The Commerce Department issued the preliminary results of its antidumping duty administrative review on preserved mushrooms from China (A-570-851). Commerce said Blue Field (Sichuan) Food Industrial Co., Ltd. did not cooperate in the review, and as a result found the company to be state controlled and part of the China-wide entity. 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 rate for these companies:
The Commerce Department issued the preliminary results of its antidumping duty administrative review on seamless refined copper pipe and tube from China (A-570-964). Commerce ended the review for Luvata Tube and Luvata Alltop, because all requests for their review were withdrawn. As such, subject merchandise entered by Luvata Tube and Luvata Alltop will be liquidated at AD rates set in previous reviews, and AD cash deposit rates applicable to these two companies will continue unchanged. Otherwise. 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 rate for the following companies:
Antidumping and countervailing duty investigations on grain-oriented electrical steel from China, the Czech Republic, Germany, Japan, South Korea, Poland and Russia will continue, after the International Trade Commission voted unanimously that there is a “reasonable indication” of injury to U.S. industry from dumped and illegally subsidized imports. The Commerce Department will now make its preliminary CV and AD duty determinations, currently scheduled for December and March, respectively, at which point AD/CV duty cash deposits may be required on subject merchandise. Commerce initiated its investigation in October (see 13103020). The investigations are based on a complaint by two domestic steel producers and a labor union (see 13091909).
A listing of recent antidumping and countervailing duty messages from the Commerce Department posted to CBP's website Nov. 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 addcvd.cbp.gov. (CBP occasionally adds backdated messages without otherwise indicating which message was added. ITT will include a message date in parentheses in such cases.)
The first ICANN auctions for new generic top-level domain names subject to contended applications could be in early March, said ICANN Senior Manager-gTLD Program Russ Weinstein Monday at the organization’s meeting audiocast from Buenos Aires. Preliminary auction rules were released Nov. 1, and the bidder agreement is due in December, he said. ICANN expects to start early next year notifying applicants of its intent to auction, he said. ICANN auctions are “expected to be the method of last resort” for resolving string contentions, and applicants should resolve their contentions among themselves, he said. While private auctions seem to be the most favored mechanism, some applicants are using ICANN’s model as an intimidation strategy, and all applicants seeking auctions are strategizing to outdo their opponents, Adrian Kinderis, CEO of registry development company ARI Registry Services, told us.
The Commerce Department published notices in the Nov. 19 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 Nov. 18, 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 addcvd.cbp.gov. (CBP occasionally adds backdated messages without otherwise indicating which message was added. ITT will include a message date in parentheses in such cases.)
The antidumping and countervailing duty investigations on monosodium glutamate will continue, after the International Trade Commission voted Nov. 15 that there is a “reasonable indication” dumped and subsidized imports are hurting U.S. industry. All six commissioners voted in the affirmative. Ajinomoto North America requested the AD/CVD investigations on the flavor enhancer in September, alleging low-priced and unfair competition in China and Indonesia is rapidly gaining U.S. market share and causing lost revenues and profits (see 13091813). The Commerce Department began its part of the investigations in October (see 13103018), and is currently set to make its preliminary countervailing and antidumping duty determinations in December and March, respectively.
The Commerce Department made a preliminary affirmative antidumping determination that diffusion-annealed, nickel-plated flat-rolled steel products from Japan (A-588-869) are being sold in the U.S. at less than fair value. The agency found preliminary a 47.8% AD rate for Toyo Kohan and all non-individually investigated Japanese companies. Nippon Steel/Sumitomo decided not to respond to Commerce's original questionnaire, so the agency assigned it a high 77.7% AD rate based on adverse facts available (AFA). Suspension of liquidation and cash deposit requirements are effective Nov. 19.
The Xbox 360 returned to the top of the home videogame console sales chart in the U.S. last month, but the 3DS remained the best-selling videogame system for the sixth straight month when factoring in handheld systems, according to NPD’s latest videogame sales data. The PS3 outsold the 360 and Wii U in September as the Microsoft console’s reign as the country’s top-selling home console ended after 32 straight months (CED Oct 21 p6).