The Commerce Department published notices in the Federal Register Aug. 28 on the following antidumping and countervailing duty (AD/CVD) proceedings (any notices that announce changes to AD/CVD rates, scope, affected firms or effective dates will be detailed in another ITT article):
The Commerce Department said it's rescinding the administrative review of the antidumping duty order on certain magnesia carbon bricks from China (A-570-954) for the period of review Sept. 1, 2023, though Aug. 31, 2024, because there were no reviewable, suspended entries of subject merchandise during that period for the companies subject to the review. The cash deposit rates won't change, and the current cash deposit requirements will remain in effect until further notice. Because the review has been rescinded in its entirety, the entries to which it pertained will be assessed AD at rates equal to the cash deposit of estimated AD required at the time of entry, or withdrawal from warehouse, for consumption, Commerce said.
The Commerce Department will suspend liquidation and set new countervailing duty cash deposit requirements for imports of monomers and oligomers from Taiwan (C-583-880), after finding subsidization of Taiwanese producers in the preliminary determination of its CVD investigation. Suspension of liquidation and cash deposit requirements are set to take effect for entries on or after Aug. 29, the date that the preliminary determination is due to be published in the Federal Register.
The Commerce Department issued its final determination in its countervailing duty investigation on slag pots from China (C-570-197), finding countervailable subsidization of Chinese producers and exporters. Suspension of liquidation currently isn't in effect for entries on or after Aug. 1, 2025, and Commerce will require cash deposits of estimated CVD on future entries only if it issues a CVD order.
The Commerce Department issued its final determination in its antidumping duty investigation on slag pots from China (A-570-196). Cash deposit requirements set in this final determination are unchanged from those set in the preliminary determination.
On Aug. 27, the FDA posted new and revised versions of the following Import Alerts (after not having posted new ones for a number of days) on the detention without physical examination of:
The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative is extending by another three months certain current exclusions to its Section 301 investigation related to U.S. trade with China.
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 Aug. 27, 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 has released two Customs Bulletins. The Aug. 20 Customs Bulletin (Vol. 59, No. 34) contains a modification of two ruling letters and revocation of treatment relating to the tariff classification of dimmers.