The Commerce Department issued the final results of the antidumping duty administrative review on seamless refined copper pipe and tube from China (A-570-964). These final results will be used to set final assessments of AD duties on importers for entries between November 2011 and October 2012. New AD duty cash deposit rates set in this review will take effect April 28.
The Commerce Department published notices in the April 24 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 preliminary results of its antidumping duty administrative review on circular welded carbon steel pipes and tubes from Thailand (A-549-502). The agency calculated a preliminary AD rate for one company, Saha Thai.
The Commerce Department issued the final results of the antidumping duty administrative review and a concurrent new shipper review on freshwater crawfish tail meat from China (A-570-848). The agency determined that all four companies under review did not dump subject merchandise, so it will not require AD duty cash deposits for these companies until further notice and will liquidate entries from these companies between September 2011 and August 2012 without requiring any AD duties. New AD rates set in this review will take effect April 25.
The Bangladeshi government must continue to improve labor rights protections through its Export Processing Zone law and other legislation in order to regain Generalized System of Preferences eligibility, said the Department of State, the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative, the U.S. Agency for International Development and the Department of Labor in an April 23 release. In accordance with an Action Plan outlined by the Obama administration in July 2013, Bangladesh must also increase inspector staff, publicly disclose inspector evaluation, protection free association of workers and improve labor conditions, said the joint statement. The Obama administration will make a preliminary determination in June on the reinstatement of Bangladesh into the GSP program, USTR said on April 22 (see 14042211).
The Commerce Department published notices in the April 23 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 made a preliminary affirmative antidumping determination that chlorinated isocyanurates from Japan (A-588-870) are being sold in the U.S. at less than fair value. Commerce is directing CBP to suspend liquidation and require cash deposits of estimated AD duties on ferrosilicon from Venezuela, effective for subject merchandise entered on or after April 24.
The Commerce Department made a preliminary affirmative antidumping determination that steel concrete reinforcing bar from Turkey (A-489-818) is being sold in the U.S. at less than fair value. The agency will impose AD duty cash requirements on all Turkish companies except Habas, and will make cash deposits on entries from all other companies except Icdas retroactive 90 days because of a preliminary finding of "critical circumstances." For Icdas, AD duty cash deposits will be required for entries beginning April 24. For all Turkish exporters except Habas and Icdas, these rates take effect Jan. 24.
The Commerce Department made a preliminary affirmative antidumping determination that steel concrete reinforcing bar from Mexico (A-201-844) is being sold in the U.S. at less than fair value. The agency will impose AD duty cash requirements on all Mexican companies, and will make cash deposits on entries from all companies except Grupo Simec retroactive 90 days because of a preliminary finding of "critical circumstances." For Grupo Simec, AD duty cash deposits will be required for entries beginning April 24. For all other Mexican exporters, these rates take effect Jan. 24.
Aereo v. ABC remains too close to call (CD April 21 p3) after oral argument at the U.S. Supreme Court Tuesday, said several communications attorneys who attended the hearing in follow-up interviews. They said a decision, which may be 5-4, seems likely to hinge on what’s safest for the cloud computing industry.