Various companies that were originally excluded from an expedited countervailing duty review on Canadian softwood lumber asked the Court of International Trade to clarify that they're due refunds of CVD cash deposits (Committee Overseeing Action for Lumber International Trade Investigations or Negotiations v. United States, CIT # 19-00122).

The Commerce Department published notices in the Federal Register Nov. 19 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 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 issued notices in the Federal Register on its recently initiated antidumping duty investigations on paper file folders from Cambodia (A-555-005) and Sri Lanka (A-542-806), as well as a new countervailing duty investigation on the same product from Cambodia (C-555-006). The CVD investigation covers entries for the calendar year 2023. The AD investigations cover entries Oct. 1, 2023, through Sept. 30, 2024.

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.

The Commerce Department and the International Trade Commission published the following Federal Register notices Nov. 19 on AD/CVD proceedings:

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 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):

The Commerce Department has published the preliminary results of its antidumping and countervailing duty administrative reviews on certain hot-rolled steel flat products from South Korea (A-580-883/C-580-884). In the final results of this review, Commerce will set AD assessment rates for subject merchandise for the companies under review entered Oct. 1, 2022, through Sept. 30, 2023, and CVD assessment rates for entries Jan. 1, 2022, through Dec. 31, 2022.