Battles between states and the federal government over what is an appropriate -- and lawful -- amount of data to be shared between agencies and law enforcement is representative of a larger power struggle, said Cobun Zweifel-Keegan, IAPP managing director for Washington, D.C., in a blog post Friday.
The Commerce Department and the International Trade Commission published the following Federal Register notices Aug. 15 on AD/CVD proceedings:
The International Trade Commission instituted an investigation on Aug. 12 that will lead to recommendations to modify the Harmonized Tariff Schedule in line with those recommended by the World Customs Organization for the global Harmonized System.
The International Trade Commission published notices in the Aug. 14 Federal Register on the following antidumping and countervailing duty (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 is beginning new antidumping duty investigations on certain freight rail couplers and parts thereof imported from the Czech Republic and India, as well as a countervailing duty investigation on freight rail couplers from India, it said in a fact sheet released Aug. 13. The underlying petition was filed in July (see 2507240022). The International Trade Commission is scheduled to make its preliminary injury determination by Sept. 8. The investigation 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.
The Commerce Department has released the preliminary results of its antidumping duty administrative review on activated carbon from China (A-570-904). In the final results of this review, Commerce will set assessment rates for subject merchandise from the companies under review entered April 1, 2023, through March 31, 2024.
China will impose a preliminary 75.8% antidumping duty on imports of Canadian canola seed effective Aug. 14, the Ministry of Commerce said, according to an unofficial translation. The ministry said its investigation revealed that China's domestic rapeseed industry "suffered substantial damage" from dumped Canadian rapeseed exports.
The Commerce Department has published the final results of the countervailing duty administrative review on hot-rolled steel flat products from South Korea (C-580-884). These final results, unchanged from the preliminary results, will be used to set final assessments of CVD on importers for entries in calendar year 2022.
The Commerce Department has released the final results of the antidumping duty administrative review on hot-rolled steel flat products from Japan (A-588-874). These final results will be used to set final assessments of AD on importers for subject merchandise entered Oct. 1, 2022, through Sept. 30, 2023.
The Commerce Department issued its final determination in its countervailing duty investigation on overhead door counterbalance torsion springs from China (C-570-187). Suspension of liquidation is currently not in effect for entries on or after Aug. 1, 2025, and Commerce will require cash deposits of estimated CVD on future entries only if it issues a CVD order.