The International Trade Commission determined on December 3, 2010 that there is a reasonable indication that a U.S. industry is materially injured by reason of imports of multilayered wood flooring from China that are allegedly subsidized and sold in the U.S. at less than fair value. As a result, the Commerce Department will continue to conduct its countervailing and antidumping duty investigations on imports of this product from China, with its preliminary countervailing duty determination due on or about January 14, 2011, and its preliminary antidumping duty determination due on or about March 30, 2011.
The International Trade Administration frequently issues notices on antidumping and countervailing duty orders, investigations, etc. which Broker Power considers to be "minor” in importance as they concern actions that occur after an order is issued, neither announce nor cause any changes to an order’s duty rates, scope, affected firms, or effective period, etc.
In the International Trade Administration's December 2010 notice of initiation of five-year Sunset Reviews, it states that it is not initiating a review of the antidumping duty order on raw pistachios from Iran (A-507-502) as scheduled, pursuant to the ban on all imports from Iran.
The International Trade Administration has issued the final results of its antidumping duty administrative review of polyethylene terephthalate film, sheet, and strip (PET film) from Brazil (A-351-841) for the period November 6, 2008, through October 31, 2009.
The International Trade Administration has issued a notice announcing the opportunity for interested parties to request administrative reviews by January 3, 2011 for the following antidumping and countervailing duty orders, for the identified review periods.
The International Trade Administration and the International Trade Commission have each issued notices initiating five-year Sunset Reviews of the following antidumping duty orders:
The International Trade Administration has issued the final results of an antidumping duty changed circumstances review of certain frozen warmwater shrimp from Thailand (A-549-822).
The International Trade Administration has initiated administrative reviews of the antidumping and countervailing duty orders below, for certain specified companies listed in the initiation notice.
The International Trade Administration is conducting an administrative review of the antidumping duty order on 1-hydroxyethylidene-1, 1-diphosphonic acid from India (A-533-847) covering the period April 23, 2009 through March 31, 2010.
The International Trade Administration has issued the final results of its antidumping duty administrative review of purified carboxymethylcellulose from Finland (A-405-803). The period of review is July 1, 2008 through June 30, 2009.