A U.S. solar panel manufacturer on Feb. 8 filed another request for an anti-circumvention inquiry on solar cells from third countries made from Chinese inputs, including polysilicon wafers and ingots. Auxin Solar says solar cell imports from Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam, and Cambodia are circumventing the antidumping duty and countervailing duty orders on crystalline silicon photovoltaic cells from China (A-570-979/C-570-980), in a request filed months after a similar petition from a group of anonymous solar producers was rejected by the Commerce Department.
Simpli Home evaded antidumping and countervailing duty orders on quartz countertops from China, according to a Jan. 25 Enforce and Protect Act determination by CBP that found Simpli Home transshipped items through Vietnam and falsely declared them to be of Vietnamese origin. The investigation was requested by Cambria, based on trade data evidence showing Chinese artificial stone exports to Vietnam firm Anaq and product marketing showing quartz countertops.
Far East, Ciel, APPI, InterGlobal, and Libery Woods transshipped plywood through Vietnam to evade antidumping and countervailing duty orders on hardwood plywood from China, falsely declaring the plywood was of Vietnamese origin, CBP said in a Jan. 30 Enforce and Protect Act determination.
CNC evaded antidumping and countervailing duty orders on wooden cabinets and vanities from China by transshipping them through Malaysia and falsely declaring them to be of Malaysian origin, CBP said in a Jan. 31 Enforce and Protect Act determination.