The Commerce Department is amending antidumping duty cash deposit rates for exporters of passenger vehicle and light truck tires from China (A-570-016) (here), after finding errors in a preliminary determination issued in January (see 1501260011).
The Commerce Department published notices in the March 24 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 published notices in the March 23 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 polyester staple fiber from Taiwan (A-583-833) (here), calculating a zero percent AD rate for Far Eastern New Century Corporation (FENC). If the agency's finding is continued in the final results, importers of subject merchandise from FENC entered between May 2013 and April 2014 will not be assessed AD duties, and future entries from FENC will not be subject to an AD cash deposit requirement until further notice.
The Commerce Department issued the final results of the antidumping duty administrative review on magnesium metal from China (A-570-896) (here). Commerce continued to find Tianjin Magnesium International, Co., Ltd. (TMI) and Tianjin Magnesium Metal Co., Ltd. (YMM) had no shipments of subject merchandise to the U.S. during the period of review. As such, AD duty cash deposit rates for TMI and TMM will not change as a result of this review.
The Commerce Department published notices in the March 20 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 intends to assign Lanling Qingshui Vegetable Foods Co., Ltd. an antidumping duty cash deposit rate of $3.06/kg on its exports of fresh garlic from China (A-570-831), it said in the preliminary results of a changed circumstances review (here). Commerce preliminarily found Cangshan Qingshui Vegetable Foods Co., Ltd. underwent a name change to become Lanling Qingshui, and its operations are otherwise unaffected. If Commerce finalizes its determination that Lanling Qingshui is Cangshan Qingshui’s successor for the purposes of antidumping duties, it will assign Lanling Qingshui the latter’s $3.06/kg cash deposit rate effective from the publication date of the final results of this review, said the agency.
The Commerce Department is beginning a countervailing duty investigation on supercalendered paper from Canada, it said in a fact sheet released March 19 (here). Two U.S. paper manufacturers, Madison Paper Industries and Verso Corporation, requested the investigation in a petition filed in late February (see 1503020064). The two companies say Canadian exporters of supercalendered paper, which is used for printed materials, including magazines, catalogs, retail inserts, direct mail materials, corporate brochures, flyers, and directories, are highly oriented to the U.S. market and benefit from subsidies from the Canadian and provincial governments. The International Trade Commission is scheduled to make its preliminary injury determination by April 13. The CV duty investigation will only continue if the ITC finds injury. ITT will provide more details upon publication of the initiation notice in the Federal Register.
A countervailing duty cash deposit requirement will take effect March 20 for imports of welded line pipe from Turkey (C-489-823), after the Commerce Department found illegal subsidization of Turkish exporters in its preliminary determination (here). Rates range from 3.76% to 8.85%.
The Commerce Department issued a Federal Register notice detailing its negative preliminary determination in the countervailing duty investigation on welded line pipe from South Korea (C-580-877) (here). Commerce calculated de minimis CV duty rates for all South Korean exporters under investigation, and will not suspend liquidation or collect cash deposits for entries of welded line pipe from South Korea at this time. Commerce may still change its mind in the final determination, which is currently due July 28.