The Commerce Department has released its final determination in the antidumping duty investigation on overhead door counterbalance torsion springs from China (A-570-186). Cash deposit rates set in this final determination take effect Aug. 15.
A domestic producer recently filed a petition with the Commerce Department and the International Trade Commission requesting imposition of antidumping duties and countervailing duties on high purity dissolving pulp (HPDP) from Brazil and Norway. 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. Rayonier Advanced Materials, Inc. and the United Steelworkers labor union requested the investigation.
The International Trade Commission published notices in the Aug. 13 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 Aug. 21 on a Section 337 complaint alleging that imports of vaporizer devices infringe patents held by Juul Labs, Inc., it said in an Aug. 13 notice. According to the complaint, Juul is seeking a limited exclusion order and cease and desist orders against NJOY, Altria and their subsidiaries to bar from entry "certain vaporizer devices, cartridges used therewith, and components thereof" that violate its patents. This is Juul's fifth Section 337 complaint in the past seven years to "stop the unlawful importation of vaporizer devices and components thereof," according to the complaint.
The International Trade Commission is issuing both a limited and a general exclusion order banning imports of exercise equipment that infringe on its patents (ITC Inv. No. 337-TA-1419), it said in a notice to be published Aug. 14.
The Commerce Department published notices in the Federal Register Aug. 13 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 International Trade Commission published notices in the Aug. 12 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 Aug. 12 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 published the preliminary results of its antidumping duty administrative review on steel concrete reinforcing bar (rebar) from Turkey (A-489-829), calculating an 18.87% AD rate for Colakoglu Metalurji A.S. and affiliated company Colakoglu Dis Ticaret A.S., the mandatory respondent. If the agency's finding is continued in the final results, importers of subject merchandise from Colakoglu entered between July 1, 2023, through June 30, 2024, would be assessed AD at importer-specific rates. A new 18.87% AD cash deposit rate would take effect for Colakoglu upon publication of the final results in the Federal Register.
The Commerce Department has released the preliminary results of an antidumping duty administrative review on common alloy aluminum sheet from South Africa (A-791-825). The final results of this review will be used to set importer assessments for one South African company for the period April 1, 2023, through March 31, 2024.