The International Trade Commission began a Section 337 investigation on allegations that NJOY and Altria Group, and their subsidiaries, are importing and selling vaporizer devices that infringe patents held by Juul Labs, Inc. (ITC Inv. No. 337-TA-1460), it said in a Sept. 9 press release.

The Commerce Department is issuing antidumping duty and countervailing duty orders on hexamethylenetetramine (hexamine) from China (A-570-180/C-570-181). The orders, released Sept. 10, 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 Commerce Department has released the final results of the antidumping duty administrative review on welded stainless pressure pipe from India (A-533-867). These final results will be used to set final assessments of AD on importers for subject merchandise entered Nov. 1, 2022, through Oct. 31, 2023.

The Commerce Department has released the final results of its countervailing duty administrative review on chlorinated isocyanurates from China (C-570-991). The agency calculated new CVD cash deposit rates for the Chinese producers and exporters listed below. There were slight changes to the preliminary results of this review that affected the rates calculated for the two respondents, increasing them (from 4.53% and 3.58%, respectively). These final results will be used to set final assessments of CVD on importers for entries Jan. 1, 2022, through Dec. 31, 2022.

The International Trade Commission published notices in the Sept. 9 Federal Register on the following antidumping and countervailing duty 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 Sept. 9 on the following antidumping and countervailing duty (AD/CVD) proceedings (any notices that announce changes to AD/CVD rates, scope, affected firms or effective dates will be detailed in another ITT article):

The International Trade Commission published notices in the Sept. 8 Federal Register on the following antidumping and countervailing duty 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 seeks comments by Sept. 17 on a Section 337 complaint alleging that imports of microcurrent facial toning devices infringe patents held by ZIIP Inc. and The Beauty Tech Group Ltd., it said in a notice to be published Sept. 9 in the Federal Register. According to the complaint, the respondents are seeking a limited exclusion order and cease and desist orders against California company The Carol Cole Co., operating as NuFace, to bar from entry "certain microcurrent facial toning devices and systems thereof" that violate their patents. The respondents said their products "treat cosmetic imperfections including wrinkles, acne, and uneven skin tone."

The Commerce Department published notices in the Federal Register Sept. 8 on the following antidumping and countervailing duty (AD/CVD) proceedings (any notices that announce changes to AD/CVD rates, scope, affected firms or effective dates will be detailed in another ITT article):

Certain wooden cabinets imported by RST Brands are subject to antidumping duty and countervailing duty orders on wooden cabinets and vanities and components thereof from China, the Commerce Department said in an Aug. 25 scope ruling.