The Foreign-Trade Zones Board issued the following notices on Dec. 18:
A listing of recent Commerce Department antidumping and countervailing duty messages posted on CBP's website Dec. 17, 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 CBP's ADCVD Search page.
The Commerce Department failed to justify its de facto specificity finding regarding the South Korean government's provision of electricity below cost in the 2021 review of the countervailing duty order on cut-to-length carbon-quality steel plate from South Korea, the Court of International Trade held in a decision made public Dec. 17. Judge Claire Kelly said Commerce didn't lay out a "rational basis" for grouping certain industries together and declaring that the selected industries received a disproportionate benefit from the program.
The Court of International Trade upheld Dec. 17 the Commerce Department’s decision to swap back to the model match methodology it had used earlier in a review of antidumping duty orders on superabsorbent polymers from South Korea. The change meant administrative review mandatory respondent LG Chem’s AD rate jumped back up, from 17.64% to 26.05%.
The Commerce Department has published the final results of the antidumping duty administrative review on corrosion-resistant steel products from South Korea (A-580-878). These final results will be used to set final assessments of AD duties on importers for subject merchandise entered July 1, 2022, through June 30, 2023.
The Commerce Department has published the final results of its countervailing duty administrative review on collated steel staples from China (C-570-113). The agency calculated new CVD cash deposit rates for the one Chinese producer and exporter listed below. These final results will be used to set final assessments of CVD on importers for entries during calendar year 2022.
The Commerce Department has published the final results of the antidumping duty administrative review on carbon and alloy steel cut-to-length plate from Belgium (A-423-812). These final results will be used to set final assessments of AD on importers for subject merchandise entered May 1, 2022, through April 30, 2023.
The Commerce Department issued an antidumping duty order on truck and bus tires from Thailand (A-549-848). The order sets permanent antidumping duties, which will remain in place unless revoked by Commerce in a sunset or changed circumstances review. Commerce now will begin conducting annual administrative reviews, if requested, to determine final assessments of AD on importers and make changes to cash deposit rates.
A listing of recent Commerce Department antidumping and countervailing duty messages posted on CBP's website Dec. 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 CBP's ADCVD Search page.
Court of International Trade Judge Thomas Aquilino upheld the Commerce Department’s redetermination on remand that set at 26.05% the antidumping rate for exporter LG Chem’s superabsorbent polymers. On remand, the department switched back to a model match methodology it had used for the review’s preliminary redetermination, saying not enough evidence on the record supported the one used in its final determination (The Ad Hoc Coalition of American SAP Producers v. U.S., CIT # 23-00010).