The Commerce Department issued its final determinations in its countervailing duty investigations on thermoformed molded fiber products from China (C-570-183) and Vietnam (C-552-846), after finding countervailable subsidization of producers and exporters in the two countries in the preliminary determinations of its CVD investigations.
The Commerce Department made final affirmative antidumping duty determinations that imports of thermoformed molded fiber products from China (A-570-182) and Vietnam (A-552-845) are being sold in the U.S. at less than fair value. Suspension of liquidation and cash deposit requirements will continue for entries on or after May 12, the date that the preliminary determinations were published in the Federal Register. Cash deposit rates set in these final determinations take effect Sept. 30.
The Commerce Department and the International Trade Commission published the following Federal Register notices Sept. 30 on AD/CVD proceedings:
A listing of recent Commerce Department antidumping and countervailing duty messages posted on CBP's website Sept. 26-29, 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 International Trade Commission disagreed Sept. 24 that it was basing its finding of critical circumstances for pea protein from China on the Commerce Department’s own independent critical circumstances determination (NURA USA v. United States, CIT Consol. # 24-00182).
The Commerce Department published notices in the Federal Register Sept. 26-29 on the following antidumping and countervailing duty (AD/CVD) proceedings (any notices that announce changes to AD/CVD rates, scope, affected firms or effective dates will be detailed in another ITT article):
The Commerce Department has released the preliminary results of its antidumping duty administrative review on raw honey from Brazil (A-351-857). In the final results of this review, Commerce will set assessment rates for subject merchandise from the 14 companies remaining under review entered June 1, 2023, through May 31, 2024.
The Commerce Department is issuing antidumping and countervailing duty orders on sol gel alumina-based ceramic abrasive grains from China (A-570-190/C-570-191). The orders, published Sept. 29, set permanent antidumping and countervailing duties, which will remain in place unless revoked by Commerce in a sunset or changed circumstances review. Commerce will now begin conducting annual administrative reviews, if requested, to determine final assessments of AD/CVD on importers and make changes to cash deposit rates.
The Commerce Department soon will suspend liquidation and impose antidumping duty cash deposit requirements on imports of silicon metal from Angola and Laos, it said in a fact sheet issued Sept. 26.
The Commerce Department and the International Trade Commission published the following Federal Register notices Sept. 29 on AD/CVD proceedings: