The Commerce Department soon will suspend liquidation and impose countervailing duty cash deposit requirements on imports of 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid (2,4-D) from China and India, it said in a fact sheet issued Sept. 10. Commerce set CVD rates ranging from 3.1% to 27.68% for Chinese exporters, and 3.28% to 5.29% for Indian exporters, the agency said as it announced its preliminary determinations in its ongoing CVD investigations. 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.

The International Trade Commission published notices in the Sept. 10 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 is beginning a Section 337 investigation into allegations from HydraFacial that seven companies are importing hydrodermabrasion systems that infringe on its patents, the ITC said in a notice Sept. 10. In a complaint filed in August (see 2408080008), subsequently amended, HydraFacial said Sinclair Pharma’s U.S. and U.K. branches, as well as Huadong Medicine, EMA Aesthetics, Aesthetics Management Partners, Advanced Aesthetics Services and H.R. Meditech, are infringing on patents related to HydraFacial’s systems for skin treatment through mechanical or fluid-based abrasion or exfoliation. The ITC will consider whether to issue a limited exclusion order and cease and desist orders against the seven companies.

The Commerce Department published notices in the Federal Register Sept. 10 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):

Four domestic producers and a labor union recently filed petitions with the Commerce Department and the International Trade Commission requesting new antidumping duties on corrosion-resistant steel products from Australia, Brazil, Canada, Mexico, the Netherlands, South Africa, Taiwan, Turkey, the United Arab Emirates and Vietnam, as well as countervailing duties on the same product from Brazil, Canada, Mexico, and Vietnam. Commerce will now 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.

The Commerce Department said it's rescinding the administrative review of the countervailing duty order on certain non-refillable steel cylinders (non-refillable cylinders) from China (C-570-127) for the period of review Jan. 1, 2023, though Dec. 31, 2023, because there were no reviewable, suspended entries of subject merchandise for the company subject to the review -- Sanjian Kai Yuan Co., Ltd. -- during the review period. Commerce will instruct CBP to assess countervailing duties on all appropriate entries, at rates equal to the cash deposit of estimated CVD required at the time of entry, or withdrawal from warehouse, for consumption, it said.

The Commerce Department issued antidumping duty orders on mattresses from India (A-533-919), Kosovo (A-803-001), Mexico (A-201-859) and Spain (A-469-826). The orders detail a “gap period” of Aug. 28 - Sept. 3, 2024, of no AD duty liability.

The Commerce Department is setting new countervailing duty cash deposit requirements for imports of 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 and cash deposit requirements will generally take effect for entries on or after Sept. 10, the date that the preliminary determinations were published in the Federal Register, but Commerce is making the suspension of liquidation and CVD cash deposits retroactive to approximately June 12 for some Brazilian and Malaysian companies.

The Commerce Department has published the final results of the antidumping duty administrative review on stainless steel bar from India (A-533-810). These final results will be used to set final assessments of AD duties on importers for subject merchandise from companies under review entered Feb. 1, 2022, through Jan. 31, 2023.

The International Trade Commission published notices in the Sept. 9 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):