The Commerce Department will soon suspend liquidation and impose countervailing duty cash deposit requirements on imports of active anode material from China, it said in a fact sheet issued May 20. The CVD rates will range from 6.55% to 721.03% for Chinese exporters, the agency said as it announced its preliminary determinations in its ongoing CVD investigation. Suspension of liquidation and cash deposit requirements will take effect for entries on or after the date of publication of the preliminary determinations in the Federal Register, which should occur in the coming days. Commerce is conducting concurrent antidumping duty investigations on the same product from China, with a preliminary determination expected by July 16.

The International Trade Commission published notices in the May 19 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 May 19 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 April anniversary dates. Producers and exporters subject to any of these administrative reviews on China or Vietnam must submit their separate rate certifications or applications by June 3 to avoid being assigned high China-wide or Vietnam-wide rates.

The Commerce Department has published the final results of the antidumping duty administrative review on steel concrete reinforcing bar from Turkey (A-489-829). These final results will be used to set final assessments of AD on importers for subject merchandise entered July 1, 2022, through June 30, 2023.

The Commerce Department has published the final results of its antidumping and countervailing duty administrative reviews on hardwood plywood products from China (A-570-051/C-570-052). These final results will be used to set final assessments of AD/CVD on importers for subject merchandise entered Sept. 26, 2021, through Dec. 31, 2022.

The Commerce Department published notices in the Federal Register May 16 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):

In a scope ruling released May 7, the Commerce Department said that certain temporary use spare tires imported from China by Logistical Resource Development aren’t subject to antidumping and countervailing duty orders on Chinese passenger vehicle and light truck tires. It has reached similar decisions regarding temporary use tires from Taiwan and Thailand (see 2403120022) and 2401250038).

The Commerce Department has published the final results of its countervailing duty administrative review on corrosion resistant steel from South Korea (C-580-879). These final results will be used to set final assessments of CVD on importers for subject merchandise entered Jan. 1, 2022, through Dec. 31, 2022.

The Commerce Department has published the final results of its countervailing duty administrative review on cold-rolled steel flat products from South Korea (C-580-882). These final results -- only the rate for POSCO affiliates changed, from 1.48% in the preliminary results -- will be used to set final assessments of CVD on importers for subject merchandise entered Jan. 1, 2022, through Dec. 31, 2022.