The Commerce Department is postponing until Oct. 24 the due date for its preliminary determination in the antidumping duty investigation on sugar from Mexico (A-201-845). The American Sugar Coalition, which originally requested the investigation, asked Commerce 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 Sept. 4.
The Commerce Department issued the preliminary results of its antidumping duty administrative review on purified carboxymethylcellulose from the Netherlands (A-421-811). The agency preliminarily calculated a zero percent AD rate for Akzo Nobel Functional Chemicals, B.V. If the agency's finding is continued in the final results, importers of subject merchandise from Akzo Nobel entered between July 2012 and June 2013 will not be assessed AD duties, and future entries from Akzo Nobel will not be subject to an AD cash deposit requirement until further notice.
The Commerce Department issued the preliminary results of its antidumping duty administrative review on polyethylene terephthalate (PET) film, sheet and strip from Taiwan (A-583-837). The agency calculated a preliminary AD rate for one company, Nan Ya Plastics Corporation. In this review, Commerce will set assessments of AD duties on subject merchandise entered between July 2012 and June 2013.
The U.S. and China are edging closer to a negotiated settlement in a high-profile solar dispute years in the making, but the details of an agreement and expected industry reception remain largely unclear, industry attorneys said in recent interviews. The Chinese government on Aug. 15 told the Commerce Department it is “interested” in an agreement that would suspend the U.S. antidumping investigation currently underway. Commerce Department officials preliminarily determined in late July Chinese and Taiwanese exporters dumped crystalline silicon photovoltaic (PV) products into the U.S. market (see 14073011). Commerce is scheduled to make a final determination in December.
The Commerce Department published notices in the Aug. 18 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 Aug. 15 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 end antidumping duties on wooden bedroom furniture from China (A-570-870) for “murphy” enclosable wall bed units, it said in the preliminary results of a changed circumstances review. The agency says it got no response from domestic furniture makers to its request for comments on whether the industry supports the partial revocation (see 14050116). Commerce will move forward unless it gets comments in opposition to its preliminary results. The final results of this changed circumstances review are due in January.
The Commerce Department published notices in the Aug. 14 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):
Linyi Youyou Wood Co., Ltd. is set to inherit the antidumping duty rate assigned to Shanghai Lizhong Wood Products Co., Ltd. for its exports of multilayered wood flooring from China (A-570-970), said the Commerce Department in the preliminary results of a changed circumstances review. The agency preliminarily found that Youyou, which previously was a supplier for Lizhong, assumed Lizhong’s production functions under a Chinese government “removal and relocation” program. No changes were made to the sourcing of inputs, and Youyou sells to the same customers, said Commerce. If Commerce confirms its finding in the final results of this review, Youyou will get Lizhong’s 5.92% AD duty cash deposit rate. The final results may be issued as soon as Sept. 29, and are due by May 12 at the latest.
The Commerce Department issued the preliminary results of its antidumping duty administrative review on purified carboxymethylcellulose from Finland (A-405-803). The agency preliminarily calculated a zero percent AD rate for CP Kelco Oy. If the agency's finding is continued in the final results, importers of subject merchandise from CP Kelco entered between July 2012 and June 2013 will not be assessed AD duties, and future entries from CP Kelco will not be subject to an AD cash deposit requirement until further notice.