The Commerce Department issued the preliminary results of its antidumping duty administrative review on small diameter graphite electrodes from China (A-570-929) (here). The agency preliminarily assigned the only company under review, Henan Sanli Carbon Products, the high China-wide rate because the company purportedly didn't demonstrate independence from Chinese government control.
The Commerce Department issued the preliminary results of its antidumping duty administrative review on stainless steel bar from Spain (A-570-865) (here). The agency said Gerdau Aceros Especiales Europa, S.L. had no exports of subject merchandise to the U.S. during the period under review. If Commerce's "no shipments" finding for Gerdau is continued in the final results, the company won't get a new AD rate. Instead, subject merchandise from Gerdau will continue to enter at the zero percent AD duty cash deposit rate set in the most recent previous review (see 1410210013). Commerce will make its final decision when it issues the final results of this review, currently due in March.
A listing of recent antidumping and countervailing duty messages from the Commerce Department posted to CBP's website Nov. 14, 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.
Capitol Hill trade supporters and industry stakeholders may be increasingly looking to tax extender legislation as a vehicle for trade bills in the lame-duck session, said National Foreign Trade Council President Bill Reinsch at an NFTC roundtable on Nov. 14. But lingering congressional concerns over some of those bills are poised to impede efforts to build a small trade package around extenders, said Reinsch. A moratorium on earmarks has held up movement on the Miscellaneous Tariff Bill since its expiration at the end of 2012. The Generalized System of Preferences still faces funding hurdles in the Senate.
The Commerce Department issued the preliminary results of its antidumping duty administrative review on large diameter carbon and alloy seamless standard, line and pressure pipe (over 4 1/2 inches) from Japan (A-588-850) (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 June 2012 and May 2013.
Global tablet shipments jumped 6 percent in Q3 to 55.2 million units, Strategy Analytics on Thursday said its preliminary findings show. "Although they are still some distance behind market leaders Apple and Samsung, both Lenovo and Asus are demonstrating that innovative form factors provide sufficient product differentiation to drive shipments," the company said. In Q3, Android further consolidated its global market share in tablets, reaching an all-time high of 72 percent share, it said. Windows also reached its highest level of market share at 6 percent "as more models became available from traditional PC vendors and with a full quarter of Microsoft Surface Pro 3 availability," it said. Apple shipped 12.3 million iPads in Q3, a 13 percent decline from Q3 a year earlier and a 7 percent decline from Q2, it said. Few consumers in the developed world are "feeling the need to upgrade" to the latest iPads, it said. The newly announced iPad Air 2 and Mini 3, "plus the retention of older models at lower price points, will stimulate sales in the coming quarters by providing essentially a wider range of iPad availability in terms of price and specifications," it said. Strategy Analytics thinks iPad growth rates "will remain muted until new form factors are introduced," it said. "We believe Apple will win back meaningful high-end market share during the final months of the calendar year."
Global tablet shipments jumped 6 percent in Q3 to 55.2 million units, Strategy Analytics on Thursday said its preliminary findings show. "Although they are still some distance behind market leaders Apple and Samsung, both Lenovo and Asus are demonstrating that innovative form factors provide sufficient product differentiation to drive shipments," the company said. In Q3, Android further consolidated its global market share in tablets, reaching an all-time high of 72 percent share, it said. Windows also reached its highest level of market share at 6 percent "as more models became available from traditional PC vendors and with a full quarter of Microsoft Surface Pro 3 availability," it said. Apple shipped 12.3 million iPads in Q3, a 13 percent decline from Q3 a year earlier and a 7 percent decline from Q2, it said. Few consumers in the developed world are "feeling the need to upgrade" to the latest iPads, it said. The newly announced iPad Air 2 and Mini 3, "plus the retention of older models at lower price points, will stimulate sales in the coming quarters by providing essentially a wider range of iPad availability in terms of price and specifications," it said. Strategy Analytics thinks iPad growth rates "will remain muted until new form factors are introduced," it said. "We believe Apple will win back meaningful high-end market share during the final months of the calendar year."
The Commerce Department published notices in the Nov. 13 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 final results of the antidumping duty administrative review on hot-rolled steel flat products from China (A-570-865) (here). Commerce continued to find the only respondent, Baosteel, had no shipments of subject merchandise to the U.S. during the period of review. As such, Baosteel's AD cash deposit rate will remain at the rate set for the company. Baosteel includes the affiliated companies Baosteel Group Corporation; Shanghai Baosteel International Economic & Trading Co., Ltd.; and Baoshan Iron and Steel Co., Ltd.
The Commerce Department issued the preliminary results of its countervailing duty administrative review on drill pipe from China (C-570-966) (here). The agency preliminarily calculated a new CV duty rate for the Yida Group. The final results of this review will be used to set CV duty assessments on importers for subject merchandise entered during calendar year 2013.