The Commerce Department is postponing until June 10 the due date for its preliminary determinations in the antidumping duty investigations on melamine from China and Trinidad and Tobago (A-570-020, A-274-806) (here). The U.S. melamine manufacturer that requested the investigation asked for the extension. Once Commerce makes its preliminary determination, it can suspend liquidation and require cash deposits of estimated AD duties. The preliminary determination was originally due April 21.
The Commerce Department is extending until June 22 the deadline for its preliminary determination in the countervailing duty investigations on uncoated paper from China (C-570-023) and Indonesia (C-560-829) (here). The agency decided to postpone after receiving a request from the group of U.S. paper manufacturers that requested the investigation. The preliminary determination was originally due April 16. Cash deposits of estimated CV duties can only be collected after the preliminary determination, although they can be made retroactive 90 days from the preliminary determination if Commerce finds “critical circumstances.”
The Commerce Department issued the final results of the antidumping duty administrative review on stainless steel bar from Spain (A-469-805) (here). Commerce continued to find the only respondent, Gerdau Aceros Especiales Europa, S.L., had no shipments of subject merchandise to the U.S. during the period of review. As such, Gerdau's AD cash deposit rate will remain unchanged. Any suspended entries that entered under Gerdau's antidumping duty case number will be assessed AD duties at the 25.77% all others rate.
The Commerce Department issued the preliminary results of its countervailing duty administrative review on large residential washers from South Korea (C-580-869) (here). The agency preliminarily calculated new CV duty rates for the Samsung and Daewoo.
The Commerce Department issued the final results of the antidumping duty administrative review on stainless steel bar from Brazil (A-351-825) (here). Commerce determined the only company under review, Villares Metals S.A., did not undersell subject merchandise during the period of review, assigning it a zero percent AD duty rate. Subject merchandise from Villares entered between Feb. 1, 2013 and Jan. 31, 2014 will be liquidated without any assessment of AD duties, and future entries of stainless steel bar exported from Brazil by Villares will not be subject to AD duty cash deposit requirements until further notice. Changes to cash deposit rates from these final results take effect March 11.
The Commerce Department published notices in the March 9 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):
Antidumping and countervailing duty investigations on uncoated paper from Australia, Brazil, China, Indonesia and Portugal will continue, after the International Trade Commission voted on March 6 that there is a "reasonable indication" U.S. industry is injured by dumped and subsidized imports (here). Five ITC commissioners voted in the affirmative, with one abstaining. The next step is the Commerce Department's preliminary CV duty determinations on China and Indonesia, currently due April 16, and its AD determinations on all five countries, due June 30 (both deadlines may be postponed). The ITC's public report in the case will be available after April 6 (here).
The Commerce Department published notices in the March 6 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 postponing until May 14 the due date for its preliminary determination in the antidumping duty investigations on welded line pipe from South Korea and Turkey (A-580-876, A-489-822) (here). The group of U.S.-based manufacturers that requested the investigation asked for the extension. Once Commerce makes its preliminary determination, it can suspend liquidation and require cash deposits of estimated AD duties. The preliminary determination was originally due March 25.
The Commerce Department issued the preliminary results of its antidumping duty administrative review on utility scale wind towers from Vietnam (A-552-801) (here). The agency preliminarily calculated a zero percent AD rate for CS Wind Group (i.e., CS Wind Vietnam and CS Wind Corporation). If the agency's finding is continued in the final results, importers of subject merchandise from CS Wind entered between February 2013 and January 2014 will not be assessed AD duties, and future entries from CS Wind will not be subject to an AD cash deposit requirement until further notice.