The Commerce Department will not yet suspend liquidation and impose an antidumping duty cash deposit requirement on imports of ferrosilicon from Russia (A-821-820), after finding Russian companies didn't dump subject merchandise in the U.S. in its preliminary AD duty determination. The agency calculated zero AD duty rates for the only respondent, RFA International. Commerce will revisit the issue when it issues its final determination, and may at that point suspend liquidation and impose an AD duty cash deposit requirement if it finds dumping. If Commerce doesn't change its finding, then no AD duty order will be issued.
The Commerce Department made a preliminary affirmative antidumping determination that ferrosilicon from Venezuela (A-307-824) is 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 March 11.
A countervailing duty cash deposit requirement will take effect March 11 for imports of grain oriented electrical steel from China (C-570-995), after the Commerce Department found illegal subsidization of Chinese producers in its preliminary determination. The agency calculated a CV duty cash deposit rate of 49.15% for Baoshan, and assigned the same rate to all other Chinese exporters.
The Commerce Department will not suspend liquidation and impose a countervailing duty cash deposit requirement on imports of monosodium glutamate from Indonesia (C-560-827), after finding no countervailable subsidization in its preliminary CV duty determination. The agency calculated a de minimis CV duty rate for the sole respondent, Cheil Jedang Indonesia. Following Commerce's preliminary determiation, Ajinomoto North America (AJINA) withdrew its request for CV duty investigations on MSG from China and Indonesia (see 14031035). Commerce has to make the final decision on whether to end this investigation, and the process could take a couple of weeks, said lawyers associated with the proceeding. Regardless, Commerce may require antidumping duty cash deposits as a result of its concurrent AD duty investigation on MSG from Indonesia. Commerce is set to make its preliminary AD duty finding May 1 (see 14020415).
A countervailing duty cash deposit requirement will take effect March 11 for imports of monosodium glutamate from China (C-570-993), as the Commerce Department found illegal subsidization of Chinese producers in its preliminary determination. Commerce is making the suspension of liquidation and CV duty cash deposits retroactive for entries on or after Dec. 11. Shortly after Commerce announced its preliminary determination, domestic industry withdrew its requests for CV duties on MSG from China and Indonesia, so it is unclear what will become of the new cash deposit requirements.
A domestic producer of monosodium glutamate has withdrawn its requests for countervailing duty investigations on MSG from China and Indonesia. After a phone call with Commerce on March 6 in which a lawyer for AJINA notified Commerce the company no longer wanted to continue the case, AJINA formally withdrew its petitions for CV duty investigations in a letter sent the following day. The move came days after Commerce announced it found illegal subsidization of MSG producers in China, but no illegal subsidies in Indonesia. Meanwhile, a lawyer for AJINA said the company will still pursue antidumping duties on exports of MSG from China and Indonesia.
The Commerce Department is beginning an antidumping duty new shipper review on pasta from Turkey (A-489-805) at the request of Bessan Makarina Gida San. Ve Tic. A.S., for merchandise the company both produces and exports to the United States. Commerce will determine if Bessan is eligible for an individually-calculated estimated AD cash deposit rate.
The Commerce Department issued the preliminary results of its antidumping duty administrative review on cut-to-length carbon-quality steel plate products from South Korea (A-580-836). The agency calculated a preliminary AD rate for six companies, and said five other companies -- Daewoo, Dongbu, GS Global, Hyosung, and Hyundai Steel -- had no exports of subject merchandise to the U.S. during the period of review. If Commerce's findings for the five "no shipments" companies are continued in the final results, subject merchandise from these companies will continue to enter at AD rates set in previous reviews. These preliminary results are not in effect. Commerce may modify them in the final results of this review and change the estimated AD cash deposit rates for these companies.
The Commerce Department made its final determination in the antidumping duty investigation on steel threaded rod from Thailand, said the agency in a March 6 fact sheet. Commerce continued to find dumping by Thai exporters at the same AD duty rates -- 68.41% to 74.9% -- that it found in its preliminary determination in December. As a result, the agency will continue to collect AD duty cash deposits.
The Commerce Department preliminarily found dumping of imports of ferrosilicon from Venezuela, but no dumping of imports from Russia, it announced in a March 5 fact sheet. That means Commerce will require an AD duty cash deposit of 27.27% on ferrosilicon from Venezuela, beginning on the date the preliminary determination is published. But AD duty cash deposits will not be required on ferrosilicon from Russia until further notice. Commerce is currently set to make its final decision by May 20 for the Venezuela investigation, and July 18 for the Russia investigation. ITT will provide more details on Commerce’s preliminary determinations once they are published in the Federal Register.