The Commerce Department looks set to recognize an Indian company’s name change for the purposes of antidumping duties on polyethylene terephthalate film, sheet, and strip (PET film) from India (A-533-824). In the preliminary results of a changed circumstances review, the agency preliminarily found Garware Hi-Tech Films Limited is the successor-in-interest to Garware Polyester Limited. Commerce preliminarily found Garware Hi-Tech operates as materially the same business entity as Garware Polyester with respect to the production and sale of subject merchandise.

Boiled garlic cloves that are individually frozen and imported by Export Packers Company are subject to an antidumping duty order on fresh garlic from China, the Commerce Department said in a Feb. 21 scope ruling. Although frozen garlic has a different chemical composition than fresh garlic and is used in different recipes, it's not different enough to fall into the order’s exclusion for garlic subjected to further heat processing, the department said.

The Commerce Department published notices in the Federal Register Feb. 23 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 is expanding its ongoing antidumping and countervailing duty administrative reviews on quartz surface products from China (A-570-084/C-570-085), and may review the eligibility of some Malaysian companies that are currently ineligible to certify their goods are exempt because they aren’t Chinese, it said in a notice released Feb. 23.

The International Trade Commission published notices in the Feb. 22 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 Feb. 22 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 has released the final results of the antidumping duty administrative review on steel propane cylinders from Thailand (A-549-839). Commerce set an AD rate of 2.17% for Sahamitr Pressure Container Plc., the only company under review, representing a slight increase from the preliminary rate of 2.12% it calculated. Subject merchandise from Sahamitr entered Aug. 1, 2021, through July 31, 2022, will be liquidated at importer-specific rates, Commerce said. The 2.17% AD duty cash deposit rate for Sahamitr takes effect Feb. 23, when the final results are to be published in the Federal Register.

The Commerce Department released the final results of the antidumping duty administrative review on certain cold-rolled steel flat products from South Korea (A-580-881). These final results will be used to set final assessments of AD duties on importers for subject merchandise entered Sept. 1, 2021, through Aug. 31, 2022.

The International Trade Commission published notices in the Feb. 21 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):

Gtul seeks a Section 337 general exclusion order banning all imports of firearm disassembly tongs that it says infringe on its patents, the ITC said in a notice released Feb. 21. In a complaint filed with the ITC Feb. 15, Gtul said Anthony Drouget, Offroadcali, roadrunnercarparts, DRP-California, eurasiaparts, Brementech, Homelifegoods, MTCparts.com and Joybuy Marketplace are importing devices that engage the slide lock on firearms that copy patented technologies used in Gtul’s Stul devices. Gtul also seeks cease and desist orders against the nine companies named in its complaint. Comments are due to the ITC March 1.