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.

The Commerce Department on Nov. 20 released antidumping and countervailing duty orders on ferrosilicon from Russia (A-821-838/C-821-839). The orders set permanent antidumping and countervailing duties, which will remain in place unless revoked by Commerce in a sunset or changed circumstances review. Commerce will now begin conducting annual administrative reviews, if requested, to determine final assessments of AD/CVD on importers and make changes to cash deposit rates.

Imports of frozen warmwater shrimp materially injure a U.S. industry, the ITC announced Nov. 19 at the conclusion of its AD/CVD Investigation. The ITC reached this determination following a Commerce Department finding that imports from Indonesia are sold in the U.S. at less than fair value and imports from Ecuador, India and Vietnam are subsidized by their governments (see 2410280026). As a result, the Commerce Department will issue countervailing duty orders on frozen warmwater shrimp imports from Ecuador, India and Vietnam and an antidumping duty order on those imports from Indonesia. The ITC's full report will be available to the public by Jan. 6.

The Commerce Department is revoking the antidumping and countervailing duty orders on refillable stainless steel kegs from China (A-570-093/C-570-094), as well as the AD order on refillable stainless steel kegs from Mexico (A-201-849), after no domestic producers sought to participate in five-year sunset reviews conducted by the agency, it said in a notice. Effective for entries from Mexico on or after Oct. 10, 2024, and for entries from China on or after Dec. 16, 2024, Commerce will direct CBP to end suspension of liquidation and collection of AD/CVD cash deposits in connection with the now defunct AD/CVD orders, which had been in place since 2019. Entries before those effective dates will remain subject to suspension of liquidation and AD/CVD cash deposit requirements and assessments, Commerce said.

The International Trade Commission published notices in the Nov. 19 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 network equipment that supports Bit Indexed Explicit Replication (BIER) standards infringe patents held by Optimum Communications Services, the ITC said in a notice to be published Nov. 20. According to the complaint, Optimum is seeking a general exclusion order, a limited exclusion order, and cease and desist orders against Chinese companies Tongruida Information Technology, Ella Optoelectronic Technology Hebei, Zhengzhou Qiongzhi Ceyu Network Technology, and Beijing Morriss Technology, barring "network switching and routing equipment supporting" BIER from entry.

The Commerce Department published notices in the Federal Register Nov. 19 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 is correcting the scope listed in its recent notices announcing the beginning of antidumping and countervailing investigations on thermoformed molded products from China (A-570-182/C-570-183) and Vietnam (A-552-845/C-552-846) (see 2411010031). The scope had identified the wrong Harmonized Tariff Schedule numbers subject to the investigations. The corrected scope says the investigations cover goods of subheadings 4823.70.0020 and 4823.70.0040, as well as subheadings 4823.61.0020, 4823.61.0040, 4823.69.0020, 4823.69.0040 and 4823.90.1000.