The Commerce Department on June 13 issued antidumping and countervailing duty orders on non-refillable steel cylinders from India (A-533-912/C-533-913). The orders set permanent antidumping and countervailing duties, which will remain in place unless revoked by Commerce in a sunset or changed circumstances review. Commerce will now begin conducting annual administrative reviews, if requested, to determine final assessments of AD/CVD on importers and make changes to cash deposit rates.
The International Trade Commission seeks comments on a potential Section 337 investigation on allegations that imports of hydrodermabrasion systems from Cartessa Aesthetics and Eunsung Global are infringing on patents held by HydraFacial, it said in a notice released June 13. In its June 10 complaint, HydraFacial said Cartessa’s Skinwave system, Eunsung’s Hydracare H2 system and Eunsung’s Hydra Touch H2 system copy the patented technologies used in HydraFacials’s Syndeo system. HydraFacial seeks a limited exclusion order and cease and desist orders against HydraFacial and Eunsung. Comments are due June 24.
The International Trade Commission is beginning a Section 337 investigation on allegations that imports of Dyson surface cleaning products are infringing on patents held by SharkNinja and Omachron, the ITC said in a notice June 13. In their complaint filed April 23 (see 2404300035), SharkNinja and Omachron said Dyson’s stick and hand vacuums copy SharkNinja's and Omachron’s patents related to a straight-line configuration, dust-emptying system and separate dirt collection and cyclone chambers. The ITC will consider whether to issue a limited exclusion order and cease and desist orders banning import and sale of infringing merchandise by Dyson and its affiliates Dyson Technology Limited and Dyson Canada Limited.
The Commerce Department is finalizing its finding that imports of Chinese small and large garlic chunks are circumventing antidumping duties on fresh garlic from China (A-570-831).
The Commerce Department published notices in the Federal Register June 13 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 published the final results of the antidumping duty administrative review on forged steel fittings from China (A-570-067). These final results will be used to set final assessments of antidumping duties on importers for subject merchandise entered Nov. 1, 2021, through Oct. 31, 2022.
The Commerce Department is amending the amended final determination in the less-than-fair-value investigation on mattresses from Cambodia (A555-001), covering the period Jan. 1, 2019, through Dec. 31, 2019, based on the May 16 final decision in a court case challenging the amended final determination. To satisfy the Court of International Trade, Commerce recalculated the weighted-average dumping margin for Best Mattresses/Rose Lion, and that resulted in the margin changing from 52.4% to 103.79%. Because of that change, the dumping margin applicable to all other companies also changed from 52.41% to 103.79%.
The Commerce Department has published the final results of the antidumping duty administrative review on aluminum foil from Brazil (A-351-856). These final results will be used to set final assessments of AD on importers for subject merchandise entered May 4, 2021, through Oct. 31, 2022.
The International Trade Commission published notices in the June 12 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 June 12 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):