The Commerce Department issued the final results of the antidumping duty administrative review on aluminum extrusions from China (A-570-967) (here). These final results set new cash deposit rates and final assessments of AD duties on importers for subject merchandise from the exporters under review entered May 1, 2013 through April 30, 2014.
The Commerce Department issued the preliminary results of its antidumping duty administrative review on brass sheet and strip from Italy (A-475-601) (here). The agency preliminarily assigned an AD rate of 22 percent to the only company under review, KME Italy SpA. The new rate would take effect upon publication of the final results of this review, currently due in March.
The Commerce Department is postponing until Feb. 23 the due date for its preliminary determinations in the antidumping duty investigations on cold-rolled steel flat products from Brazil, China, India, Japan, South Korea, Russia and the United Kingdom (A-351-843, A-570-029, A-533-865, A-588-873, A-580-881, A-821-822, A-412-824) (here). Commerce chose to delay after determining the investigations are extraordinarily complicated given the number of companies under investigation. Once Commerce makes its preliminary determination, it can suspend liquidation and require cash deposits of estimated AD duties. The preliminary determination was originally due Jan. 4.
Cellular South asked the FCC for a text telephony (TTY) waiver to use IP-enabled wireless services for the deaf and hard of hearing, just like the ones given previously to AT&T and Verizon (see 1510060026 and 1511130050). In a petition filed Monday in docket 15-178, Cellular South asked the commission to waive certain rules and any other TTY accessibility requirements for VoIP networks, "subject to the same customer notification, progress reporting, and duration conditions applied to AT&T and Verizon." Cellular South said it didn't believe such a waiver was necessary but was seeking it "out of an abundance of caution in light of the recent TTY Waiver Orders." If the waiver is granted, Cellular South pledged, consistent with the Verizon and AT&T orders, to submit a preliminary report describing its initial plans to meet a "commitment to develop and deploy [real-time text] or an alternative text-based solution that is accessible, interoperable other carriers' accessibility solutions, and backward compatible with TTY technology."
Cellular South asked the FCC for a text telephony (TTY) waiver to use IP-enabled wireless services for the deaf and hard of hearing, just like the ones given previously to AT&T and Verizon (see 1510060026 and 1511130050). In a petition filed Monday in docket 15-178, Cellular South asked the commission to waive certain rules and any other TTY accessibility requirements for VoIP networks, "subject to the same customer notification, progress reporting, and duration conditions applied to AT&T and Verizon." Cellular South said it didn't believe such a waiver was necessary but was seeking it "out of an abundance of caution in light of the recent TTY Waiver Orders." If the waiver is granted, Cellular South pledged, consistent with the Verizon and AT&T orders, to submit a preliminary report describing its initial plans to meet a "commitment to develop and deploy [real-time text] or an alternative text-based solution that is accessible, interoperable other carriers' accessibility solutions, and backward compatible with TTY technology."
The Commerce Department published notices in the Nov. 25 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):
The Commerce Department looks set to recognize a Thai company’s name change for the purposes of antidumping duties on frozen warmwater shrimp from Thailand (A-549-822) (here), finding Thai Union Group to be the successor-in-interest to Thai Union Frozen Products Public Co., Ltd. in the preliminary results of a changed circumstances review. The agency preliminarily found Thai Union continues to operate with the same corporate structure and supplier network. If Commerce confirms its finding in the final results, Thai Union Group will inherit the AD duty rate assigned to Thai Union Frozen Products Public Co. in the most recently completed administrative review on frozen warmwater shrimp from Thailand.
The Commerce Department is postponing until March 8 the due date for its preliminary determinations in the antidumping duty investigations on hot rolled steel flat products from Australia, Brazil, Japan, South Korea, the Netherlands, Turkey and the United Kingdom (A-602-809, A-351-845, A-588-874, A-580-883, A-421-813, A-489-826, A-412-825) (here). Commerce chose to delay after determining the investigations are extraordinarily complicated given the number of companies under investigation. Once Commerce makes its preliminary determination, it can suspend liquidation and require cash deposits of estimated AD duties. The preliminary determination was originally due Jan. 19.
The Commerce Department is beginning antidumping and countervailing duty investigations on imports of circular welded carbon-quality steel pipe from Pakistan, Oman, the Philippines, United Arab Emirates, and Vietnam, it said in a fact sheet released Nov. 18 (here). A group of U.S. manufacturers requested the investigations on Oct. 28 (see 1511020018).). The International Trade Commission is scheduled to make its preliminary injury determination by Dec. 14. These AD/CV duty investigations will only continue if the ITC finds injury. ITT will provide more details upon publication of the initiation notice in the Federal Register.
The Commerce Department announced the initiation of antidumping and countervailing duty investigations on imports of iron mechanical transfer drive components from Canada and China, in a fact sheet released Nov. 18 (here). TB Wood's requested the investigations, which cover drive components used in elevators, conveyers and other material handling equipment, on Oct. 28 (see 1511020020). The International Trade Commission is scheduled to make its preliminary injury determination by Dec. 14. These AD/CV duty investigations will only continue if the ITC finds injury. ITT will provide more details upon publication of the initiation notice in the Federal Register.