The Commerce Department has published the preliminary results of its antidumping duty administrative review on wooden bedroom furniture from China (A-570-890). The agency said it preliminarily determined that Shenzhen New Fudu Furniture Co., Ltd. isn't eligible for a separate rate, assigning it to the China-wide entity, which has an AD rate of 216.01%. If Commerce continues this finding in its final results, it will assess AD on subject merchandise imported from New Fudu at that 216.01% rate. A new 216.01% cash deposit rate for New Fudu would take effect upon publication of the final results of this review in the Federal Register.

The Commerce Department published notices in the Federal Register May 14 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 Commerce Department has published the preliminary results of its antidumping duty administrative review on forged steel fluid end blocks from Germany (A-428-847). Commerce preliminarily calculated an AD rate of 8.9% for BGH Edelstahl Siegen GmbH, the only company still covered by the review. Any changes to BGH's cash deposit rates would take effect on the publication date of the final results of this review, currently expected in September. Once Commerce issues its final results of the review, if the outcome doesn't change, the agency will assess AD at importer-specific rates for entries of subject merchandise from BHG entered Jan. 1, 2023, through Dec. 31, 2023, it said.

The Commerce Department has published the final results of the antidumping duty administrative review on polyethylene terephthalate film from Taiwan (A-583-837). Commerce continued to find, as it did in the preliminary results of this review, that Nan Ya Plastics Corp. did not undersell subject merchandise during the period of review, assigning the company a zero percent AD rate. Subject merchandise from Nan Ya entered between July 1, 2022, and June 30, 2023, will be liquidated without any assessment of antidumping duties, and future entries of subject merchandise exported by Nan Ya won't be subject to AD cash deposit requirements until further notice. The new AD cash deposit rate takes effect May 14, the day the final results were published in the Federal Register.

The Commerce Department has issued the final results of its antidumping duty administrative review on methionine from Spain (A-469-822, CBP # A-470-822). For entries on or after May 14, the date these final results were published in the Federal Register, Commerce is setting a new 0.71% AD cash deposit rate for the only company under review, Adisseo España S.A., the same rate as in the preliminary results of the review. Commerce will liquidate entries at importer-specific rates for entries from Adisseo during the period Sept. 1, 2022, through Aug. 31, 2023.

The Commerce Department has published the final results of the antidumping duty administrative review on steel nails from South Korea (A-580-874). These final results will be used to set final assessments of AD on importers of subject merchandise entered July 1, 2022, through June 30, 2023.

The Commerce Department has published the final results of a countervailing duty administrative review of certain lined paper products from India (C-533-844). Rates set in this review will be used to set importer assessments for subject merchandise from Navneet Education Limited entered during the period Jan. 1, 2022, through Dec. 31, 2022.

The Commerce Department published notices in the Federal Register May 13 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 Commerce Department recently issued antidumping and countervailing duty orders on isposable aluminum containers, pans, trays, and lids from China (A-570-170/C-570-171). 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.

Retroactive suspension of liquidation and antidumping and countervailing duty cash deposit requirements take effect for acidic solid 1-hydroxyethylidene-1, 1-diphosphonic acid from China entered on or after Dec. 19, 2024, the Commerce Department said in the preliminary determination of an anti-circumvention inquiry.