Respondents, led by the Coalition for Fair Mexican Exports of Aluminum Extrusions, defended the International Trade Commission's negative injury finding regarding aluminum extrusions from 14 countries, in a Sept. 16 reply brief at the Court of International Trade. The coalition argued that the ITC properly supported its findings that the subject imports didn't have "significant price effects" nor did they have a "significant adverse impact on the domestic industry" (U.S. Aluminum Extruders Coalition v. United States, CIT Consol. # 24-00209).

CBP has developed a “trade facing” truck export manifest and is ready to deploy it “pending publication” of an interim final rule in the Federal Register, the agency said ahead of the Commercial Customs Operations Advisory Committee’s September meeting. CBP also is hoping to soon publish a notice of proposed rulemaking to put in place an electronic export manifest for shipments traveling by vessel and is awaiting a final rule for its rail EEM proposal issued in January (see 2501080013).

The Commerce Department published notices in the Federal Register Sept. 16 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 final results of the antidumping duty administrative review on wooden bedroom furniture from China (A-570-890). Commerce continued to find that the one company under review -- Shenzhen New Fudu Furniture Co., Ltd. -- isn't eligible for a separate rate and is part of the China-wide entity, with an AD cash deposit rate of 216.01% effective Sept. 17.

The Commerce Department is setting new antidumping and countervailing duties on imports of low carbon steel wire from Mexico that are subsequently being processed in the U.S. into welded wire mesh, the Commerce Department said in its preliminary determination in an anti-circumvention inquiry. Suspension of liquidation and cash deposit requirements are retroactive to April 2, 2024, for entries from Deacero S.A.P.I. de C.V., and take effect Sept. 16, 2025, for entries from all other Mexican companies.

The Commerce Department has set new antidumping duty cash deposit requirements for imports of methylene diphenyl diisocyanate (MDI) from China (A-570-200), after finding sales at less than fair value by Chinese producers in the preliminary determination of its AD investigation. Suspension of liquidation and cash deposit requirements take effect for entries on or after Sept. 16.

Beijing is investigating whether U.S. chip policies -- including export controls, tariffs and other trade restrictions -- are discriminating against China’s semiconductor sector by suppressing its firms from developing advanced technologies. China also launched an antidumping investigation on imports of certain U.S. analog chips.

The Commerce Department and the International Trade Commission published the following Federal Register notices Sept. 16 on AD/CVD proceedings:

The federal government renewed its call for a court to drop a privacy suit against data-collection efforts at the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), arguing that a coalition of states lack standing to bring charges.

The Commerce Department has released the final results of the antidumping duty administrative review on carbon and alloy steel cut-to-length plate from Italy (A-475-834). These final results will be used to set final assessments of antidumping duties on importers of subject merchandise from Italy entered May 1, 2023, through April 30, 2024.