The Commerce Department is beginning an anti-circumvention inquiry to determine whether all imports of circular welded carbon quality steel pipe from Oman made from Chinese hot-rolled steel are circumventing antidumping and countervailing duties on circular welded carbon quality steel pipe from China (A-570-910/C-570-911), it said Nov. 19.
The Commerce Department issued notices in the Federal Register on its recently initiated antidumping duty investigations on paper file folders from Cambodia (A-555-005) and Sri Lanka (A-542-806), as well as a new countervailing duty investigation on the same product from Cambodia (C-555-006). The CVD investigation covers entries for the calendar year 2023. The AD investigations cover entries Oct. 1, 2023, through Sept. 30, 2024.
The Commerce Department is beginning new antidumping and countervailing duty investigations on overhead door counterbalance torsion springs from China and India, it said in a fact sheet Nov. 19. The underlying petition was filed in October (see 2410300036). The International Trade Commission is scheduled to make its preliminary injury determinations by Dec. 13. These AD/CVD investigations will continue only if the ITC finds injury. International Trade Today will provide more details upon publication of the initiation notices in the Federal Register.
Certain types of wheel studs will now be exempt from antidumping duties on alloy and certain carbon steel threaded rod from China (A-570-104) and countervailing duties on carbon and alloy steel threaded rod from China (C-570-105), the Commerce Department said in the final results of a changed circumstances review. The new exemption takes effect for unliquidated entries since the beginning of 2022.
The International Trade Commission published notices in the Nov. 18 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. 26 on a Section 337 complaint filed by Husky Injection Molding Systems against Ningbo Aosheng Mold Co. for allegedly infringing patents held by Husky on molding products, the ITC said in a notice published Nov. 18. According to the complaint, Husky is seeking a permanent limited exclusion order against Ningbo Aosheng and its subsidiaries, barring "certain mold products, cavity insert products, and molding apparatus products for injection molding machines and products containing these components," from entry. Ningbo Aosheng didn't immediately respond to a request for comment.
The Commerce Department published notices in the Federal Register Nov. 18 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 and countervailing duty administrative reviews on certain hot-rolled steel flat products from South Korea (A-580-883/C-580-884). In the final results of this review, Commerce will set AD assessment rates for subject merchandise for the companies under review entered Oct. 1, 2022, through Sept. 30, 2023, and CVD assessment rates for entries Jan. 1, 2022, through Dec. 31, 2022.
The Commerce Department is amending the final results, published Oct. 17, of its antidumping duty administrative review on certain new pneumatic off-the-road tires from India (A-533-869) to correct a ministerial error in the calculation of the duty rates for a mandatory respondent and for 12 companies not selected for individual review. The agency calculated new AD cash deposit rates for the 13 companies, with slight changes to the original final calculations. These final results, effective Nov. 18, will be used to set final assessments of AD on importers for entries March 1, 2022, through Feb. 28, 2023.
The International Trade Commission is beginning a Section 337 investigation on allegations that electronic eyewear products, components and charging apparatuses imported by ByteDance, Qingdao Chuangjian Weilai Technology, Funnico, PICO Immersive, HTC Corporation, Meta Platforms, and Valve infringe patents held by Igeniospec (ITC Inv. No. 337-TA-1423), the agency said in a notice to be published Nov. 18.