The Commerce Department has published the preliminary results of its antidumping duty administrative review on sodium nitrite from India (A-533-906). The agency preliminarily calculated a zero percent AD rate for the one company under review, Deepak Nitrite Limited. If the agency's finding is continued in the final results, importers of subject merchandise from Deepak entered Aug. 17, 2022, through Jan. 31, 2024, will not be assessed AD, and future entries from the company won't be subject to an AD cash deposit requirement until further notice. Any changes to the rate for Deepak would take effect on the date of publication in the Federal Register of the final results of this review, which are due in October.
The Commerce Department has published the preliminary results of its antidumping duty administrative review on stainless steel plate in coils from Belgium (A-423-808). The agency preliminarily calculated a zero percent AD rate for the only company under review, Aperam Stainless Belgium NV. If the agency's finding is continued in the final results, importers of subject merchandise from Aperam entered May 1, 2023, through April 30, 2024, won't be assessed AD. Any changes to rates for Aperam would take effect on the date of publication in the Federal Register of the final results of this review, due in October.
A recent district court decision blocking enforcement of a Florida social media law requiring age verification (see 2506030057) should serve as a reason to grant a preliminary injunction against similar measures in Tennessee and Mississippi, NetChoice said in court documents Wednesday.
The Commerce Department has released the final results of the antidumping duty administrative review on stainless steel flanges from India (A-533-877). These final results will be used to set final assessments of AD duties on importers for subject merchandise from 13 companies under review entered Oct. 1, 2022, through Sept. 30, 2023.
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit gave plaintiffs in a case challenging tariff action taken under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act until June 4 to respond to the government's motion to stay the D.C. district court's ruling finding that IEEPA doesn't confer tariff-setting authority. The government then has until June 6 to respond, setting up an expedited schedule on which the appellate court will hear the emergency stay motion, which the U.S. has said is crucial for ongoing U.S. trade negotiations (Learning Resources v. Donald J. Trump, D.C. Cir. # 25-5202).
The U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia on June 3 stayed its decision finding that the International Emergency Economic Powers Act doesn't provide for tariffs, pending the government's appeal of the ruling to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit. Judge Rudolph Contreras said a stay is "appropriate to protect the President’s ability to identify and respond to threats to the U.S. economy and national security" (Learning Resources v. Trump, D.D.C. # 25-01248).
The International Trade Commission published notices in the June 3 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 made preliminary affirmative antidumping duty determinations that imports of overhead door counterbalance torsion springs from China (A-570-186) and India (A-533-936) are being sold in the U.S. at less than fair value. The agency has imposed AD cash deposit requirements on entries of subject merchandise beginning June 2.
The Commerce Department has set new antidumping duty cash deposit requirements for imports of sol gel alumina-based ceramic abrasive grains from China (A-570-190), 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 took effect for entries on or after June 2.
The U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia on June 3 stayed its decision finding that the International Emergency Economic Powers Act doesn't provide for tariffs, pending the government's appeal of the ruling to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit. Judge Rudolph Contreras said a stay is "appropriate to protect the President’s ability to identify and respond to threats to the U.S. economy and national security" (Learning Resources v. Trump, D.D.C. # 25-01248).