A listing of recent antidumping and countervailing duty messages from the Commerce Department posted to CBP's website May 19, 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.
Microsoft and Sony Computer Entertainment America (SCEA) were silent Monday on a Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) report that cited “extensive testing and analysis” in finding that the Xbox One and PS4 “guzzle massive amounts” of energy when they're idle. The Xbox One is the largest energy user of the three most popular consoles, mainly due to its voice command feature in standby mode, followed by the PS4 due to the Sony console’s “inefficient” controller charging, said NRDC. Both consoles consume far more power than Nintendo’s Wii U, said the environmental group.
The Commerce Department issued the preliminary results of its antidumping duty new shipper review on fresh garlic from China (A-570-831) for Jinxiang Merry Vegetable Co., Ltd. and Cangshan Qingshui Vegetable Foods Co., Ltd.. The agency calculated a preliminary AD rate of $3.33 for merchandise produced and exported by Merry, and a preliminary AD rate of $3.06/kg for merchandise produced and exported by Qingshi.
The Commerce Department will soon begin requiring antidumping duty cash deposits on imports of non-oriented electrical steel (NOES) from China, Germany, Japan, South Korea, Sweden and Taiwan, it said in a fact sheet May 16. In its preliminary determination, the agency found AD duty rates of 407.52% for China; 86.29-98.84% for Germany; 135.59-204.79% for Japan; 6.91% for South Korea; 98.46-126.72% for Sweden; and 28.14-52.23% for Taiwan.
A listing of recent antidumping and countervailing duty messages from the Commerce Department posted to CBP's website May 16, 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 PS4 was the top-selling videogame system in the U.S. in April for the fourth straight month, according to NPD’s latest sales data. It was also the fourth straight month in which Sony’s console outsold the Xbox One, April’s second best-selling game hardware system, said NPD.
The International Trade Commission published notices in the May 16 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 May 16 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 should slap antidumping duties on South Korean oil country tubular goods (OCTG) imports to the “fullest extent of the law” in its final determination, said 56 Senators led by Sens. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, and Rob Portman, R-Ohio in a May 15 letter. Commerce preliminarily determined in February that South Korean companies did not dump the goods into the U.S. market. The final determination is currently due July 10.
A listing of recent antidumping and countervailing duty messages from the Commerce Department posted to CBP's website May 15, 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.