The Commerce Department will suspend liquidation and require antidumping and countervailing duties on aluminum wire and cable finished in South Korea and Vietnam using inputs from China, after preliminarily finding the imports are circumventing AD/CVD orders on aluminum wire and cable from China (A-570-095/C-570-096).

The International Trade Commission published notices in the Aug. 5 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 Aug. 5 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 its final determinations in its antidumping and countervailing duty investigations on brass rod from Israel (A-508-814/C-508-815). Suspension of liquidation is currently not in effect for entries on or after June 11, 2024, and Commerce will only require cash deposits of estimated AD/CVD on future entries if it issues AD/CVD orders.

The International Trade Commission published notices in the Aug. 2 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 has released the final results of the antidumping duty administrative review on uncoated paper from Portugal (A-471-807). Commerce calculated an AD rate of 1.07% for The Navigator Company, S.A., the only company under review, unchanged from the preliminary rate. Commerce will assess AD at importer-specific rates for subject merchandise from The Navigator Company entered March 1, 2022, through Feb. 28, 2023, it said. The new 1.07% AD cash deposit rate for The Navigator Company takes effect Aug. 5, the date that these final results are scheduled for publication in the Federal Register.

The Commerce Department will allow a grace period until Aug. 31 for some certifications that Malaysian and Vietnamese wooden cabinets aren’t subject to antidumping and countervailing duties on wooden cabinets and vanities from China (A-570-106/C-570-107), it said in a correction notice released Aug. 2.

The Commerce Department on Aug. 2 said Vietnam will continue to be treated as a non-market economy in antidumping duty proceedings. Releasing the results of its review of the nation's market status, the agency said that despite "substantive reforms made over the past 20 years, the extensive government involvement in Vietnam’s economy distorts Vietnamese prices and costs," rendering them "unusable" for calculating the duties.

The International Trade Commission published notices in the Aug. 31 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 Aug. 9 on a Section 337 complaint recently filed by Infineon Technologies that alleges semiconductor devices from Innoscience are infringing on its patents, the ITC said in a notice Aug. 1. The July 26 complaint said Innoscience is incorporating Infineon’s patented gallium nitride (GaN) technology into its power transistors and circuit products, including GaN-on-Si semiconductor devices, GaN Field Effect Transistors (FETs) and GaN high electron mobility transistors, as well as downstream chips and that incorporate the transistors and circuits. Infineon seeks a limited exclusion order and cease and desist order banning import and sale of infringing products from Innoscience.