The Commerce Department recently issued the preliminary results of its antidumping duty administrative review on certain carbon and alloy steel cut-to-length plate from Belgium (A-423-812), calculating an AD duty rate of 2.52% for Industeel Belgium S.A. If the agency's finding is continued in the final results, importers of subject merchandise from Industeel Belgium entered between May 1, 2022, through April 30, 2023, will be assessed AD duties at importer specific rates, and future entries from Industeel Belgium would be subject to a 2.52% AD duty cash deposit rate effective on the publication date of the final results.
The Commerce Department on June 5 announced a large decrease in antidumping duty cash deposit rates in effect for aluminum extrusions from Turkey (A-489-850), amending its preliminary determination in an ongoing AD investigation to correct calculation errors in the original. Effective May 7, the date that liquidation was suspended and AD cash deposit rates first took effect under the preliminary determination, the unadjusted AD rate for Erdoganlar falls from 85.14% to 10.11%, and the AD rate for Sistem falls from 45.41% to 19.86%. The unadjusted all-others rate consequently falls from 73.43% to 12.98%, and Commerce is also lowering the penalty rate assigned to non-cooperative companies from 605.72% to 48.43% (37.26% when adjusted for cash deposit purposes). The new rates are as follows:
Electrolux filed petitions May 30 with the Commerce Department and the International Trade Commission requesting new antidumping duties on large top mount combination refrigerator-freezers from Thailand. Commerce will now decide whether to begin AD investigations.
A half-dozen Democratic senators, led by Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, along with Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia, and a half-dozen Democrats in the House told the International Trade Commission that they support the antidumping and countervailing duty petitions filed in April (see 2404240071) targeting solar panel manufacturers in Cambodia, Malaysia, Thailand and Vietnam.
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 June 4, 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 created Harmonized System Update (HSU) 2404 on June 4, containing 44 Automated Broker Interface (ABI) records and 13 Harmonized Tariff Schedule records. The update includes a partner government agency Harmonized Tariff Schedule flag indicator update, extensions to Section 301 exclusions (see 2405240068), and an update noting the continued suspension of the 25% Section 232 tariffs under subheadings 9903.81.82, 9903.81.83, 9903.81.84 on steel and derivative steel products imported from Ukraine.
Seko Logistics will still pursue its lawsuit challenging CBP's suspension of the company from Type 86 filing and the Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism, despite CBP's conditional reinstatement of the customs broker, according to a June 4 statement from the company. The Chicago-area customs broker and freight forwarder says CBP still hasn’t fully provided its reasons for Seko’s initial suspension.
Although Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, happily described a trade preferences hearing as a "pro-trade love fest," comments from the panel's top Republican and its chair revealed why the Generalized System of Preferences benefits program, which has broad support, has spent years stalled in Congress.
The Commerce Department published notices in the Federal Register June 4 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):