The Commerce Department is beginning new antidumping and countervailing duty investigations on active anode material from China, it said in a fact sheet Jan. 8. The underlying petition was filed in December (see 2412190037). The International Trade Commission is scheduled to make its preliminary injury determinations by Feb. 3. 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.

The International Trade Commission found imports of melamine from five countries materially injure a U.S. industry, paving the way for antidumping and countervailing duty orders, the agency announced Jan. 7. It issued this final determination following a Commerce Department finding that imports from Trinidad and Tobago, Germany, Japan and the Netherlands are sold in the U.S. at less than fair value and imports from Trinidad and Tobago, Germany and Qatar are subsidized by their countries' governments (see 2412060027 and 2412060023). As a result, the Commerce Department will issue countervailing duty orders on imports of this product from Germany, Qatar, and Trinidad and Tobago, and antidumping duty orders on imports of this product from Germany, Japan, the Netherlands, and Trinidad and Tobago.

The International Trade Commission published notices in the Jan. 7 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 comments by Jan. 16 on a Section 337 complaint alleging that imports of "certain dryer wall exhaust vent assemblies and components thereof" infringe patents held by InOvate Acquisition Company, it said in a notice to be published Jan. 8. According to the complaint, InOvate is seeking a limited exclusion order and cease and desist orders against Chinese company Xiamen Dirongte Trading Co. for the import and sale of "certain wall exhaust vents that infringe one or more claims of" the patented technology. The complainant describes the product at issue as "a wall exhaust vent that consumers use to cover an outdoor side of a wall exhaust outlet from outside contaminates such as pests, small animals, and debris."

The Commerce Department published notices in the Federal Register Jan. 7 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 intends to recognize four Canadian companies as cross-owned entities for the purposes of countervailing duties on softwood lumber products from Canada (C-122-858). The agency in the preliminary results of a changed circumstances review found Interfor Sales & Marketing Ltd. (ISM) is cross-owned with Interfor Corporation, EACOM Timber Corporation, Chaleur Forest Products Inc., and Chaleur Forest Products LP, four producers/exporters also subject to the CVD order on certain softwood lumber from Canada. Commerce noted that the purpose of the CCR doesn't include identifying the applicable cash deposit rates for the companies in question but said that all four already have been assigned the cash deposit rate that non-selected companies have.

The Commerce Department issued notices in the Federal Register on its recently initiated antidumping and countervailing duty investigations on float glass products from China and Malaysia (A-570-188/C-570-189, A-557-832/C-557-833). The CVD investigations cover entries for the calendar year 2023. The AD investigation on Malaysia covers entries Oct. 1, 2023, through Sept. 30, 2024, and the AD investigation on China covers entries April 1, 2024, through Sept. 30, 2024.

The International Trade Commission published notices in the Jan. 6 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 comments by Jan. 15 on a Section 337 complaint alleging that imports of shapewear garments infringe patents held by Spanx, it said in a notice to be published Jan. 7. According to the complaint, Spanx is seeking a permanent general exclusion order and cease and desist orders against U.S. companies Honeylove Sculptwear, Daerwene and Dolce Vita Intimates; and three Chinese companies, which are infringing "six Spanx patents related to shapewear garments that utilize specialized fabric covering the abdominal region and strips of fabric extending laterally to create an X shaped pattern over the wearer’s abdominal region, providing compression."

The International Trade Commission is beginning a Section 337 investigation on urinary splash guards (ITC Inv. No. 337-TA-1430) after receiving allegations filed by For Kids By Parents Inc. that 10 Chinese companies are importing products that infringe its patents, the agency said in a Jan. 6 news release.