The Commerce Department and the International Trade Commission published the following Federal Register notices Nov. 29 on AD/CVD proceedings:
The extent to which the U.S. Supreme Court decides the USF challenge on theoretical rather than practical grounds could have major implications for whether the court issues a decision that overturns the program's funding mechanism. The court said last week it will hear a challenge to the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals' 9-7 en banc decision, which found the USF contribution factor is a "misbegotten tax.” Consumers' Research challenged the contribution factor in the 5th Circuit and other courts.
The International Trade Commission published notices in the Nov. 27 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 issued notices in the Federal Register on its recently initiated antidumping and countervailing duty investigations on overhead door counterbalance torsion springs from China and India (A-570-186/C-570-187, A-533-936/C-533-937). The CVD investigations cover entries for the calendar year 2023. The AD investigation on India covers entries Oct. 1, 2023, through Sept. 30, 2024, and the AD investigation on China covers entries April 1, 2024, through Sept. 30, 2024.
The Commerce Department soon will suspend liquidation and impose countervailing duty cash deposit requirements on imports of low-speed personal transportation vehicles from China, it said in a fact sheet issued Nov. 26. Commerce set CVD rates ranging from 21.23% to 515.37% for Chinese exporters, the agency said as it announced its preliminary determinations in its ongoing CVD 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.
The Commerce Department has released the preliminary determination in its antidumping investigation on ceramic tile from India (A-533-928). The agency said ceramic tile from India "is not being, or is not likely to be, sold in the United States at less than fair value." Commerce determined a dumping margin of zero, it said in a Nov. 25 fact sheet.
The Commerce Department and the International Trade Commission published the following Federal Register notices Nov. 27 on AD/CVD proceedings:
The FCC Wireless Bureau approved a waiver giving SiriusXM additional time to deploy satellite-based emergency communications for public safety agencies, in combination with AT&T. The order covers spectrum in the C and D blocks of the 2.3 GHz wireless communications service band, which the commission addressed in a 2017 order (see 1701180088). “Working with Sirius XM, AT&T has put forth a plan for the beneficial use of the C and D Blocks -- assigning the C and D Block licenses to Sirius XM so that Sirius XM could lease the bandwidth at no cost to one or more public safety agencies,” said an order in Tuesday’s Daily Digest. The service “would permit public safety agencies access to satellite communications services, using Sirius XM satellites, by pre-staging satellite receivers designed for WCS reception within the service area of each license to be deployed, as needed,” the order said. The bureau said AT&T tried developing a network for utilities in the spectrum: “Despite preliminary successes, according to AT&T, the service is no longer viable because of alternative spectrum available to utilities for smart grid operation.”
The Commerce Department issued antidumping duty orders on aluminum lithographic printing plates from China (A-570-156) and Japan (A-588-881), and countervailing duty orders on aluminum lithographic printing plates from China (C-570-157).
The leaders of the House Select Committee on China said Nov. 25 that they have asked for a briefing on how the Treasury Department is responding to Hong Kong’s growing role in sanctions evasion.