The Commerce Department has published the final results of the antidumping duty administrative review on multilayered wood flooring from China (A-570-970). These final results will be used to set final assessments of AD duties on importers for subject merchandise entered Dec. 1, 2021, through Nov. 30, 2022.
The Commerce Department has published the preliminary results of its antidumping duty administrative review on alloy and certain carbon steel threaded rod from China (A-570-104). The agency assigned Ningbo Dongxin High-Strength Nut Co., Ltd., the only company remaining under review, an AD rate of 35.1%. If the agency's finding is continued in the final results, importers of subject merchandise from Ningbo Donxin entered April 1, 2022, through March 31, 2023, will be assessed AD at that 35.1% rate. An AD cash deposit rate of 35.1% would take effect for Ningbo Dongxin upon publication of the final results of this review in the Federal Register, currently set for September.
On April 30, the FDA posted new and revised versions of the following Import Alerts on the detention without physical examination of:
The Foreign-Trade Zones Board issued the following notices on May 1:
A bill that would ban the import of Russian uranium 90 days from enactment passed the Senate by unanimous consent on April 30. The Prohibiting Russian Uranium Act had passed the House in December (see 2312120008).
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 April 30, 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 Midwest Livestock Systems evaded antidumping and countervailing duty orders covering steel gratings from China. CBP, in an Enforce and Protect Act notice of determination dated April 9, said that Midwest Livestock imported the steel gratings in the form of “tri-bar flooring” from a Chinese supplier, failing to declare the items as subject to the AD/CVD orders.
Acting CBP Commissioner Troy Miller, just after telling an appropriations committee member that CBP's staff "need help in the de minimis environment," told her that there are legislative proposals, that if they were to pass, "allow us to actually bring that level [of shipments] down to a manageable level for us."
The International Trade Commission published notices in the April 30 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):