The Commerce Department published notices in the July 31 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):
A countervailing duty cash deposit requirement will take effect on Aug. 3 for imports of supercalendered paper from Canada (C-122-854), after the Commerce Department found illegal subsidization of Canadian exporters in its preliminary determination (here). Rates range from 2.04% to 20.33%.
Fifteen small rural telcos would lose almost $9 million in annual USF subsidies under preliminary FCC findings to phase out support where carriers completely overlap with unsubsidized broadband competitors. A Wireline Bureau public notice posted Wednesday in docket 10-90 sought comments by Aug. 28 and replies by Sept. 28 on the initial determinations.
The Commerce Department published notices in the July 29 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 issued the preliminary results of its antidumping duty administrative review on polyethylene terephthalate film, sheet and strip from Taiwan (A-583-837) (here), calculating a zero percent AD rate for Nan Ya Plastics Corporation. If the agency's finding is continued in the final results, importers of subject merchandise from Nan Ya entered between July 2013 and June 2014 will not be assessed AD duties, and future entries from Nan Ya will not be subject to an AD cash deposit requirement until further notice.
The Commerce Department is beginning antidumping duty new shipper reviews on multilayered wood flooring from China (A-570-970) (here), after receiving requests from two companies: Dongtai Zhangshi Wood Industry Co., Ltd. and Huzhou Muyun Wood Co., Ltd. Each review will apply to merchandise both produced and exported by each respective company. Commerce will determine if Zhangshi or Muyun are independent from state control, and therefore eligible for an estimated AD cash deposit rate other than the 58.84% China-wide rate each currently receives.
The Commerce Department will soon begin requiring countervailing duty cash deposits on supercalendared paper from Canada, it said in a fact sheet issued July 28 (here). Cash deposit requirements will begin on date Commerce publishes its preliminary determination in the Federal Register, with rates ranging from 2.04% to 20.33%. The final determination in this investigation is currently due in October. International Trade Today will have more details when Commerce publishes its preliminary determination.
The Commerce Department is beginning an antidumping duty new shipper review on fresh garlic from China (A-570-831) at the request of Jinxiang Huameng Imp & Exp Co., for merchandise both produced and exported by the company (here). Commerce will determine if Huameng is independent from state control, and therefore eligible for an estimated AD cash deposit rate other than the $4.71/kg China-wide rate it currently receives.
The Commerce Department issued the final results of the antidumping duty administrative review on frontseating service valves from China (A-570-933) (here). Commerce determined the only company under review, Zhejiang Sanhua Co., Ltd., did not undersell subject merchandise during the period of review, assigning the company a zero percent AD duty rate. Subject merchandise from Sanhua entered between April 1, 2013 and April 28, 2014 will be liquidated without any assessment of AD duties. The AD duty order on frontseating service valves from China was revoked in May 2014 (see 14051316), so cash deposit requirements no longer apply.
The Senate endorsed a preliminary vote to reauthorize the Export-Import Bank on July 26 in a rare weekend session for the chamber. Sixty-seven Senators voted in favor of "cloture," while 26 lawmakers opposed. Sen. Mark Kirk, R-Ill., offered the measure as an amendment to HR-22, the unrelated legislative vehicle for the Surface Transportation Reauthorization Bill, known commonly as the highway bill. Post-cloture debate will expire late on July 27. Unless lawmakers reach a deal before that time expires, the chamber will hold a final vote on the amendment at roughly 10:00 p.m., said a spokesman for Majority Whip John Cornyn, R-Texas. Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., said he'd oppose reauthorization in comments on the Senate floor before the vote. "Ex-Im is not necessary; at the same time, I understand that many senators on both sides take a different view," said McConnell. "Nearly half my Conference and many Democrats support the Ex-Im Bank’s reauthorization. They're entitled to that view. I don’t see a reason why they shouldn’t be allowed a debate, and then a vote, to sort this out either." The Senate's highway bill would cover a six-year period, but the House still insists on a short-term extension before the August recess.