The Commerce Department released the final results of the antidumping duty administrative review on carbon and certain alloy steel wire rod from Mexico (A-201-830). These final results will be used to set final assessments of AD duties on importers for subject merchandise from companies under review entered October 2021 through September 2022.

Suspension of liquidation and countervailing duty cash deposit requirements take effect April 1 for imports of frozen warmwater shrimp from Ecuador (C-331-806), India (C-533-921) and Vietnam (C-552-838), after the Commerce Department found countervailable subsidization in preliminary determinations in its ongoing CV duty investigations.

The Commerce Department published notices in the Federal Register March 28 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 intends to end antidumping and countervailing duties on stainless steel flanges made to SAE J518 or ISO 6162 specification, the agency said in the initiation and preliminary results of a changed circumstances review of the AD/CVD orders on stainless steel flanges from China (A-570-064/C-570-065) and India (A-533-877/C-533-878).

The Commerce Department has released amended final results of the antidumping duty administrative review on steel propane cylinders from Thailand (A-549-839) that were used to set final assessments of AD on importers for subject merchandise entered Aug. 1, 2021, through July 31, 2022 (see 2402220068). The amendment came as the result of a ministerial error allegation from Sahamitr Pressure Container Public Company Limited (SMPC), which was also the only company subject to the review. Commerce said it agreed with the allegation, and corrected an error with respect to the selection of sales databases used in SMPC’s margin analysis. The correction results in a change to the AD rate for SPMC from 2.17% to 2.15%. The new rate is effective March 29.

Two domestic producers seek the imposition of new antidumping and countervailing duties on ferrosilicon from Brazil, Kazakhstan, Malaysia and Russia, they said in a petition filed with the Commerce Department and the International Trade Commission March 27. 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 petition was filed by CC Metals and Alloys (CCMA) and Ferroglobe USA.

The International Trade Commission seeks comments by April 8 on a Section 337 complaint filed by US Conec that seeks a general exclusion order banning all imports of fiber-optic connectors, adapters, jump cables, patch cords, and related products that infringe on US Conec’s patents, the ITC said in a notice released March 28. The company’s March 22 complaint said Senko and a lengthy list of distributors are importing fiber-optic connectors, fiber-optic adapters, fiber-optic interconnects, fiber-optic cables, fiber-optic patch cables, fiber-optic cords and fiber-optic patch cords that incorporate US Conec’s patented technologies. US Conec also seeks cease and desist orders against the infringing companies.

Eastman Chemical seeks the imposition of new antidumping duties on dioctyl terephthalate from Taiwan, Turkey, Malaysia and Poland, it said in petitions filed with the Commerce Department and the International Trade Commission March 26. Commerce will now decide whether to begin AD investigations, which could result in the imposition of permanent AD orders and the assessment of AD on importers.

The International Trade Commission published notices in the March 27 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 proposing to permanently adopt its COVID-19 era regulation that waived the need for paper filings of confidential and public documents in safeguard, antidumping and countervailing duty, and Section 337 proceedings. In a proposed rule released March 28, the ITC, at the request of the ITC Trial Lawyers Association and the Customs and International Trade Bar Association, proposed eliminating the requirement for paper copy submissions, except for complaints and complaint supplements and amendments in Section 337 cases. The regulation also removes "gender-specific language" found in the ITC's rules.