The Commerce Department issued the preliminary results of its antidumping duty administrative review on circular welded carbon steel pipes and tubes from Taiwan (A-583-008). The agency preliminarily calculated a zero percent AD duty rate for Shin Yang Steel Co., Ltd.. If the agency's finding is continued in the final results, importers of circular welded pipe from Shin Yang entered between May 2012 and April 2013 will not be assessed AD duties, and future entries from Shin Yang will not be subject to an AD cash deposit requirement until further notice.
The Commerce Department issued the final results of the antidumping duty administrative review on lightweight thermal paper from Germany (A-428-840). The only company under review, Papierfabrik August Koehler, was found not to have dumped subject merchandise during the period of review, and so was assigned a zero percent AD duty rate. Entries of subject merchandise from Koehler between Nov. 1, 2011 and Oct. 31, 2012 will be liquidated without any assessment of AD duties, and future entries of lightweight thermal paper exported by Koehler will not be subject to AD duty cash deposit requirements until further notice. The new AD duty cash deposit rate takes effect June 18.
The Commerce Department is postponing until Aug. 29 the due date for its preliminary determination in the antidumping duty investigation on carbon and certain alloy steel wire rod from China (A-570-014). The group of U.S. companies that had originally requested the investigation asked for the extension, and Commerce says it has no reason to deny the request. Once Commerce makes its preliminary determination, it can suspend liquidation and require cash deposits of estimated AD duties. The preliminary determination was originally due July 10.
Industry groups criticized FTC research presented at the commission’s consumer-generated health data workshop, in comments filed to the FTC after the workshop. The research, a preliminary look into the data sharing practices of mobile health apps, had a flawed premise and relied on flawed assumptions, said several groups. Industry associations also pushed back against the risks of re-identifying health data as presented at the workshop, encouraging the FTC to take a more tangible economic cost-benefit analysis when considering further actions regarding consumer-generated health data. No privacy advocates submitted comments to the FTC following the workshop (CD May 8 p22).
Industry groups criticized FTC research presented at the commission’s consumer-generated health data workshop, in comments filed to the FTC after the workshop. The research, a preliminary look into the data sharing practices of mobile health apps, had a flawed premise and relied on flawed assumptions, said several groups. Industry associations also pushed back against the risks of re-identifying health data as presented at the workshop, encouraging the FTC to take a more tangible economic cost-benefit analysis when considering further actions regarding consumer-generated health data. No privacy advocates submitted comments to the FTC following the workshop (WID May 8 p4).
The International Trade Commission published notices in the June 13 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 June 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 laminated woven sacks from China (A-570-916). Commerce found that none of the nine companies under review demonstrated independence from Chinese government control, including three companies that previously had been assigned a separate rate. It assigned all nine to the China-wide entity. These final results will be used to set final assessments of AD duties on importers for entries between August 2012 and July 2013. New AD duty cash deposit rates set in this review will take effect June 16.
A listing of recent antidumping and countervailing duty messages from the Commerce Department posted to CBP's website June 12, 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 June 12 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):