The International Trade Commission published notices in the March 21 Federal Register on the following 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 issued a limited exclusion order banning imports of raised garden beds from Huizhou Green Giant Technology and Utopban Limited after finding the two companies misappropriated Vego Garden’s trade secrets and engaged in false advertising, the ITC said in a notice released March 26. The import ban concludes a Section 337 investigation the ITC began in 2022 (see 2210180055). The ITC also issued a cease and desist order against Utopban. It set bond at 100% of entered value for imports during the 60-day period that the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative has to review the exclusion order.
The Commerce Department published notices in the Federal Register March 26 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 published a correction to the final results of the antidumping duty administrative review on steel nails from Malaysia (A-557-816), which were published Feb. 6. There were no rate changes to the final results, which will be used to set final assessments of AD duties on importers for subject merchandise entered July 2021 through June 2022.
The Commerce Department issued the final results of its antidumping duty new shipper review on carbazole violet pigment 23 from India (A-533-838) covering Sudarshan Chemical Industries Limited. The agency continued to calculate a zero percent AD rate for subject merchandise both produced and exported by Sudarshan Chemical. Effective March 27, Commerce will not require AD cash deposits for subject merchandise produced and exported by Sudarshan Chemical until further notice.
On March 25, the FDA posted new and revised versions of the following Import Alerts on the detention without physical examination of:
The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service intends to allow imports of fresh Hass avocado fruit from Guatemala, it said in a notice released March 26. An agency pest risk analysis found “the application of one or more designated phytosanitary measures will be sufficient to mitigate the risks of introducing or disseminating plant pests or noxious weeds” with the importation of Guatemalan avocados, APHIS said. If APHIS finalizes the decision, it will allow imports into the U.S., subject to the phytosanitary requirements specified by the agency. Comments will be accepted through May 28.
The following lawsuits were filed at the Court of International Trade during the week of March 18-24:
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 25, 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.