The International Trade Commission is issuing a limited exclusion order banning imports of dryer wall exhaust vent assemblies (ITC Inv. No. 337-TA-1437) from Xiamen Dirongte Trading Co., Ltd., it said in a June 18 notice. Additionally, the ITC set a bond in the amount of 100% of the entered value of the infringing products imported during the period of presidential review, and issued cease and desist orders against the company.
The Commerce Department published notices in the Federal Register June 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):
The Commerce Department is beginning new antidumping duty and countervailing duty investigations on L-lysine from China, it said in a fact sheet released June 18. The underlying petition was filed in May (see 2505290046). The International Trade Commission is scheduled to make its preliminary injury determination by July 14. 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 is setting new countervailing duty cash deposit requirements for imports of temporary steel fencing from China (C-570-199), after finding subsidization of Chinese producers in the preliminary determination of a CVD investigation. Suspension of liquidation and cash deposit requirements generally take effect June 20, but Commerce is making the suspension of liquidation and CVD cash deposits retroactive to March 22 for nearly all Chinese companies.
The Commerce Department has released the preliminary results of its antidumping duty administrative review on tapered roller bearings from China (A-570-601). Commerce preliminarily found that Shanghai Tainai Bearing Co., Ltd. (Tainai) had no shipments during the review period. But Tainai remains under review until final results. If it continues this finding in the final results of this review, Tainai's AD cash deposit rate won't change as a result of this review, and any entries under its case number during the period June 1, 2023, through May 31, 2024, will be liquidated at the all-others rate.
The Commerce Department is issuing antidumping duty and countervailing duty orders on high chrome cast iron grinding media from India (A-533-930/C-533-931). The orders, published June 18, set permanent antidumping and countervailing duties, which will remain in place unless revoked by Commerce in 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 its final affirmative determinations in the antidumping duty and countervailing duty investigations on imports of low-speed personal transportation vehicles from China, it said in a fact sheet issued June 17. Commerce set AD rates ranging from 119.39% to 478.09% and CVD rates ranging from 31.45% to 679.44% for Chinese exporters, the agency said. These rates will take effect upon publication in the Federal Register of these final determinations, which should occur in the coming days.
On June 17, the FDA posted new and revised versions of the following Import Alerts (after not having posted new ones for a number of days) on the detention without physical examination of:
The FDA says that final guidance is available on the implementation of the post-warning letter meeting process for certain drug manufacturing facilities, according to a Federal Register notice. Eligible facilities may request a post-warning letter meeting with the FDA on the facility's ongoing remediation efforts to address current good manufacturing practice deficiencies described in the warning letter.
USDA's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is considering removing a requirement that horses imported to the U.S. must be accompanied by documentation proving that a pre-export examination, "endorsed by a salaried veterinary medical officer," has occurred within 48 hours of departure from the port of embarkation, according to a Federal Register notice.