The Commerce Department published notices in the Federal Register March 5 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 softwood lumber products from Canada (A-122-857). In the final results of this review, Commerce will set AD assessment rates for subject merchandise for the companies under review entered Jan. 1, 2023, through Dec. 31, 2023.

The Commerce Department is finalizing its preliminary finding (see 2501070003) that four Canadian companies are cross-owned entities for the purposes of countervailing duties on softwood lumber products from Canada (C-122-858). Commerce said it continues to find that Interfor Sales & Marketing Ltd. (ISM) is cross-owned with Interfor Corporation, EACOM Timber Corporation, Chaleur Forest Products Inc., and Chaleur Forest Products LP, four producers/exporters that also are subject to the CVD order on certain softwood lumber from Canada, in the final results of a changed circumstances review released March 5. Commerce noted in its preliminary finding that the purpose of the CCR doesn't include identifying the applicable cash deposit rates for the companies in question but said that all four already have been assigned the cash deposit rate that non-selected companies have.

The Commerce Department has published the final results of the antidumping duty administrative review on steel propane cylinders from Thailand (A-549-839). Commerce set an AD rate of 3.18% for Sahamitr Pressure Container Plc., the only company under review, the same rate as in the preliminary results of the review. Subject merchandise from Sahamitr entered Aug. 1, 2022, through July 31, 2023, will be liquidated at importer-specific rates, Commerce said. The 3.18% AD duty cash deposit rate for Sahamitr is effective March 4, the date the final results were published in the Federal Register.

The International Trade Commission published notices in the March 4 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 International Trade Commission has ended a Section 337 investigation on imports of medical programmers with printed circuit boards from Axonics (ITC Inv. No. 337-TA-1396), it said in a notice to be published March 5. Complainant Medtronic initially alleged in 2024 that Axonics is importing sacral neuromodulation systems that rely on its patented technology, including devices for use with Axonics’ F15 and R20 sacral neuromodulation systems (see 2404020033).

The International Trade Commission is beginning a Section 337 investigation on glass substrates liquid crystal displays (ITC Inv. No. 337-TA-1441) after receiving allegations filed by Corning Inc. that LG, Hisense, HKC, and six other companies are importing products that infringe its patents, the agency said in a March 3 press release.

The Commerce Department published notices in the Federal Register March 4 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 is giving advance notice that in an automatic five-year sunset review scheduled to begin in April it will consider revoking the countervailing duty order on chlorinated isocyanurates from China (C-570-991). This order will be revoked unless Commerce finds that revocation would lead to countervailable subsidization and the International Trade Commission finds that revocation would result in injury to U.S. industry, Commerce said.

The Commerce Department and the International Trade Commission began five-year sunset reviews of the antidumping and countervailing duty orders on wooden cabinets and vanities from China (A-570-106/C-570-107), as well as the AD order on small diameter graphite electrodes from China (A-570-929) and the suspended AD/CVD investigations on sugar from Mexico (A-201-845/C-201-846), Commerce said in a notice March 3.