A listing of recent Commerce Department antidumping and countervailing duty messages posted on CBP's website May 10, 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.
The country of origin for imported components of the "Nikola’s Tre Bev, class 8, battery-electric semi-truck" is the U.S. for government procurement purposes, as the parts undergo a substantial transformation when assembled into an electric truck, CBP said. The components lose their individual identity and become an "integral part" of a new article with a new name, character and use.
The final price EMA Professional Services Corp. pays to its suppliers for precious metal bars after importation is determined according to "an acceptable formula" and meets the "'price actually paid or payable'" standard for purposes of the transaction value method, CBP said. EMA may report any price adjustments through the ACE Reconciliation Program, the agency said in an April 19 customs ruling.
The Commerce Department published notices in the Federal Register May 10 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 the preliminary results of its antidumping duty administrative review on finished carbon steel flanges from Spain (Commerce A-469-815; CBP A-470-815). In the final results of this review, Commerce will set an assessment rate for subject merchandise for the one company that remains under review entered June 1, 2022, through May 31, 2023.
The Commerce Department has published the preliminary results of its antidumping duty administrative review on hydrofluorocarbon blends from China (A-570-028). The agency said that none of the respondents remaining in the review demonstrated independence from state control, and therefore were assigned to the China-wide entity, with a rate of 216.37%.
The Commerce Department looks set to recognize an Indian company’s name change and corporate reorganization for the purposes of antidumping duties on frozen warmwater shrimp from India (A-533-840). The agency preliminarily found Varma Marine Private Limited (Varma) is the successor-in-interest to Varma Marine, in the preliminary results of a changed circumstances review. The agency preliminarily found Varma and Varma Marine signed a takeover agreement to transfer all Varma Marine assets to Varma, such that Varma operates as essentially the same business entity as Varma Marine with respect to the production and sale of subject merchandise.
The Commerce Department has released the final results of the countervailing duty administrative review on hot-rolled steel flat products from South Korea (C-580-884). These final results will be used to set final assessments of CVD on importers for entries in calendar year 2021.
The Commerce Department has published the final results of the antidumping duty administrative review on steel concrete reinforcing bar from Mexico (A-201-844). These final results will be used to set final assessments of AD duties on importers for subject merchandise entered Nov. 1, 2021, through Oct. 31, 2022.
The Commerce Department has published the final results of the antidumping duty administrative review on hot-rolled steel flat products from Japan (A-588-874). These final results will be used to set final assessments of AD on importers for subject merchandise entered Oct. 1, 2021, through Sept. 30, 2022.