The Philippines opened a preliminary safeguard investigation on cement Oct. 31, it told the World Trade Organization's Committee on Safeguards on Nov. 4. The Philippines said interested parties should submit comments to the Bureau of Import Services within five days of Nov. 4.
The Commerce Department and the International Trade Commission published the following Federal Register notices Nov. 5 on AD/CVD proceedings:
The Court of International Trade rejected importer Retractable Technologies' bids for a temporary restraining order and preliminary injunction stopping the collection of Section 301 duties on its needles and syringes. However, in a decision made public Nov. 4, Judge Claire Kelly did stop liquidation of Retractable's entries during the course of the company's suit, which challenges the legality of a Section 301 rate hike on needles and syringes.
The Court of International Trade in a decision made public Nov. 4 enjoined the liquidation of importer Retractable Technologies' entries of syringes during the course of its challenge to the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative's Section 301 tariff hike on needles and syringes. However, Judge Claire Kelly rejected Retractable's bids for a temporary restraining order and preliminary injunction on the collection of Section 301 tariffs on needles and syringes, finding that Retractable failed to show it would suffer irreparable harm if the duties are collected. The judge added that the balance of equities and public interest both weigh against taking such action.
The International Trade Commission published notices in the Nov. 4 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 duty investigations on hexamethylenetetramine (known as hexamine) from China, Germany, India and Saudi Arabia (A-570-180, A-428-854, A-533-932, A-517-807), and countervailing duty investigations on hexamine from China and India (C-570-181, C-533-933). The CVD investigations cover entries for the calendar year 2023. The AD investigations on Germany, India and Saudi Arabia cover entries July 1, 2023, through June 30, 2024, and the AD investigation on China covers entries Jan. 1, 2024, through June 30, 2024.
The Commerce Department has released the final results of the antidumping duty administrative review on certain quartz surface products from India (A-533-889). These final results will be used to set final assessments of AD duties on importers of subject merchandise entered June 1, 2022, through May 31, 2023.
The Commerce Department has released the final results of the antidumping duty administrative review on common alloy aluminum sheet from Germany (A-428-849). These final results will be used to set final assessments of AD on importers for subject merchandise entered April 1, 2022, through March 31, 2023.
The Commerce Department is ending antidumping duties on barium chloride from China (A-570-007), as well as countervailing duties on the same product from India (C-533-909), it said in a notice announcing the final results of a changed circumstances review.
The Commerce Department will soon set antidumping duty cash deposit requirements for imports of ferrosilicon from Brazil, Kazakhstan and Malaysia, it said in a fact sheet Nov. 1. The agency's preliminary determinations set AD rates ranging from 1.18% to 21.78% for Brazilian companies (zero to 13.03% as adjusted for countervailing duties); 4.22% to 6.2% for Kazakh companies; and 6.91% to 9.01% for Malaysian companies (6.23% to 8.73% as adjusted for countervailing duties). Suspension of liquidation is already in effect for China for countervailing duty purposes (see 2409100035). AD suspension of liquidation and cash deposit requirements for these three countries 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.