The Commerce Department has published the preliminary results of its antidumping duty administrative review on uncoated paper from Brazil (A-351-842). The agency calculated an AD rate of 14.42% for Suzano S.A., the one company under review. Any changes to the cash deposit rates for Suzano would take effect on the publication date of the final results of this review. Once Commerce issues its final results, if there are no changes, the agency would assess AD at importer-specific rates for entries of subject merchandise from Suzano entered between March 1, 2023, through Feb. 29, 2024, it said.
The Commerce Department has released the final results of its countervailing duty administrative review on oil country tubular goods from Turkey (C-489-817). The agency assigned a 1.55% CVD rate to the affiliated companies Borusan Mannesmann Boru Sanayi ve Ticaret A.S., Borusan Mannesmann Boru Yatirim Holding and Borusan Holding A.S.; and a 1.01% CVD rate to Cayirova Boru Sanayi ve Ticaret A.S. and its affiliate Yucelboru Ihracat Ithalat ve Pazarlama A.S. Importers of subject merchandise from Borusan and Cayirova entered Jan. 1, 2022, through Dec. 31, 2022, will be assessed CVD at importer-specific rates. The CVD cash deposit rates for the two companies and their affiliates take effect July 11, the date these final results are set to be published in the Federal Register.
The Commerce Department has published the final results of the antidumping duty administrative review on steel racks from China (A-570-088). These final results will be used to set final assessments of AD for subject merchandise for the companies under review entered Sept. 1, 2022, through Aug. 31, 2023.
The Commerce Department has published the final results of its countervailing duty administrative review on passenger vehicle and light truck tires from China (C-570-017). The agency calculated new CVD cash deposit rates for the Chinese producers and exporters listed below. These final results, unchanged from the preliminary results, will be used to set final assessments of CVD on importers for entries Jan. 1, 2023, through Dec. 31, 2023.
The Commerce Department is beginning an anti-circumvention inquiry to determine whether all imports of disposable aluminum containers, pans, trays, and lids from Thailand and Vietnam that are made from Chinese aluminum foil are circumventing antidumping and countervailing duties on disposable aluminum containers from China (A-570-170/C-570-171), it said in a notice released July 10.
The Commerce Department is beginning an anti-circumvention inquiry on allegations that certain models of vertical shaft engines imported from China are circumventing antidumping and countervailing duties on vertical shaft engines between 99cc and 225cc, and parts thereof, from China (A-570-124/C-570-125), the agency said in a notice.
The Commerce Department issued its final determination in its countervailing duty investigation on tungsten shot from China (C-570-179), finding countervailable subsidization of producers and exporters. Suspension of liquidation currently isn't in effect for entries on or after April 19, 2025, and Commerce will require cash deposits of estimated CVD on future entries only if it issues a CVD order.
The Commerce Department issued its final determination in its antidumping duty investigation of tungsten shot from China (A-570-178). Changes to cash deposit requirements set in this final determination take effect July 11, the date they are scheduled to be published in the Federal Register.
The International Trade Commission published notices in the July 9 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 July 18 on a Section 337 complaint alleging that imports of wearable electroencephalogram devices infringe patents held by Ceribell Inc., it said in a notice to be published July 10. According to the complaint, Ceribell is seeking a limited exclusion order and cease and desist orders against Natus Medical Inc. and Excel-Tech Ltd. (acquired by Natus and now a Natus subsidiary) to bar from entry "certain wearable electroencephalogram devices and systems and components thereof" that violate its patents. Ceribell described its products as "a first-of-its-kind technology that integrates reliable highly portable hardware with proprietary AI-powered algorithms to deliver precise seizure detection and assessment in minutes rather than hours or days."