An antidumping duty order on Taiwanese light truck tires doesn't cover a spare light truck tire model imported by Cheng Shin Rubber USA, Commerce said in a March 7 scope ruling. Like the company’s Thai tires, the products were for temporary use only and thus excluded from the order, it said (see 2401250038).

The International Trade Commission published notices in the March 11 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):

A retired semiconductor designer seeks a general exclusion order banning imports of dynamic random access memory device integrated circuits from the Taiwanese company Etron Technology that allegedly infringe on his patents, he said in a Section 337 complaint filed with the International Trade Commission March 4. Wen Lin, a U.S. citizen that now lives in Taiwan, also seeks a cease and desist order against Etron. Comments are due to the ITC by March 19, the commission said in a notice.

The Commerce Department published notices in the Federal Register March 11 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 correction to a recent notice expanding its ongoing antidumping and countervailing duty administrative reviews on quartz surface products from China (A-570-084/C-570-085). The AD review will cover entries Nov. 4, 2021, through June 30, 2023, Commerce said. Likewise, the CVD review, which covered entries in calendar year 2022, will now cover entries Nov. 4, 2021, through Dec. 31, 2022, Commerce said, correcting the start dates for the AD/CVD periods of review. The expanded review periods will allow Commerce to consider entries of quartz surface products from Malaysia made from Chinese quartz slab that the agency found are covered by the scope of the AD/CVD orders, Commerce said in the original notice (see 2402230073). The 2022 scope ruling applies to entries on or after Nov. 4, 2021 (see 2210240036).

The Commerce Department finalized its preliminary finding (see 2401150001) that four Canadian companies are cross-owned entities for the purposes of countervailing duties on softwood lumber products from Canada (C-122-858). Commerce said it continues to find that Interfor Corporation, EACOM Timber Corporation, Chaleur Forest Products Inc., and Chaleur Forest Products LP are cross-owned entities, in the final results of a changed circumstances review released March 11.

The Commerce Department is again amending the final results of a countervailing duty administrative review on crystalline silicon photovoltaic cells from China (C-570-980), covering entries during the calendar year 2019 review period. It said its revision to the countervailable subsidy rates assigned to JA Solar Technology Yangzhou Co., Ltd. (JA Solar) and Risen Energy Co., Ltd. (Risen) is due to a recent Court of International Trade judgment that affected the way it calculated the rate.

The Commerce Department issued a final affirmative determination that imports of steel cylinders with water capacities between 100 and 299 cubic inches are circumventing antidumping and countervailing duties on non-refillable steel cylinders from China (A-570-126/C-570-127), according to an agency notice released March 11. Suspension of liquidation and cash deposit requirements will remain in effect for entries on or after June 1, 2023, Commerce said. The agency found that the smaller steel cylinders covered by the anti-circumvention inquiry are “altered in form or appearance in such minor respects" from merchandise covered under the written scope of the AD/CVD orders, which had previously been limited to steel cylinders 300 cubic inches or larger, "that they should be included within the scope of the Orders."

The Commerce Department has published the final results of the antidumping and countervailing duty administrative reviews on ripe olives from Spain (A-469-817/C-469-818). These final results will be used to set final assessments of AD/CVD on importers for subject merchandise entered Aug.1, 2021, through July 31, 2022, for AD and calendar year 2021 for CVD.

The Commerce Department is amending the final results of an antidumping duty administrative review on steel nails from Oman (A-523-808) based on the final decision in a court case challenging those final results.