The Commerce Department published notices in the Federal Register March 28 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 intends to end antidumping and countervailing duties on stainless steel flanges made to SAE J518 or ISO 6162 specification, the agency said in the initiation and preliminary results of a changed circumstances review of the AD/CVD orders on stainless steel flanges from China (A-570-064/C-570-065) and India (A-533-877/C-533-878).
The Commerce Department has released amended final results of the antidumping duty administrative review on steel propane cylinders from Thailand (A-549-839) that were used to set final assessments of AD on importers for subject merchandise entered Aug. 1, 2021, through July 31, 2022 (see 2402220068). The amendment came as the result of a ministerial error allegation from Sahamitr Pressure Container Public Company Limited (SMPC), which was also the only company subject to the review. Commerce said it agreed with the allegation, and corrected an error with respect to the selection of sales databases used in SMPC’s margin analysis. The correction results in a change to the AD rate for SPMC from 2.17% to 2.15%. The new rate is effective March 29.
Two domestic producers seek the imposition of new antidumping and countervailing duties on ferrosilicon from Brazil, Kazakhstan, Malaysia and Russia, they said in a petition filed with the Commerce Department and the International Trade Commission March 27. Commerce will now 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. The petition was filed by CC Metals and Alloys (CCMA) and Ferroglobe USA.
The International Trade Commission seeks comments by April 8 on a Section 337 complaint filed by US Conec that seeks a general exclusion order banning all imports of fiber-optic connectors, adapters, jump cables, patch cords, and related products that infringe on US Conec’s patents, the ITC said in a notice released March 28. The company’s March 22 complaint said Senko and a lengthy list of distributors are importing fiber-optic connectors, fiber-optic adapters, fiber-optic interconnects, fiber-optic cables, fiber-optic patch cables, fiber-optic cords and fiber-optic patch cords that incorporate US Conec’s patented technologies. US Conec also seeks cease and desist orders against the infringing companies.
Eastman Chemical seeks the imposition of new antidumping duties on dioctyl terephthalate from Taiwan, Turkey, Malaysia and Poland, it said in petitions filed with the Commerce Department and the International Trade Commission March 26. Commerce will now decide whether to begin AD investigations, which could result in the imposition of permanent AD orders and the assessment of AD on importers.
CBP issued the following releases on commercial trade and related matters:
A listing of recent Commerce Department antidumping and countervailing duty messages posted on CBP's website March 27, 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 plans to deploy a new capability that will “migrate all ACE Portal Periodic Monthly Statement (PMS) features to the modernized ACE Portal” on April 13, it said in an update to its ACE development and deployment calendar. That will include “the ability to designate participants, activate participants, and schedule upcoming statements.” Users will “no longer have access to PMS tools in the legacy ACE portal” at that time, CBP said.
CBP is in the process of selecting accreditors for its continuing education requirement for customs brokers, said Shari McCann, director of commercial operations for CBP's Office of Trade, during a session at the CBP Trade Facilitation and Cargo Security Summit on March 28.