The Commerce Department tentatively rejected a bid by Delverde Industrie Alimentari to get exempted from antidumping duties on pasta from Italy (A-475-818), finding in the preliminary results of a changed circumstances review that the company is not the successor to the now defunct Del Verde S.p.A. The former Del Verde, which went bankrupt in 2005, wasn’t subject to the AD duty order because it wasn’t found to have dumped pasta during Commerce’s original investigation (companies that get zero percent investigation rates are permanently exempted from duties). Delverde, which currently gets a 13.09% AD duty rate, said it should get the same treatment because it is the successor to the old company. But Commerce found that changes to the company’s ownership and production activities during the restructuring and asset sale to an Argentine firm mean the new Delverde is much different company, and isn’t eligible for the old Del Verde’s rate.
The Commerce Department is beginning antidumping and countervailing duty investigations on 53-foot domestic dry containers from China, according to a fact sheet released May 14 by the agency. Stoughton Trailers requested the investigations on April 23, alleging underselling by Chinese companies has forced Stoughton to close its plant in Evansville, Indiana despite strong container demand from shipping companies (see 14042520). It says the duties should cover 53’ and 53’ high cube containers frequently used in intermodal shipping by rail and truck in North America, but not 20’ and 40’ containers used in international ocean shipping or trailers with built-in wheels.
A listing of recent antidumping and countervailing duty messages from the Commerce Department posted to CBP's website May 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.
The Commerce Department published notices in the May 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):
A listing of recent antidumping and countervailing duty messages from the Commerce Department posted to CBP's website May 9, 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 May 9 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 countervailing duty administrative review on lined paper products from India (C-533-844). These final results will be used to set final assessments of CV duties on importers for entries in 2011. New CV duty cash deposit rates set in this review will take effect May 12.
The Commerce Department made a preliminary affirmative antidumping determination that grain-oriented electrical steel (GOES) from Russia (A-821-821) and Poland (A-455-804) is being sold in the U.S. at less than fair value. Due to a finding of "critical circumstances," the agency will impose retroactive AD duty cash requirements on entries of GOES from the Russia and Poland effective Feb. 11.
The Commerce Department made a preliminary affirmative antidumping determination that grain-oriented electrical steel (GOES) from Germany (A-428-842), Japan (A-588-871) and South Korea (A-580-871) is being sold in the U.S. at less than fair value. The agency will impose AD duty cash requirements on entries of GOES from the Germany, Japan and South Korea effective May 12.
The Commerce Department made a preliminary affirmative antidumping determination that grain-oriented electrical steel (GOES) from China (A-570-994) is being sold in the U.S. at less than fair value. Commerce did not find that any Chinese exporters demonstrated independence from state control, so for the time being all entries from China will be subject to the high China-wide rate. The agency will impose these AD duty cash requirements on entries of GOES from China effective May 12.