The Commerce Department has released the preliminary results of its antidumping duty administrative review on superabsorbent polymers from South Korea (A-580-914). The agency preliminarily calculated a zero percent AD rate for LG Chem, Ltd., the only company under review. If the agency's finding is continued in the final results, importers of subject merchandise from LG Chem entered between June 7, 2022, and Nov. 30, 2023, won't be assessed AD, and no cash deposits would be required on merchandise from LG Chem beginning on the date the final results are published in the Federal Register.

The Commerce Department has released the preliminary results of a countervailing duty administrative review of softwood lumber products from Canada (C-122-858). This review covers subject merchandise from the exporters under review entered during the period Jan. 1, 2023, through Dec. 31, 2023.

The Commerce Department soon will suspend liquidation and impose antidumping duty cash deposit requirements on imports of corrosion-resistant steel products from Australia, Brazil, Canada, Mexico, the Netherlands, South Africa, Taiwan, Turkey, the United Arab Emirates and Vietnam, it said in a fact sheet issued April 4.

The International Trade Commission seeks comments by April 16 on a Section 337 complaint alleging that imports of drug products containing C-Type natriuretic peptide variants infringe patents held by BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc., it said in a notice set for April 8 publication. According to the complaint, BioMarin is seeking a limited exclusion order and cease and desist orders against Ascendis Pharma and Wacker Biotech to bar from entry "drug products containing a c-type natriuretic peptide variant, and components of the drug product; specifically, a prodrug of CNP, including the drug substance, the linker of the drug substance, and other components, such as the synthetic polymeric group, and vials, prefilled syringes, autoinjectors, or other presentations of TransCon CNP containing the same, for the treatment of achondroplasia," that violate the complainant's patents. The complainant said that the drugs "have not been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for any indication, but are expected to be used for therapeutic purposes, such as treating achondroplasia in children."

The Commerce Department published notices in the Federal Register April 7 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 the final results of the antidumping duty administrative review on large power transformers from South Korea (A-580-867). These final results will be used to set final assessments of AD on importers for subject merchandise entered Aug. 1, 2022, through July 31, 2023.

The Commerce Department has published the final results of the antidumping duty administrative review on steel nails from Malaysia (A-557-816). These final results will be used to set final assessments of AD duties on importers for subject merchandise entered July 2022 through June 2023. Commerce said it made no changes to the calculations it made for the preliminary results of this review.

The Commerce Department made final affirmative antidumping duty determinations that imports of epoxy resins from China (A-570-166), India (A-533-926), South Korea (A-580-919), Taiwan (A-583-876) and Thailand (A-549-850) are being sold in the U.S. at less than fair value. The agency imposed AD cash requirements retroactively on entries of subject merchandise from China beginning Aug. 15, 2024. For Indian, South Korean, Taiwanese and Thai exporters, suspension of liquidation and cash deposit requirements will continue for entries on or after Nov. 13, 2024, the date that the preliminary determinations were published in the Federal Register. Cash deposit rates set in these final determinations are effective April 3.

The Commerce Department is setting new countervailing duty cash deposit requirements for imports of epoxy resin from China (C-570-167), India (C-533-927), Taiwan (C-583-877) and South Korea (C-580-920) after finding countervailable subsidization of producers and exporters in the four countries in the preliminary determinations of its CVD investigations. Suspension of liquidation and cash deposit requirements will take effect Sept. 13, 2024, for entries of subject merchandise from India and Taiwan, and will take retroactive effect for entries from China as of June 15, 2024.

The International Trade Commission published notices in the April 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):