The Commerce Department issued the final results of the antidumping duty administrative review on chlorinated isocyanurates from Spain (A-469-814). Commerce continued to find the only respondent, Ercros, S.A., had no shipments of subject merchandise to the U.S. during the period of review. As such, Ercros' AD cash deposit rate will remain at zero percent, the rate set for the company in the most recent prior administrative review (see 13120213).
A listing of recent antidumping and countervailing duty messages from the Commerce Department posted to CBP's website July 30, 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.
The Commerce Department published notices in the July 30 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):
No antidumping duty order will be issued, and no AD duties will be imposed, on imports of ferrosilicon from Russia (A-549-829), said the Commerce Department in its final determination. The agency continued to find that Russian companies didn't dump subject merchandise in the United States, calculating a zero AD duty rate for the only company under review, RFA International LP. Commerce's preliminary determination in March was also negative, so liquidation has never been suspended and cash deposits have never been required on imports of ferrosilicon from Russia.
The Commerce Department issued its final determination in the antidumping duty investigation on ferrosilicon from Venezuela (A-307-824). The agency decreased AD duty cash deposit rates across the board for all Venezuelan exporters. Changes to AD duty cash deposit requirements take effect July 31.
Data caps may have the same “damaging effect" as Internet traffic discrimination that net neutrality debates focus on, House Communications Subcommittee ranking member Anna Eshoo, D-Calif., said Tuesday during a briefing at the Capitol. She emphasized the danger of certain corporate relationships that can affect such usage-based pricing arrangements, where streaming from a company like Netflix might count against an ISP’s data cap but streaming from an affiliate of that ISP would not: “That’s where the thorn in the ointment is,” Eshoo said. She requested the Government Accountability Office look into these issues last year, and the GAO presented its preliminary findings Tuesday, with the final report to come in November. Mark Goldstein, head of the GAO’s physical infrastructure division, noted that the four major wireless providers have all applied usage-based pricing (UBP) to some degree and many wireline providers “slowly and surely” are as well. But consumers are largely confused, both about their plans and about how much data they consume, Goldstein said. Consumers seemed to have much more negative reactions to wireline UBP than wireless, he added. GAO interviewed the top 13 wireline providers and the four major wireless ISPs as well as held eight focus groups with consumers who subscribe to wireless and wireline broadband, according to his presentation. They spoke with 77 consumers total in Baltimore, Des Moines, Las Vegas and New York. “Consumers are left wondering if they're going to have to foot the bill,” concerns that are all the more relevant “in the midst of what is now a full-blown net neutrality debate,” Eshoo said. All consumers want a “fair price,” she added. An Eshoo aide told us last week Eshoo plans to submit these initial GAO findings to the FCC as part of its net neutrality proceeding.
The Commerce Department made a preliminary affirmative antidumping determination that crystalline silicon photovoltaic products from China (A-570-010) and Taiwan (A-583-853) are being sold in the U.S. at less than fair value. As a result, Commerce will impose AD duty cash deposit requirements on shipments of subject merchandise from the two countries entered on or after July 31. Commerce also set certification requirements for some importers claiming their product is not subject to duties.
Data caps may have the same “damaging effect" as Internet traffic discrimination that net neutrality debates focus on, House Communications Subcommittee ranking member Anna Eshoo, D-Calif., said Tuesday during a briefing at the Capitol. She emphasized the danger of certain corporate relationships that can affect such usage-based pricing arrangements, where streaming from a company like Netflix might count against an ISP’s data cap but streaming from an affiliate of that ISP would not: “That’s where the thorn in the ointment is,” Eshoo said. She requested the Government Accountability Office look into these issues last year, and the GAO presented its preliminary findings Tuesday, with the final report to come in November. Mark Goldstein, head of the GAO’s physical infrastructure division, noted that the four major wireless providers have all applied usage-based pricing (UBP) to some degree and many wireline providers “slowly and surely” are as well. But consumers are largely confused, both about their plans and about how much data they consume, Goldstein said. Consumers seemed to have much more negative reactions to wireline UBP than wireless, he added. GAO interviewed the top 13 wireline providers and the four major wireless ISPs as well as held eight focus groups with consumers who subscribe to wireless and wireline broadband, according to his presentation. They spoke with 77 consumers total in Baltimore, Des Moines, Las Vegas and New York. “Consumers are left wondering if they're going to have to foot the bill,” concerns that are all the more relevant “in the midst of what is now a full-blown net neutrality debate,” Eshoo said. All consumers want a “fair price,” she added. An Eshoo aide told us last week Eshoo plans to submit these initial GAO findings to the FCC as part of its net neutrality proceeding.
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit ruled against meat industry trade groups that challenged Agriculture Department’s country of origin labeling (COOL) regulations. Senior Circuit Judge Stephen Williams issued the opinion for the court, which reviewed the case en banc. The July 29 ruling denies the American Meat Institute's request for a preliminary injunction that would have stopped implementation of the rule.
The Commerce Department issued the preliminary results of its antidumping duty administrative review on hot-rolled carbon steel flat products from China (A-570-865). The agency said the Baosteel group (comprising Baosteel Group Corporation, Shanghai Baosteel International Economic & Trading Co., Ltd., and Baoshan Iron and Steel Co., Ltd.), had no exports of subject merchandise to the U.S. during the period under review. If Commerce's "no shipments" finding for Baosteel is continued in the final results, the company won't get a new AD rate. Instead, subject merchandise from Baosteel will continue to enter at AD rates set in the most recent previous review. Commerce will make its final decision when it issues the final results of this review, currently due in November.