The Commerce Department is amending the final results of its antidumping duty administrative review on activated carbon from China (A-570-904), published Nov. 25, to correct a ministerial error that affected the duty rate calculations for some companies under review in those final results. The new rates will be used to set final assessments of AD on importers for entries between April 1, 2022, and March 31, 2023.
The Commerce Department soon will suspend liquidation and impose antidumping duty cash deposit requirements on imports of disposable aluminum containers, pans, trays, and lids from China, it said in a fact sheet issued Dec. 20. Commerce set AD rates ranging from 193.9% to 287.8% for Chinese exporters, the agency said as it announced its preliminary determinations in its ongoing AD investigations. Suspension of liquidation and cash deposit requirements will take effect for entries on or after the date of publication of the preliminary determinations in the Federal Register, which should occur in the coming days.
A bipartisan, bicameral bill would create a Maritime Security Trust Fund, into which revenues would come from tonnage fees on Chinese-owned and Chinese-flagged ships visiting U.S. ports, special tonnage taxes, light money, and tariffs and duties, including Section 301 tariffs.
The U.S. charged three international drug traffickers last week with conspiracy to import fentanyl and methamphetamine precursor chemicals and importing a fentanyl precursor chemical, the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York announced. The indictment brought charges against Xiang Gao, a Chinese national; Oleksandr Klochkov, a Ukrainian national; and Igors Kricfalusijs, a Latvian national.
A listing of recent Commerce Department antidumping and countervailing duty messages posted on CBP's website Dec. 20, 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 Office of the U.S. Trade Representative opened an investigation into Chinese manufacturing of legacy (or foundational) semiconductors, "including to the extent that they are incorporated as components into downstream products for critical industries like defense, automotive, medical devices, aerospace, telecommunications, and power generation and the electrical grid."
The Commerce Department published notices in the Federal Register Dec. 20 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 said it's rescinding the administrative review of the countervailing duty order on ceramic tile from China (C-570-109) for the period of review Jan. 1, 2023, through Dec. 31, 2023, because there were no reviewable, suspended entries of subject merchandise during the review period for the one company for which the review had been requested -- Cayenne Corporation Ltd. As such, cash deposit rates will not change and the current cash deposit requirements shall remain in effect until further notice. Commerce will instruct CBP to assess CVD on all appropriate entries, at rates equal to the cash deposit of estimated CVD required at the time of entry, or withdrawal from warehouse, for consumption, it said.
The Commerce Department issued a final determination that imports of aluminum wire and cable from Cambodia made using Chinese inputs aren't circumventing antidumping and countervailing duties on aluminum wire and cable from China (A-570-095/C-570-096), nor are they covered by the scope of those AD/CVD orders. As a result, the anti-circumvention and scope inquiries will end without any suspension of liquidation or AD/CVD cash deposit requirements, it said in a Dec. 20 notice. Commerce is still conducting concurrent anti-circumvention inquiries on similar merchandise from South Korea and Vietnam, having preliminarily found circumvention for those two countries (see 2408060034).
The Commerce Department on Dec. 20 published its quarterly list of (i) completed antidumping and countervailing duty scope rulings and (ii) anti-circumvention determinations. The following list covers completed scope rulings for the period July 1, 2024, through Sept. 30, 2024: