The Commerce Department issued the final results of the antidumping duty administrative review on lightweight thermal paper from Germany (A-428-840) (here), assigning Papierfabrik August Koehler SE a zero percent AD duty rate. As a result, subject merchandise from Koehler entered between Nov. 1, 2012 and Oct. 31, 2013 will be liquidated without any assessment of AD duties. Commerce revoked AD duties on lightweight thermal paper from China in January during a sunset review, so AD duty cash deposits are no longer being collected (see 1501290029).
The Commerce Department issued the preliminary results of its antidumping duty administrative review on brass sheet and strip from Germany (A-428-602) (here). Once Commerce issues its final results, the agency will use the AD rates calculated in this review to set new cash deposit rates for some companies, as well as assessments of AD duties on importers for entries between March 2013 and February 2014.
A listing of recent antidumping and countervailing duty messages from the Commerce Department posted to CBP's website April 3, 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.
NTIA said it is immediately suspending its early build funding for the Los Angeles Regional Interoperable Communications System Authority’s (LA-RICS) construction of a public safety LTE cell tower network in the city, after recent votes by the L.A. City Council and L.A. County Board to halt construction of portions of the network. The Council voted 12-0 Wednesday on its motion halting construction of LA-RICS project towers at city police stations and fire stations. The County Board vote March 24 halted LA-RICS construction at county fire stations. The city and county councils’ votes to halt the project make it “clear that LA-RICS faces substantial challenges in fulfilling the project's goals by the statutory deadline of September 30, 2015,” an NTIA spokeswoman said Friday.
The Commerce Department issued the preliminary results of its antidumping duty administrative review on circular welded carbon steel pipes and tubes from Thailand (A-549-502) (here), calculating zero percent AD rates for both companies under review: Saha Thai Steel Pipe (Public) Company, Ltd and Pacific Pipe Company Limited. If the agency's finding is continued in the final results, importers of subject merchandise from Saha Thai or Pacific Pipe entered between March 2013 and February 2014 will not be assessed AD duties, and future entries from Saha Thai and Pacific Pipe will not be subject to an AD cash deposit requirement until further notice.
A listing of recent antidumping and countervailing duty messages from the Commerce Department posted to CBP's website April 2, 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.
Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood filed an appeal Monday against the U.S. District Court in Jackson, Mississippi’s ruling granting Google a preliminary injunction against Hood (see 1503310023), he said in a statement Tuesday. “The law is clear that Google could have raised all of its defenses under federal law in state court,” but “we anticipated this judge's ruling,” he said. Judge Henry Wingate said in an order last week that Google didn’t have to “expose itself to civil or criminal liability before bringing a declaratory action to establish its rights under federal law.” “State Attorneys General should not have to go to federal court to prove their state law claims before being allowed to investigate or file in state court,” Hood said. “We believe the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals will respect the separate sovereign authority of the states,” he said: “If Attorneys General are unable to enforce state drug and consumer laws simply because a company uses the internet, then this should be a wake-up call to all Americans that our children can simply type in 'buy drugs' and Google will guide them thru its auto-complete feature to the dark web where they can purchase everything from heroin to prescription birth control pills." Google didn’t comment.
Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood filed an appeal Monday against the U.S. District Court in Jackson, Mississippi’s ruling granting Google a preliminary injunction against Hood (see 1503310023), he said in a statement Tuesday. “The law is clear that Google could have raised all of its defenses under federal law in state court,” but “we anticipated this judge's ruling,” he said. Judge Henry Wingate said in an order last week that Google didn’t have to “expose itself to civil or criminal liability before bringing a declaratory action to establish its rights under federal law.” “State Attorneys General should not have to go to federal court to prove their state law claims before being allowed to investigate or file in state court,” Hood said. “We believe the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals will respect the separate sovereign authority of the states,” he said: “If Attorneys General are unable to enforce state drug and consumer laws simply because a company uses the internet, then this should be a wake-up call to all Americans that our children can simply type in 'buy drugs' and Google will guide them thru its auto-complete feature to the dark web where they can purchase everything from heroin to prescription birth control pills." Google didn’t comment.
The Commerce Department published notices in the April 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):
The Commerce Department is beginning an antidumping duty new shipper review on frozen fish fillets from Vietnam (A-552-801) at the request of Hai Huong Seafood Joint Stock Company (HHFISH), for merchandise both produced and exported by the company (here). Commerce will determine if HHFISH is independent from state control, and therefore eligible for an estimated AD cash deposit rate other than the $2.11/kg Vietnam-wide rate it currently receives.