The Commerce Department issued the final results of the antidumping duty administrative review on steel wire garment hangers from China (A-570-918). The agency made no changes from its preliminary results, continuing to find a zero AD rate for the Shanghai Wells Group .As such, Commerce will direct CBP to liquidate entries of merchandise from Shanghai Wells without regard to AD duties, and will not collect a cash deposit on such entries until further notice. The new rate is effective May 16, and will be implemented by CBP soon.
The Commerce Department issued the final results of the antidumping duty administrative review on hand trucks and certain parts thereof from China (A-570-891). The agency calculated an AD rate of 9.21 percent for New-Tech Integration (Xiamen) Co., Ltd., a slight decrease from the preliminary rate. Commerce rescinded the review for WelCom Products, Yangjiang Shunhe, and Tuhuan Tongsheng, so subject merchandise from those companies will continue to enter at rates calculated in previous reviews. The new rate is effective May 16.
The Commerce Department initiated an antidumping duty investigation on prestressed concrete steel rail tie wire from China (A-570-989), Mexico (A-201-843), and Thailand (A-549-829) on May 13, it said in a fact sheet. Domestic manufacturers Davis Wire Corp. and Insteel Wire Products requested the investigation, which covers high carbon steel wire used as prestressed tendons in concrete railroad ties (see 13042521). They allege dumping margins of 67.43 percent for Chinese exporters, 159.44 percent for Mexican exporters, and 53.72 percent for Thai companies. Imports of subject merchandise in 2012 were valued at $35.6 million from China, $14.7 million from Mexico, and $373,000 from Thailand.
The Commerce Department published notices in the May 14 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 Court of International Trade vacated its August judgment against Nan Ya Plastics’ claim for funds under the Continued Dumping and Subsidy Offset Act (CDSOA, also known as the Byrd Amendment) (see 12071601). The court will now allow Nan Ya to file an amended complaint, in light of the Appeals Court’s July 2012 ruling in PS Chez Sidney v. International Trade Commission (see 12071604).
The Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit affirmed the International Trade Commission’s determination that imports of Nintendo’s Wii video game system are not violating Section 337 by infringing on Motiva’s patents. The ITC had found that Motiva was not in the process of establishing a domestic industry. The company’s only activity related to the patents being a lawsuit against Nintendo. The court said the ITC’s determination was supported by the record -- Motiva was not close to developing a product that would utilize the patented technologies, and hadn’t been actively attempting to develop one for years. CAFC also pointed to Motiva’s decision not to ask for a preliminary injunction in its lawsuit, as well as the delay of three years between the launch of the Wii and Motiva’s ITC complaint, to show that Motiva’s owners had only filed the lawsuit for financial gain, not to clear the way for establishing an industry in the U.S.
AT&T, Comcast and Google are among the companies with ad dollars supporting online piracy, said a University of Georgia preliminary study. It was detailed in a blog post Wednesday by David Lowery, musician and lecturer at UGA’s Terry College of Business (http://bit.ly/ZPNHHC). AT&T, Comcast and Google did not respond to our requests for comment by our deadline.
The Commerce Department published notices in the May 13 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 antidumping duty administrative review on carbon and certain alloy steel wire rod from Mexico (A-201-830). The agency calculated an AD rate of 12.08 percent for Deacero,1 a slight decrease from the preliminary rate. The new rate is effective May 14.
The Commerce Department is beginning an inquiry to determine whether imports of unfinished “t-shirt” bags are circumventing the antidumping duty order on polyethylene retails carrier bags from China (A-570-886). According to domestic industry, several importers are bringing in bags from China that require so little processing after importation that they should be considered subject to the order.