The International Trade Commission published notices in the Jan. 29 Federal Register on the following 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 Jan. 29 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 the preliminary results of its antidumping duty new shipper review on certain frozen fish fillets from Vietnam (A-552-801) covering Co May Import Export Company Limited during the review period of Aug. 1, 2022, through Jan. 31, 2023. The agency calculated a zero percent AD rate for subject merchandise both produced and exported by Co May. If this finding is confirmed in the final results, Commerce will not require AD cash deposits for subject merchandise produced and exported by Co May until further notice. For now, such merchandise from Co May will continue to enter at the $0.14/kg Vietnam-wide rate (see 2309110057).

The Commerce Department published notices in the Federal Register Jan. 26 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 the final results of the antidumping duty administrative review on passenger vehicle and light truck tires from Thailand (A-549-842). These final results will be used to set final assessments of AD duties on importers for subject merchandise entered Jan. 6, 2021, through June 30, 2022.

The Commerce Department has released the final results of its countervailing duty administrative review on polyethylene film, sheet and strip (PET film) from India (C-533-825). Commerce will set final assessments of CV duties on importers for subject merchandise from Jindal Poly Films Limited entered Jan. 1, 2021, through Dec. 31, 2021. The new CVD cash deposit rate takes effect for entries from these companies on or after Jan. 29, the date these final results are to be published in the Federal Register.

The Commerce Department is amending countervailing duty cash deposit rates for exporters subject to CV duties on phosphate fertilizers from Russia (A-821-825), it said in a notice implementing a recent Court of International Trade decision that invalidated rates the agency set in the antidumping duty final determination and order it issued in 2021 (see 2104060023). Any changes are applicable to entries on or after Jan. 29, as follows:

A domestic producer coalition seeks the imposition of new antidumping duties on paper plates from China, Thailand and Vietnam, as well as new countervailing duties on paper plates from China and Vietnam, it said in petitions filed with the Commerce Department and the International Trade Commission Jan. 24. 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 American Paper Plate Coalition, consisting of AJM Packaging, Aspen Products, Dart Container, Hoffmaster Group, Huhtamaki Americas and Unique Industries, filed the petition.

The International Trade Commission published notices in the Jan. 25 Federal Register on the following AD/CVD injury, Section 337 patent or other trade proceedings (any notices that warrant a more detailed summary will be in another ITT article):

Optimum Communications Services seeks a general exclusion order banning all imports of network equipment supporting NETCONF standards that allegedly infringe its patents, the International Trade Commission said in a Jan. 25 notice. A complaint filed by Optimum Jan. 19 said imports of the goods, used for network management systems for managing remote network elements, violate Section 337 by infringing on its patented technologies that “improve cost-efficiency, reliability and performance of network configuration and monitoring.” The complaint singles out Changsha Silun, Hunan Maiqiang, Hunan Zikun and Guangzhou Qiton as infringing on Optimum’s patents, and also seeks cease and desist orders against each of those China-based companies.