The Commerce Department is recognizing the name change of an Indian company for the purposes of an antidumping duty order on frozen warmwater shrimp from India (A-533-840), it said in a notice of the final results of a changed circumstances review. The agency confirmed its preliminary finding that Elque Ventures Private Limited (EVPL) is the successor-in-interest to Elque & Co., saying that EVPL continues to operate as the same business entity despite the corporate restructuring when Elque & Co. became part of Elque Ventures Private Limited when EVPL took over the assets of Elque & Co. under an agreement between the two entities. EVLP demonstrated that the combined company continues to operate as the same business entity, with the same board and same production facilities, as when it was Elque & Co. Commerce said that effective March 11, EVLP now inherits the AD rate assigned to Elque & Co., which is currently 3.88%. (For a summary of the preliminary results of this changed circumstances review, see 2401190047.)
The Commerce Department has published the preliminary results of its antidumping duty administrative reviews on wood mouldings and millwork from China (A-570-117). In the final results of this review, Commerce will set AD assessment rates for subject merchandise for the companies under review entered Feb. 1, 2022, through Jan. 31, 2023.
The Commerce Department has published the final results of the antidumping duty administrative review on hydrofluorocarbon blends from China (A-570-028). The agency made changes to its preliminary finding that the one mandatory respondent, Zhejiang Sanmei Chemical Industry Co., Ltd., did not make sales at less than fair value during the review period Aug. 1, 2021, through July 31, 2022, and in the final results assigned it a 101.14% dumping margin.
The Commerce Department issued notices in the Federal Register on its recently initiated antidumping duty investigations on melamine from Germany, India, Japan, Qatar, the Netherlands and Trinidad and Tobago, as well as its countervailing duty investigation on melamine from Germany, India, Qatar, and Trinidad and Tobago (C-428-853, C-533-925, C-518-002, C-274-811). The investigations cover entries for the calendar year 2023.
Suspension of liquidation and countervailing duty cash deposit requirements take effect March 11 for imports of aluminum extrusions from China (C-570-159), Indonesia (C-560-841), Mexico (C-201-861) and Turkey (C-489-851), after the Commerce Department found illegal subsidization in preliminary determinations in its ongoing CVD investigations.
The Consumer Product Safety Commission announced the following voluntary recalls March 7:
USDA's Commodity Credit Corporation announced March 7 that Special Import Quota #21 for upland cotton will be established March 14, allowing importation of 6,526,283 kilograms (29,975 bales) of upland cotton, down from 6,540,756 kilograms (30,041 bales) in the previous quota period. The quota will apply to upland cotton purchased not later than June 11, 2024, and entered into the U.S. by Sept. 9, 2024. The quota is equivalent to one week's consumption of cotton by domestic mills at the seasonally adjusted average rate for the November 2023 through January 2024 period, the most recent three months for which data is available.
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 7, 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 found substantial evidence that Minth Mexico Coatings (MMC) evaded antidumping and countervailing duty orders covering aluminum extrusions from China. CBP, in an Enforce and Protect Act notice of determination dated Feb. 27, said that MMC imported the aluminum extrusions from Chinese suppliers and transshipped them through Mexico, failing to declare the automotive parts as subject to the AD/CVD orders.