investigations, which could result in the imposition of permanent AD/CVD orders on tungsten shot.

The Commerce Department issued antidumping duty orders on mattresses from Bosnia and Herzegovina (A-893-002), Bulgaria (A-487-001), Myanmar (formerly Burma) (A-546-001), Italy (A-475-845), the Philippines (A-565-804), Poland (A-455-807), Slovenia (A-856-002) and Taiwan (A-583-873). The orders detail a “gap period” of June 29 - July 4, 2024, of no AD duty liability.

The International Trade Commission will consider a general exclusion order banning all imports of eye cosmetics and related packaging that Amarte USA says infringe on its trademarks, the ITC said in a notice July 16 launching a Section 337 investigation. In a complaint filed in May (see 2405290041), Amarte said several companies are selling eye creams, eye palettes, eye patches, eye serums and eyelashes that use identical or similar names to its trademarked Eyeconic brand. The ITC will also consider cease and desist orders against the following respondents to its investigation: