The Commerce Department wrongly applied a seasonality finding to one company, rather than an entire industry, when it retroactively suspended liquidation for many companies at the preliminary stage of the antidumping and countervailing duty investigations on pentafluoroethane (R-125) from China, A-Gas Americas said in a brief filed with the Commerce Department Oct. 19.
Heat-treated aluminum sheet that is made from a proprietary alloy and otherwise meets all scope requirements is covered by antidumping and countervailing duties on common alloy aluminum sheet from China (A-570-073/C-570-074), the Commerce Department said in a recent scope ruling. The “core” layer in Valeo’s clad T-series aluminum sheet is unregistered with the Aluminum Association but can be considered 3-series alloy covered by the scope based on its magnesium content, the agency said.