The Commerce Department has released the final results of the antidumping duty administrative review on citric acid and certain citrate salts from Colombia (A-301-803). Commerce assigned the only company under review, Sucroal S.A., an AD rate of zero percent, unchanged from the preliminary determination. Subject merchandise from Sucroal entered July 1, 2022, through June 30, 2023, will be liquidated without regard to AD. The new zero percent AD cash deposit rate for Sucroal takes effect Nov. 22, when the final results are published in the Federal Register.

The Commerce Department has released the final results of its antidumping and countervailing duty administrative reviews on quartz surface products from China (A-570-084/C-570-085). Commerce said it continued its preliminary determination that certain Malaysian exporters of certain quartz surface products continue to be ineligible to participate in the scope certification process established for the AD and CVD orders on quartz surface products from China for all imports of quartz surface products from Malaysia. Specifically, it said it still finds "that these Malaysian exporters did not demonstrate that the quartz slab used to produce their exports" to the U.S. was sourced from "a country other than China."

The International Trade Commission published notices in the Nov. 20 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 seeks comment by Nov. 28 on a Section 337 complaint on allegations that imports of women's flats infringe patents held by Gavrieli Brands, the ITC said in a notice. According to the complaint, Gavrieli is seeking a general exclusion order against products violating its design patents and trade dress consisting of "a blue outsole on footwear." Additionally, the complainant is seeking cease and desist orders against Kijera’s OneDrop in New York, Craze in the Philippines, and 11 Chinese companies, barring "women’s flats with colored outsoles thereof" from entry.

The Commerce Department published notices in the Federal Register Nov. 20 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 has published the preliminary results of its antidumping duty administrative review on stainless steel flanges from India (A-533-877). In the final results of this review, Commerce will set assessment rates for subject merchandise for the companies under review entered Oct. 1, 2022, through Sept. 30, 2023.

The Commerce Department has published the final results of the antidumping duty administrative review on oil country tubular goods from Ukraine (A-823-815). Commerce set an AD rate of 1.39% for the only company under review, Interpipe Europe S.A./Interpipe Ukraine LLC/PJSC Interpipe Niznedneprovsky Tube Rolling Plant/LLC Interpipe Niko Tube (collectively, Interpipe). The agency will calculate importer-specific rates for entries from Interpipe from July 1, 2022, through June 30, 2023. The new 1.39% AD duty cash deposit rate for Interpipe is effective Nov. 19, when the final results were published in the Federal Register.

The Commerce Department has published the final results of the antidumping duty administrative review on mattresses from Indonesia (A-560-836). These final results will be used to set final assessments of AD duties on importers for subject merchandise from three companies under review entered May 1, 2022, through April 30, 2023.

The Commerce Department is amending the published final results of an antidumping duty administrative review on welded carbon steel standard pipes and tubes (pipe and tube) from India (A-533-502), based on a Nov. 7 final judgment in a court case challenging those final results. Commerce calculated a revised AD rate for Garg Tube Limited and Garg Tube Export LLP (collectively, Garg Tube) in the review, which covered the period May 1, 2018, through April 30, 2019. The new rates are applicable Nov. 17, 2024.

The Commerce Department issued notices in the Federal Register on its recently initiated antidumping and countervailing duty investigations on hard empty capsules from Brazil, China, India and Vietnam (A-351-864/C-351-865, A-570-184/C-570-185, A-533-934/C-533-935, A-552-847/C-552-848). The CVD investigations cover entries for the calendar year 2023. The AD investigations on Brazil and India cover entries Oct. 1, 2023, through Sept. 30, 2024, and the AD investigations on China and Vietnam cover entries April 1, 2024, through Sept. 30, 2024.