The International Trade Commission is beginning a Section 337 investigation on motorized self-balancing vehicles (ITC Inv. No. 337-TA-1440), after receiving allegations filed by Razor USA and Shane Chen that companies Gotrax, Gyroor and Sisigad are importing products that infringe its patents, the agency said in a press release Feb. 20.

The Commerce Department published notices in the Federal Register Feb. 21 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 final results of the antidumping duty administrative review on prestressed concrete steel wire strand from Malaysia (A-557-819).

The International Trade Commission published notices in the Feb. 20 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 Feb. 20 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 began administrative reviews for certain firms subject to antidumping and countervailing duty orders with January anniversary dates, it said in a notice.

The Commerce Department has published the final results of the antidumping duty administrative review on carbon and alloy steel cut-to-length plate from South Korea (A-580-887). Commerce continued its preliminary results, finding that POSCO didn't make sales of subject merchandise at less than fair value, and kept in the final results the zero percent AD rate it had preliminarily assigned to the POSCO single entity, which includes its affiliated companies -- POSCO International Corporation, POSCO MS, and certain distributors and service centers (i.e., Taechang Steel Co., Ltd. and Winsteel Co., Ltd.) -- the only company under review.

The Commerce Department has published the final results of the countervailing duty administrative review on certain oil country tubular goods (OCTG) from South Korea (C-580-913). These final results will be used to set final assessments of CVD on importers for subject merchandise entered .Sept. 29, 2022, through Dec. 31, 2022.

The International Trade Commission published notices in the Feb. 19 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 is issuing a limited exclusion order banning imports of power converter modules (ITC Inv. No. 337-TA-1370) from Taiwanese companies Delta and Quanta, Chinese company Foxconn, and their subsidiaries, it said in a notice to be published Feb. 20. Additionally, the ITC issued cease and desist orders against the U.S.-based subsidiaries of the companies but imposed no bond for covered articles imported or sold during the period of presidential review. The order concludes a Section 337 investigation the ITC launched in August 2023, based on allegations by Vicor Corporation that the respondents are importing power converter modules and computing systems that infringe three of Vicor's patents related to power system technologies used in high density and high efficiency applications like "high-end" computing (see 2308160011).