The Commerce Department soon will suspend liquidation and impose countervailing duty cash deposit requirements on imports of vanillin from China, it said in a fact sheet Nov. 13. Commerce set CVD rates at 27.33% for all Chinese 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 Commerce Department published notices in the Federal Register Nov. 13 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 duty administrative review on hot-rolled steel flat products from Japan (A-588-874). Rates calculated in this review will be used to set assessment rates for importers of subject merchandise from two producers and exporters that were entered Oct. 1, 2022, through Sept. 30, 2023.
The Commerce Department has published the preliminary results of a countervailing duty administrative review on stainless steel flanges from India (C-533-878). Rates set in this review will be used to assess CVD on subject merchandise from the exporters under review entered during the period Jan. 1, 2022, through Dec. 31, 2022.
The Commerce Department will begin administrative reviews for certain firms subject to antidumping and countervailing duty orders with October anniversary dates, it said in a notice. Producers and exporters subject to administrative reviews on products from China or Vietnam must submit their separate rate certifications or applications on or about Dec. 16 in order to avoid being assigned high China-wide or Vietnam-wide rates.
The Commerce Department made preliminary affirmative antidumping duty determinations that imports of 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid, also known as 2,4-D, from China (A-570-160) and India (A-533-922) are being sold in the U.S. at less than fair value. AD suspension of liquidation and cash deposit requirements take effect Nov. 14.
The International Trade Commission published notices in the Nov. 12 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 Commerce Department published notices in the Federal Register Nov. 12 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 issued a final determination that imports of the hydrofluorocarbon blend R-410B from Mexico, made using the Chinese HFC components R-32 and R-125 and exported to the U.S. for processing into the HFC blend R-410A, aren't circumventing antidumping duties on HFC blends from China (A-570-028). As a result, the anti-circumvention inquiry will end without any suspension of liquidation or AD cash deposit requirements on Mexican R-410B, it said in a Nov. 12 notice.
A Vietnamese exporter is now eligible for certification processes to exempt Vietnamese solar cells from antidumping and countervailing duties on solar cells from China (A-570-979/C-570-980), the Commerce Department said in a Nov. 12 notice.