The International Trade Commission is issuing a limited exclusion order banning imports of imports of eye cosmetics and related packaging (ITC Inv. No. 337-TA-1407) from Taiwanese company Kaibeauty, Korean company I’ll Global Co., Israeli company Hikari Laboratories, and Hungarian company Kelz Beauty, it said in a notice to be published April 14. Additionally, the ITC set a bond of 100% of the entered value for covered articles imported or sold during the period of presidential review. The ITC declined to issue cease and desist orders against the companies "because of the lack of evidence or allegations that the Defaulting Respondents maintain commercially significant inventories and/or engage in significant commercial operations in the United States." The order concludes a Section 337 investigation the ITC launched in July 2024, based on allegations by Amarte USA that the respondents are selling eye creams, eye palettes, eye patches, eye serums and eyelashes that use identical or similar names to its trademarked Eyeconic brand (see 2407160015).
The International Trade Commission has ended a Section 337 investigation on imported disposable vaporizer devices (ITC Inv. No. 337-TA-1381), it said in a Federal Register notice to be published April 14. R.J. Reynolds, along with RAI Strategic Holdings, initially alleged in 2024 that 42 respondents (mostly in the U.S. and China) imported disposable vaporizer devices that infringe their patents (see 2407220025).
The International Trade Commission has ended a Section 337 investigation on imported audio players and components (ITC Inv. No. 337-TA-1329), it said in a Federal Register notice to be published April 14. Complainant Google initially alleged in 2022 that Sonos' audio players infringed several of Google's patents covering speech recognition and hot word detection on multiple devices (see 2209150021).
The Commerce Department published notices in the Federal Register April 11 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 released Federal Register notices on its recently initiated countervailing duty investigation on polyprolene corrugated boxes from China (C-570-204) and its antidumping duty investigations on polypropylene corrugated boxes from China (A-570-203) and Vietnam (A-552-850). The CVD investigation on China covers entries for the calendar year 2024, and the AD investigations on China and Vietnam cover entries for July 1, 2024, through Dec. 31, 2024.
The Commerce Department has published the preliminary results of its antidumping duty administrative review on crystalline silicon photovoltaic cells, whether or not assembled into modules, from China (A-570-979). In the final results of this review, Commerce will set assessment rates for subject merchandise from the six companies remaining under review entered December 2022 through November 2023.
The International Trade Commission published notices in the April 10 Federal Register on the following antidumping and countervailing duty (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 April 10 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 made preliminary affirmative antidumping duty determinations that imports of corrosion-resistant steel products from a number of countries are being sold in the U.S. at less than fair value. The countries covered by the determination are Australia (A-602-812), Brazil (A-351-862), Canada (A-122-871), Mexico (A-201-863), the Netherlands (A-421-818), South Africa (A-791-829), Taiwan (A-583-878), Turkey (A-489-855), the United Arab Emirates (A-520-811) and Vietnam (A-552-843). AD suspension of liquidation and cash deposit requirements take effect April 10.
The Commerce Department published notices in the Federal Register April 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):