The Commerce Department published notices in the Federal Register March 12 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 is amending the final results of a countervailing duty administrative review on certain corrosion-resistant steel products from South Korea (C-580-879) to align a duty calculation for Hyundai Steel Company with the final decision in a court case challenging the original administrative review results. In the final results of that review, covering calendar year 2018, Commerce assigned to Hyundai Steel Company, the mandatory respondent, a CV duty cash deposit rate of 0.51%.
The Commerce Department has published the final results of the antidumping duty administrative review on light-walled rectangular pipe and tube from Mexico (A-201-836). These final results will be used to set final assessments of AD duties on importers for subject merchandise entered Aug. 1, 2021, through July 31, 2022.
The Commerce Department has published the final results of the antidumping duty administrative review on passenger vehicle and light truck tires from China (A-570-016). These final results will be used to set final assessments of AD duties on importers for subject merchandise entered Aug. 1, 2021, through July 31, 2022.
An antidumping duty order on Taiwanese light truck tires doesn't cover a spare light truck tire model imported by Cheng Shin Rubber USA, Commerce said in a March 7 scope ruling. Like the company’s Thai tires, the products were for temporary use only and thus excluded from the order, it said (see 2401250038).
On March 11, the FDA posted new and revised versions of the following Import Alerts on the detention without physical examination of:
Four unions, representing machinists, steelworkers, shipbuilders and electricians, plus the Maritime Trades Council division of the AFL-CIO, asked the Biden administration to open an investigation under Section 301 on China's practices in its port infrastructure/logistics and shipbuilding industries.
Rep. Tom Kean Jr., R-N.J., chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Europe, said March 12 that he's drafting a “tough sanctions bill” to help reduce U.S. reliance on Russian state-owned company Rosatom for nuclear fuel.
Ten senators have introduced a bill to require that the administration reinstate 25% tariffs on Mexican steel imports for at least one year, because they say that Mexico is not honoring the 2019 agreement that lifted Section 232 tariffs on Mexico and Canada. A companion bill was also introduced in the House.
The following lawsuits were filed at the Court of International Trade during the week of March 4-10: