The Commerce Department is correcting the scope listed in its recent notices announcing the beginning of antidumping and countervailing investigations on thermoformed molded products from China (A-570-182/C-570-183) and Vietnam (A-552-845/C-552-846) (see 2411010031). The scope had identified the wrong Harmonized Tariff Schedule numbers subject to the investigations. The corrected scope says the investigations cover goods of subheadings 4823.70.0020 and 4823.70.0040, as well as subheadings 4823.61.0020, 4823.61.0040, 4823.69.0020, 4823.69.0040 and 4823.90.1000.
The Commerce Department is beginning an anti-circumvention inquiry to determine whether all imports of circular welded carbon quality steel pipe from Oman made from Chinese hot-rolled steel are circumventing antidumping and countervailing duties on circular welded carbon quality steel pipe from China (A-570-910/C-570-911), it said Nov. 19.
The Commerce Department is beginning new antidumping and countervailing duty investigations on overhead door counterbalance torsion springs from China and India, it said in a fact sheet Nov. 19. The underlying petition was filed in October (see 2410300036). The International Trade Commission is scheduled to make its preliminary injury determinations by Dec. 13. These AD/CVD investigations will continue only if the ITC finds injury. International Trade Today will provide more details upon publication of the initiation notices in the Federal Register.
Certain types of wheel studs will now be exempt from antidumping duties on alloy and certain carbon steel threaded rod from China (A-570-104) and countervailing duties on carbon and alloy steel threaded rod from China (C-570-105), the Commerce Department said in the final results of a changed circumstances review. The new exemption takes effect for unliquidated entries since the beginning of 2022.
On Nov. 18, 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:
A listing of recent Commerce Department antidumping and countervailing duty messages posted on CBP's website Nov. 18, 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 U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission, in its annual report to Congress, said that ending de minimis for all e-commerce is one of its top 10 recommendations, and said that if Congress passes such a law, it should provide CBP adequate resources to implement and enforce the change.
The International Trade Commission published notices in the Nov. 18 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):
The Commerce Department published notices in the Federal Register Nov. 18 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):
A listing of recent Commerce Department antidumping and countervailing duty messages posted on CBP's website Nov. 15, 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.