Exporters challenged several aspects of the Commerce Department’s investigation of ferrosilicon from Malaysia in a Dec. 17 motion for judgment (Om Materials (Sarawak) v. United States, CIT # 25-00130).
The Commerce Department issued its final determinations in its countervailing duty investigations on hard empty capsules from Brazil (C-351-865), China (C-570-185), India (C-533-935) and Vietnam (C-552-848), after finding countervailable subsidization of producers and exporters in the four countries in the preliminary determinations of its CVD investigations. Suspension of liquidation is currently not in effect for entries on or after July 29, 2025, and Commerce will require cash deposits of estimated CVD on future entries only if it issues a CVD order.
The Commerce Department made final affirmative antidumping duty determinations that imports of hard empty capsules from Brazil (A-351-864), China (A-570-184), India (A-533-934) and Vietnam (A-552-847) 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 29, the date that the preliminary determinations were published in the Federal Register. Cash deposit rates set in these final determinations take effect Dec. 29.
The eleventh-hour freezing of a Texas app store age-verification law made for the “Happiest of Holidays,” Frankfurt Kurnit lawyer Emma Smizer blogged Tuesday after the U.S. District Court for Western Texas ruled that the Texas App Store Accountability Act likely violates the First Amendment (see 2512230062).
The Commerce Department soon will suspend liquidation and impose antidumping duty cash deposit requirements on imports of polypropylene corrugated boxes from Vietnam, it said in a fact sheet issued Dec. 23.
The Commerce Department issued its final determination in its countervailing duty investigation on paper file folders from Cambodia (C-555-006), finding countervailable subsidization of Chinese producers and exporters. Suspension of liquidation currently isn't in effect for entries on or after July 26, 2025, and Commerce will require cash deposits of estimated CVD on future entries only if it issues a CVD order.
A listing of recent Commerce Department antidumping and countervailing duty messages posted on CBP's website Dec. 23, 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.
A U.S. district court Tuesday granted a preliminary injunction against Texas’s App Store Accountability Act, blocking it from going into effect as intended on Jan. 1. The U.S. District Court for Western Texas ruled the law likely violates the First Amendment.
A district court’s decision Tuesday to grant a preliminary injunction against Texas’ App Store Accountability Act surprised some, but not others, as privacy pros digested the Computer & Communications Industry Association's initial victory.
The Commerce Department has released the final results of the antidumping duty administrative review on crystalline silicon photovoltaic cells from China (A-570-979). These final results will be used to set final assessments of AD on importers for subject merchandise entered December 2022 through November 2023.