The Commerce Department said in a new scope ruling Feb. 9 that some of exporter Asia Wheel’s 22.5 to 24.5 inch diameter steel wheels -- those with rims and discs made in Thailand or a third country out of inputs from China -- are not covered by AD/CVD orders on steel wheels from China.

A domestic producer seeks the imposition of new antidumping duties and countervailing duties on melamine from Germany, India, Qatar and Trinidad and Tobago, as well as antidumping duties on melamine from Japan and the Netherlands, it said in petitions filed with the Commerce Department and the International Trade Commission Feb. 14. Commerce will now decide whether to begin AD/CVD investigations, which could result in the imposition of permanent AD/CVD orders and the assessment of AD and CVD on importers.

The International Trade Commission is beginning a Section 337 investigation on allegations that capacitive discharge ignition systems from Motortech infringe on Altronic’s patents, it said in a notice released Feb. 13 (ITC Inv. No. 337-TA-1390). A complaint filed by Altronic in January said Motortech is making ignition systems for industrial internal combustion engines that copy its patented technologies (see 2401170030). The ITC will consider issuing a limited exclusion order and cease and desist order banning imports from the Germany-based Motortech and its affiliate Motortech Americas.

The Commerce Department published notices in the Federal Register Feb. 13 on the following AD/CV duty proceedings (any notices that announce changes to AD/CV duty rates, scope, affected firms or effective dates will be detailed in another ITT article):

The Commerce Department has published the preliminary results of a countervailing duty administrative review of truck and bus tires from China (C-570-041). This review covers subject merchandise from the exporters under review entered during the period Jan. 1, 2022, through Dec. 31, 2022.

The Commerce Department has released the final results of the antidumping duty administrative review on frozen warmwater shrimp from Vietnam (A-552-802). Commerce determined that no companies under review qualify for a separate rate, making them part of the Vietnam-wide entity, and subject to the Vietnam-wide entity rate of 25.76%. Commerce will assess AD at this rate on subject merchandise from these 118 companies entered Feb. 1, 2022, through Jan. 31, 2023. A new 25.76% cash deposit rate takes effect for these 118 companies on Feb. 14, when these final results are to be published in the Federal Register.

The Commerce Department has published the final results of the antidumping duty administrative review on emulsion styrene butadiene rubber from Mexico (A-201-848), making no changes to its preliminary results. Commerce set an AD rate of zero percent for Industrias Negromex S.A. de C.V., the one mandatory respondent in the review. Because the rate is zero percent, that zero percent rate was also applied to three non-individually examined companies -- Continental Tire de Mexico S.A. de C.V., Hyundai Glovis Mexico S. de R.L. de C.V. and Pirelli Neumaticos S.A. de C.V.

The Commerce Department published notices in the Federal Register Feb. 12 on the following AD/CV duty proceedings (any notices that announce changes to AD/CV duty rates, scope, affected firms or effective dates will be detailed in another ITT article):

The Commerce Department has released a correction to the final results of the antidumping duty administrative review on finished carbon steel flanges from India (A-533-871) covering exports of subject merchandise during the period of review Aug. 1, 2021, through July 31, 2022. Commerce said the appendix in the original final results notice, listing companies that were not individually examined, contained the names of five companies that actually were individually reviewed: Bansidhar Chiranjilal; Norma (India) Limited; R. N. Gupta & Company Limited; Uma Shanker Khandelwal & Co.; and USK Exports Private Limited. With the notice, Commerce removed those names from the appendix list.

The Commerce Department on Feb. 12 released a countervailing duty order on brass rod from India (C-533-916). The order sets permanent countervailing duties, which will remain in place unless revoked by Commerce in a sunset or changed circumstances review. Commerce will begin conducting annual administrative reviews, if requested, to determine final assessments of CV duties on importers and make changes to cash deposit rates.