The Commerce Department published notices in the Federal Register April 19 on the following AD/CV duty proceedings (any notices that announce changes to AD/CV duty rates, scope, affected firms or effective dates will be detailed in another ITT article):
The Commerce Department has issued a Federal Register notice on its recently initiated antidumping duty investigations on dioctyl terephthalate from Malaysia (A-557-827), Poland (A-455-808), Taiwan (A-583-875) and Turkey (A-489-852) (see 2404170073). The agency will determine whether imports of DOTP are being sold in the U.S. at less than fair value. The investigations cover entries during the period Jan. 1, 2023, through Dec. 31, 2023.
The Commerce Department is beginning new antidumping and countervailing duty investigations on ferrosilicon from Brazil, Kazakhstan, Malaysia and Russia, it said in a fact sheet April 18. The underlying petition was filed in March (see 2403280054). The International Trade Commission is scheduled to make its preliminary injury determinations by May 12. These AD/CVD investigations 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 issued its final determination in its countervailing duty investigation on non-refillable steel cylinders from India (C-533-913). Suspension of liquidation is currently not in effect for entries on or after Jan. 27, 2024, and Commerce will only require cash deposits of estimated CVD on future entries if it issues a CVD order.
The Commerce Department issued its final determination in the antidumping duty investigation on non-refillable stainless steel cylinders from India (A-533-912). Changes to cash deposit requirements set in this final determination take effect April 22, the date they are scheduled for publication in the Federal Register.
The Consumer Product Safety Commission announced the following voluntary recalls April 18:
On April 18, the FDA posted new and revised versions of the following Import Alerts on the detention without physical examination of:
USDA's Commodity Credit Corporation announced April 18 that Special Import Quota #1 for upland cotton will be established April 25, allowing importation of 6,902,347 kilograms (31,702 bales) of upland cotton, the same as the previous quota period. The quota will apply to upland cotton purchased not later than July 23, 2024, and entered into the U.S. by Oct. 21, 2024. The quota is equivalent to one week's consumption of cotton by domestic mills at the seasonally adjusted average rate for the December 2023 through February 2024 period, the most recent three months for which data is available.
While CBP is working to select accreditors, it's also important that companies start looking at their own internal training and ensuring that it has the context and the time requirements you are going to need, said Brian Barber, vice president for U.S. brokerage operations and government affairs at Willson International (see 2404170072).
A listing of recent Commerce Department antidumping and countervailing duty messages posted on CBP's website April 18, 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.