The Commerce Department issued its final affirmative determinations in the antidumping duty investigation on imports of epoxy resins from China, India, South Korea, Taiwan and Thailand, and the countervailing duty investigation on the same from China, India, South Korea and Taiwan, it said in a fact sheet issued March 31. Commerce set AD rates at 354.99% for Chinese exporters and 5.25% for Thai exporters, and set rates ranging from 12.69% to 15.68% for Indian exporters; from 5.62% to 7.59% for South Korean exporters; and from 10.93% to 26.98% for Taiwanese exporters, the agency said. It set CVD rates at 547.76% for Chinese exporters, and at rates ranging from 10.66% to 103.72% for Indian exporters; from 1.01% to 1.84% for Korean exporters; and from 3.38% to 19.13% for South Korean exporters. These rates will take effect upon publication in the Federal Register of these final determinations, which should occur in the coming days.

A domestic producer recently filed a petition with the Commerce Department and the International Trade Commission requesting new antidumping and countervailing duties on monomers and oligomers imported from South Korea and Taiwan. Commerce now will decide whether to begin AD/CVD investigations, which could result in the imposition of permanent AD/CVD orders and the assessment of AD and CVD on importers. Arkema, Inc. requested the investigation.

The International Trade Commission published notices in the March 31 Federal Register on the following antidumping and countervailing duty (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 yet another formal enforcement proceeding to investigate allegations that four companies are still importing patent-infringing chocolate milk powder (ITC Inv. No. 337-TA-1232) in violation of an ITC general exclusion order and cease and desist orders, the commission said in a notice to be published April 1.

The Commerce Department published notices in the Federal Register March 31 on the following antidumping and countervailing duty (AD/CVD) proceedings (any notices that announce changes to AD/CVD rates, scope, affected firms or effective dates will be detailed in another ITT article):

The Commerce Department began administrative reviews for certain firms subject to antidumping and countervailing duty orders with February anniversary dates, it said in a notice March 28. Producers and exporters subject to any of these administrative reviews on China or Vietnam must submit their separate rate certifications or applications by April 11 in order to avoid being assigned high China-wide or Vietnam-wide rates.

Suspension of liquidation and countervailing duty cash deposit requirements took effect March 31 for imports of hard empty capsules from Brazil (C-351-865), China (C-570-185), India (C-533-935) and Vietnam (C-552-848), after the Commerce Department found countervailable subsidization in preliminary determinations in its ongoing CVD investigations.

The Commerce Department issued its final determinations in the antidumping duty investigations on dioctyl terephthalate from Malaysia (A-557-827), Poland (A-455-808), Taiwan (A-583-875) and Turkey (A-489-852). Changes to cash deposit requirements set in these final determinations take effect March 28, the date they were published in the Federal Register.

The International Trade Commission published notices in the March 28 Federal Register on the following antidumping and countervailing duty (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 March 28 on the following antidumping and countervailing duty (AD/CVD) proceedings (any notices that announce changes to AD/CVD rates, scope, affected firms or effective dates will be detailed in another ITT article):