The Commerce Department issued antidumping duty orders on epoxy resins from South Korea (A-580-919), Taiwan (A-583-876) and Thailand (A-549-850), and countervailing duty orders on epoxy resins from Taiwan (C-583-877) and South Korea (C-580-920). The orders set permanent antidumping and countervailing duties that will remain in place unless revoked by Commerce, which may take place only under certain conditions, such as a sunset or changed circumstances review. Commerce will now begin conducting annual administrative reviews, if requested, to determine final assessments of AD/CVD on importers and make changes to cash deposit rates.
The Commerce Department issued antidumping and countervailing duty orders on 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid (2,4-D) from China (A-570-160/C-570-161) and India (A-533-922/C-570-923). The orders set permanent antidumping and countervailing duties that will remain in place unless revoked by Commerce, which may take place only under certain conditions, such as a sunset or changed circumstances review. Commerce will now begin conducting annual administrative reviews, if requested, to determine final assessments of AD/CV duties on importers and make changes to cash deposit rates.
A domestic producer recently filed a petition with the Commerce Department and the International Trade Commission requesting new antidumping and countervailing duties on hardwood and decorative plywood from China, Indonesia and Vietnam. Commerce now will 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 Coalition for Fair Trade in Hardwood Plywood requested the investigation.
The International Trade Commission published notices in the May 22 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 May 22 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 welded stainless steel pressure pipe from Vietnam (A-552-816). These results will be used to set final assessments of AD on importers for subject merchandise entered July 1, 2022, through June 30, 2023.
The Commerce Department is amending the final results of the antidumping duty administrative review on raw honey from Argentina (A-357-823), which became effective April 14. The change is to correct ministerial errors in the calculations of the rates for entries of subject merchandise from one company during the period Nov. 23, 2021, through May 31, 2023.
The Commerce Department issued antidumping duty orders on dioctyl terephthalate (DOTP) from Malaysia (A-557-827), Poland (A-455-808), Taiwan (A-583-875) and Turkey (A-489-852). The orders detail a “gap period” of May 5-14, 2025, of no AD liability.
The International Trade Commission published notices in the May 21 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 seeks comments by May 30 on a Section 337 complaint alleging that imports of Wi-Fi devices infringe patents held by Estelgia, it said in a notice set for May 22 publication. According to the complaint, Estelgia is seeking a limited exclusion order and cease and desist orders against ASUS, D-Link, Linksys and Plume Design to bar from entry "certain wi-fi routers, wi-fi devices, mesh wi-fi network devices and components thereof" that violate its patents. Estelgia described the offending products as "a multi-band spectrum allocation system and method for increasing capacity of wireless data communication through concurrent communication through separate radio frequency bands."