The Commerce Department issued the final results of the antidumping duty administrative review on silicomanganese from India (A-533-823) (here). Commerce assigned the only company under review, Nava Bharat Ventures Limited, a zero percent AD duty rate. Subject merchandise from Nava entered between May. 1, 2013 and April 30, 2014 will be liquidated without any assessment of AD duties, and future entries of subject merchandise exported by Nava will not be subject to AD duty cash deposit requirements until further notice. The new AD duty cash deposit rate takes effect Dec. 3.
A listing of recent antidumping and countervailing duty messages from the Commerce Department posted to CBP's website Dec. 1, 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 http://adcvd.cbp.dhs.gov/adcvdweb.
The Commerce Department issued the final results of the antidumping duty administrative review on polyetheylene terephthalate (PET) film, sheet and strip from Taiwan (A-583-837) (here). Commerce determined Nan Ya Plastics Corporation did not undersell subject merchandise during the period of review, assigning the company a zero percent AD duty rate. Subject merchandise from Nan Ya entered between July 1, 2013 and June 30, 2014 will be liquidated without any assessment of AD duties, and future entries of subject merchandise exported by Nan Ya will not be subject to AD duty cash deposit requirements until further notice. The new AD duty cash deposit rate takes effect Dec. 2.
The Commerce Department published notices in the Dec. 1 Federal Register on the following AD/CV duty proceedings (any notices that announce changes to AD/CV duty rates, scope, affected firms, or effective dates will be detailed in another ITT article):
Approval of Charter Communications' buys of Bright House Networks and Time Warner Cable will be delayed, possibly until June, largely because of California’s investigation into implications of the acquisition, said a California Public Utilities Commissioner Michael Picker's scoping ruling. The ruling sets a timetable for the decision, with the proposed decision scheduled for May 13 and the final decision June 10, which can be amended by an administrative law judge. Assuming no additional delays in the FCC proceeding, the FCC decision will be rendered on or before the middle of March, the ruling said. The Office of Ratepayer Advocates responded, on behalf of the protesters, that it's unlikely the FCC will meet its current mid-March deadline "for various procedural reasons and because the FCC has issued a lengthy and detailed information request that is unlikely to be complied with by Joint Applicants and reviewed by FCC staff in time for a mid-March decision," the ruling said. Protesters also said there may be contested issues of material fact in this proceeding that require evidentiary hearings, and whether such disputed issues exist won't be known until after the protesters have concluded at least a preliminary phase of discovery. Tuesday, RBC Capital analyst Jonathan Atkin said the delay of about two months is just a “procedural precaution” to give all opponents the chance to voice their concerns. Atkin said he's still 85 percent sure the deal will be approved because it “does not represent significant broadband market concentration and the FCC/[Department of Justice] can put in prophylactic safeguards to ensure a fair balance between programming and carrier interests.” Administrative Law Judge Karl Bemesderfer is the presiding officer in the case and will hold hearings on the proposed merger in May, the ruling said. Charter didn't comment Friday.
The Commerce Department published notices in the Nov. 30 Federal Register on the following AD/CV duty proceedings (any notices that announce changes to AD/CV duty rates, scope, affected firms, or effective dates will be detailed in another ITT article):
Approval of Charter Communications' buys of Bright House Networks and Time Warner Cable will be delayed, possibly until June, largely because of California’s investigation into implications of the acquisition, said a California Public Utilities Commissioner Michael Picker's scoping ruling. The ruling sets a timetable for the decision, with the proposed decision scheduled for May 13 and the final decision June 10, which can be amended by an administrative law judge. Assuming no additional delays in the FCC proceeding, the FCC decision will be rendered on or before the middle of March, the ruling said. The Office of Ratepayer Advocates responded, on behalf of the protesters, that it's unlikely the FCC will meet its current mid-March deadline "for various procedural reasons and because the FCC has issued a lengthy and detailed information request that is unlikely to be complied with by Joint Applicants and reviewed by FCC staff in time for a mid-March decision," the ruling said. Protesters also said there may be contested issues of material fact in this proceeding that require evidentiary hearings, and whether such disputed issues exist won't be known until after the protesters have concluded at least a preliminary phase of discovery. Tuesday, RBC Capital analyst Jonathan Atkin said the delay of about two months is just a “procedural precaution” to give all opponents the chance to voice their concerns. Atkin said he's still 85 percent sure the deal will be approved because it “does not represent significant broadband market concentration and the FCC/[Department of Justice] can put in prophylactic safeguards to ensure a fair balance between programming and carrier interests.” Administrative Law Judge Karl Bemesderfer is the presiding officer in the case and will hold hearings on the proposed merger in May, the ruling said. Charter didn't comment Friday.
The Commerce Department issued antidumping duty orders on welded line pipe from South Korea and Turkey (A-580-876/A-489-822) and a countervailing duty order on welded line pipe from Turkey (C-489-823). The orders set permanent antidumping and countervailing duties on welded line pipe. Duties will remain in place unless revoked by Commerce, which may only take place under certain conditions, such as a sunset or changed circumstances review. Commerce will now begin conducting annual administrative reviews, if requested, to determine final assessments of AD/CV duties on importers and make changes to cash deposit rates.
The Commerce Department issued the preliminary results of its antidumping duty administrative review on polyethylene (PET) film, sheet and strip from the United Arab Emirates (A-520-803) (here), preliminarily assigning an AD rate of 1.71% to the only company under review, JBF RAK LLC. The new rate would take effect upon publication of the final results of this review, currently due in March.
The Commerce Department issued the preliminary results of its antidumping duty administrative review on brass sheet and strip from France (A-427-602) (here). The agency assigned each of two companies under review, Griset SA and KME France SAS, an AD rate of 42.24%. Any changes to cash deposit rates for Griset and KME would take effect on the publication date of the final results of this review, currently due in March. In its final results, Commerce will set assessments of AD duties for subject merchandise exported by Griset and KME with a time of entry between March 1, 2014 and Feb. 28, 2015.