A Federal Maritime Commission administrative law judge has denied USL Auto Exporting Inc.’s complaint accusing Easy Shipping Corp. of mishandling a shipment of four vehicles from Savannah to Libya, according to a decision released April 16.
The International Trade Commission published notices in the April 18 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 is issuing a limited exclusion order banning imports of certain components for injection molding machines, and products containing the same from Ningbo AO Sheng Mold Co. Ltd., dba AOSIMI (ITC Inv. No. 337-TA-1425), it said in an April 18 notice. Additionally, the ITC set a bond of 100% of the entered value for covered articles imported or sold during the period of presidential review.
The Commerce Department has released the preliminary results of a countervailing duty administrative review of crystalline silicon photovoltaic cells, whether or not assembled into modules, from China (C-570-980). This review covers subject merchandise from the exporters under review entered during the period Jan. 1, 2022, through Dec. 31, 2022.
The Commerce Department issued its final affirmative determination in the countervailing duty investigation on imports of ceramic tile from India, it said in a fact sheet issued April 17. Commerce set CVD rates ranging from 3.06% to 3.45% for Indian exporters. It also set zero rates for all Indian exporters in its final antidumping duty determination, so Commerce will end the investigation and won't impose an AD order on ceramic tile from India. Publication in the Federal Register of these final determinations should occur in the coming days.
The Commerce Department is beginning a new antidumping duty investigation on monomers and oligomers imported from South Korea and Taiwan, it said in a fact sheet April 17. The underlying petition was filed in late March (see 2504010047). The International Trade Commission is scheduled to make its preliminary injury determinations by May 12. The investigation will continue only if the ITC finds injury. International Trade Today will provide more details upon publication of the initiation notices in the Federal Register.
The Commerce Department published notices in the Federal Register April 18 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):
President Donald Trump seemed to say April 17 he doesn’t intend to raise tariffs on China further, and that he might actually be looking to lower them.
A listing of recent Commerce Department antidumping and countervailing duty messages posted on CBP's website April 17, along with the case number(s) and CBP message number, is provided below. The messages are available by searching for the listed CBP message number at CBP's ADCVD Search page.
CBP issued the following releases on commercial trade and related matters: