The Commerce Department issued the final results of its countervailing duty administrative review on pasta from Italy (C-475-819) (here). Rates from this review will be used to set assessments on importers for entries in 2012.
The Commerce Department issued the final results of its countervailing duty administrative review on polyethylene terephthalate film, sheet and strip from India (C-533-825) (here). These final results will be used to set final assessments of CV duties on importers for entries in 2012.
The Commerce Department issued the final results of the antidumping duty administrative review on polyethylene terephthalate film, sheet and strip from India (A-533-824) (here). The agency calculated a zero percent AD duty rate for Toscelik. These rates will be used to set importer assessments on entries July 2012 through June 2013.
The Commerce Department intends to exempt a multifunction cart imported by Positec from antidumping duties on hand trucks from China (A-570-971), it said in the preliminary results of a changed circumstances review (here). Positec is requesting partial revocation of the AD duty order for its patented WORX “Aerocart,” which can be converted from a dolly to a wheelbarrow. The domestic manufacturers that originally requested the hand truck duties do not oppose the request, according to Commerce. If Commerce finalizes its exemption in the final results of its changed circumstances review, it will add the following language to the scope of the AD duty order on hand trucks from China:
The International Trade Commission published notices in the Feb. 26 Federal Register on the following AD/CV injury, Section 337 patent, and other trade proceedings (any notices that warrant a more detailed summary will be in another ITT article):
The Commerce Department published notices in the Feb. 26 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 International Trade Commission published notices in the Feb. 25 Federal Register on the following AD/CV injury, Section 337 patent, and other trade proceedings (any notices that warrant a more detailed summary will be in another ITT article):
The Commerce Department tentatively found pencils exported by Beijing FILA Dixon Stationery Co., Ltd. are still exempt from antidumping duties on cased pencils from China (A-570-827), in the preliminary results of a changed circumstances review (here). Beijing Dixon had requested the review after it transferred production of the pencils to a new entity, Fila Dixon Stationery (Kunshan) Co., Ltd. The pencils are still exported by Beijing Dixon. Commerce preliminarily found that the revocation of AD duties on pencils from Beijing Dixon in 2013 still applies (see 13071710). Commerce is set to issue the final results of its changed circumstances review by November, or as early as April if all parties to the case, including U.S. pencil producers, agree with the preliminary decision.
The International Trade Commission recently posted the Basic Edition of the 2015 Harmonized Tariff Schedule, effective Jan. 29 (here). Changes to the preliminary edition of Jan. 1 include moving some tariff provisions for chemicals into different headings, creating new size-based categories for certain types of photographic film, and adding new language that provides for classification of infrared video game console controllers. This update implements modifications to the tariff schedule in Annex II to Presidential Proclamation 9223 (here) that did not take effect on Jan. 1. Highlights of the changes are as follows:
The Commerce Department issued the final results of the antidumping duty administrative review on polyethylene terephthalate film, sheet and strip from Taiwan (A-583-837) (here). These final results will be used to set final assessments of AD duties on importers for entries between July 2012 and June 2013.