The Commerce Department and the International Trade Commission began a five-year sunset review of the countervailing duty order on chlorinated isocyanurates from China (C-570-991), Commerce said in a notice April 1.
The Commerce Department has released the final results of the antidumping duty administrative review on hot-rolled steel flat products from South Korea (A-580-883). These final results will be used to set final assessments of AD on importers of subject merchandise entered Oct. 1, 2022, through Sept. 30, 2023.
The Commerce Department announced April 1 the opportunity to request administrative reviews by April 30 for producers and exporters subject to 36 antidumping duty orders and 14 countervailing duty orders with April anniversary dates.
The Commerce Department issued its final determinations in its countervailing duty investigations on ferrosilicon from Brazil (C-351-861), Kazakhstan (C-834-813) and Malaysia (C-557-829), after finding countervailable subsidization of producers and exporters in the three countries in the preliminary determinations of its CVD investigations. Suspension of liquidation is currently not in effect for entries on or after Jan. 8, 2025, and Commerce will require cash deposits of estimated CVD on future entries only if it issues a CVD order.
The Commerce Department issued its final determinations in the antidumping duty investigations on ferrosilicon from Brazil (A-351-860), Kazakhstan (A-834-812) and Malaysia (A-557-828). Suspension of liquidation and cash deposit requirements will continue for entries on or after Nov. 6, the date that the preliminary determinations were published in the Federal Register. Cash deposit rates set in these final determinations take effect March 28.
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):