The Commerce Department published notices in the Federal Register Jan. 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 released the final results of the antidumping duty administrative review on passenger vehicle and light truck tires from Thailand (A-549-842). These final results will be used to set final assessments of AD duties on importers for subject merchandise entered Jan. 6, 2021, through June 30, 2022.
The Commerce Department has released the final results of its countervailing duty administrative review on polyethylene film, sheet and strip (PET film) from India (C-533-825). Commerce will set final assessments of CV duties on importers for subject merchandise from Jindal Poly Films Limited entered Jan. 1, 2021, through Dec. 31, 2021. The new CVD cash deposit rate takes effect for entries from these companies on or after Jan. 29, the date these final results are to be published in the Federal Register.
The Commerce Department is amending countervailing duty cash deposit rates for exporters subject to CV duties on phosphate fertilizers from Russia (A-821-825), it said in a notice implementing a recent Court of International Trade decision that invalidated rates the agency set in the antidumping duty final determination and order it issued in 2021 (see 2104060023). Any changes are applicable to entries on or after Jan. 29, as follows:
A domestic producer coalition seeks the imposition of new antidumping duties on paper plates from China, Thailand and Vietnam, as well as new countervailing duties on paper plates from China and Vietnam, it said in petitions filed with the Commerce Department and the International Trade Commission Jan. 24. 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 American Paper Plate Coalition, consisting of AJM Packaging, Aspen Products, Dart Container, Hoffmaster Group, Huhtamaki Americas and Unique Industries, filed the petition.
The Consumer Product Safety Commission announced the following voluntary recalls Jan. 25:
USDA's Commodity Credit Corporation announced Jan. 25 that Special Import Quota #15 for upland cotton will be established Feb. 1, allowing importation of 6,199,761 kilograms (28,475 bales) of upland cotton, the same as the previous quota period. The quota will apply to upland cotton purchased not later than April 30, 2024, and entered into the U.S. by July 29, 2024. The quota is equivalent to one week's consumption of cotton by domestic mills at the seasonally adjusted average rate for the September through November 2023 period, the most recent three months for which data is available.
Reps. Dusty Johnson, R-S.D., and John Garamendi, D-Calif., urged the Federal Maritime Commission on Jan. 26 to finalize its proposed rule on demurrage and detention billing requirements “as expeditiously as possible.”
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 Jan. 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.