The Commerce Department has published amended final results of the antidumping duty administrative review on oil country tubular goods from Ukraine (A-823-815) originally published Feb. 10, 2022. In that review, covering entries from the only company under review, Interpipe, from July 10, 2019, through June 30, 2020, Commerce set an AD rate of 27.8%. Interpipe consists of Interpipe Europe S.A./ Interpipe Ukraine LLC / PJSC Interpipe Niznedneprovsky Tube Rolling Plant (aka Interpipe NTRP) / LLC Interpipe Niko Tube.

The Commerce Department began administrative reviews for certain firms subject to antidumping and countervailing duty orders with March anniversary dates, it said in a notice May 8. Producers and exporters subject to any of these administrative reviews on China or Vietnam must submit their separate rate certifications or applications by June 7 in order to avoid being assigned high China-wide or Vietnam-wide rates.

The Commerce Department published notices in the Federal Register May 7 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 preliminary results of a countervailing duty administrative review of passenger vehicle and light truck tires from China (C-570-017). This review covers subject merchandise from the exporters under review entered during the period Jan. 1, 2022, through Dec. 31, 2022.

Antidumping duty suspension of liquidation and cash deposit requirements took effect May 7 for imports of aluminum extrusions from China (A-570-158), Colombia (A-301-806), Ecuador (A-331-804), India (A-533-920), Indonesia (A-560-840), Italy (A-475-846), Malaysia (A-557-826), Mexico (A-201-860), South Korea (A-580-918), Taiwan (A-583-874), Thailand (A-549-847), Turkey (A-489-850), the United Arab Emirates (A-520-810) and Vietnam (A-552-837), after the Commerce Department on that date published its preliminary affirmative determinations that they are being sold in the U.S. at less than fair value.

When the Commerce Department published the final results of the antidumping duty administrative review on multilayered wood flooring from China (A-570-970) on May 1, it left two companies off the list of those determined to have no shipments during the Dec. 1, 2021, through Nov. 30, 2022, period of review. Now Commerce is correcting the list of the companies, adding Dongtai Fuan Universal Dynamics, LLC and Pinge Timber Manufacturing (Zhejiang) Co., Ltd., and bringing the total number of companies on that list to 23.

The International Trade Commission published notices in the May 6 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 considering adding DigiKey as a respondent to a potential Section 337 investigation on imports of dynamic random access memory device integrated circuits, the ITC said in a notice May 6. The commission said it received an amended complaint from retired semiconductor designer Wen Lin that now seeks a cease and desist order against DigiKey in addition to Etron Technology (see 2403110040). The amended complaint still seeks a general exclusion order banning all imports that infringe on Lin's patents, regardless of source. Comments are due to the ITC by May 14.

The International Trade Commission seeks comments by May 14 on a request filed by SiOnyx for a Section 337 investigation into alleged patent infringement by Samsung smartphones and tablet computers, the ITC said in a notice May 6. In a complaint filed April 30, SiOnyx said Samsung’s devices copy its patented technologies for improved designs of cameras, image sensors and other sensors with pixels. SiOnyx seeks a limited exclusion order and cease and desist orders barring imports of infringing devices from Samsung.

The Commerce Department published notices in the Federal Register May 6 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):