The Commerce Department published notices in the Federal Register July 18 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 antidumping duty orders on paper shopping bags from Cambodia (A-555-002), China (A-570-152), Colombia (A-301-805), India (A-533-917), Malaysia (A-557-825), Portugal (A-471-808), Taiwan (A-583-872) and Vietnam (A-552-836), and countervailing duty orders on paper shopping bags from China (C-570-153) and India (C-533-918).

The International Trade Commission published notices in the July 17 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 July 17 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 International Trade Commission seeks comments by July 26 on a potential Section 337 investigation on allegations that imports of network equipment that supports Bit Indexed Explicit Replication (BIER) standards infringe on patents held by Optimum Communications Services, the ITC said in a notice released July 17. In a complaint filed July 12, Optimum said four companies in China -- Beijing Tongruida Information Technology Co., Ltd., Ella Optoelectronic Technology Hebei Co., Ltd., Zhengzhou Qiongzhi Ceyu Network Technology Co., Ltd., and Beijing Morriss Technology Co., Ltd. – are copying its patented technology related to multicast networking capabilities per the BIER standard technique. Optimum seeks a limited exclusion order and cease and desist orders against Tongruida, Ella, Qiongzhi and Morriss.

The International Trade Commission is beginning a Section 337 investigation on allegations that imports of hydrodermabrasion systems (ITC Inv. No. 337-TA-1408) from Cartessa Aesthetics and Eunsung Global are infringing on patents held by HydraFacial, it said in a notice July 17. In a complaint filed in June (see 2406130048), HydraFacial said Cartessa’s Skinwave system and Eunsung’s Hydracare H2 and Hydra Touch H2 systems copy the patented technologies used in HydraFacial’s Syndeo system. In the investigation, the ITC will consider whether to issue a limited exclusion order and cease and desist orders banning the import and sale of infringing merchandise from Cartessa and Eunsung.

The Commerce Department issued notices in the Federal Register on its recently initiated antidumping and countervailing duty investigations on brake drums from China and Turkey (A-570-174/C-570-175, A-489-853/C-489-854). The CVD investigations cover entries for the calendar year 2023. The AD investigation on Turkey covers entries April 1, 2023, through March 31, 2024, and the AD investigation on China covers entries Oct. 1, 2023, through March 31, 2024.

The Commerce Department soon will suspend liquidation and impose countervailing duty cash deposit requirements on imports of melamine from Germany, India, Qatar and Trinidad and Tobago, it said in a fact sheet issued July 16. Commerce set CVD rates at 29.72% for all German exporters, 17.09% for all Indian exporters, 40.49% for all Qatari exporters and 5.13% for all Trinidadian 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 will conclude its countervailing duty investigation on mattresses from Indonesia without imposing a CVD order, it said in a fact sheet announcing its final negative determination in the CVD investigation, as well as affirmative antidumping duty investigations for four other countries. For those other four countries, the agency amended some AD rates from its preliminary determinations, setting them at 13.35% to 42.76% for India, 63.66% to 344.7% for Kosovo, 37.59% to 61.97% for Mexico and 4.61% to 280.28% for Spain. The amended rates will be effective upon publication of these final determinations in the Federal Register in the coming days. Commerce issued AD orders for mattresses from eight other countries on July 11 (see 2407160012).

The International Trade Commission published notices in the July 16 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):