The U.S. said Nov. 22 that a vehicle parts importer “misrepresented multiple primary sources” when it argued that, as a petitioner for antidumping and countervailing duty orders on chassis from China, it hadn’t intended Chinese-origin components used in chassis from another country be included (see 2403070060) (Pitts Enterprises, Inc. v. U.S., CIT # 24-00030).
The International Trade Commission published notices in the Nov. 29 Federal Register on the following AD/CVD injury, Section 337 patent or other trade proceedings (any notices that warrant a more detailed summary will be in another ITT article):
The Commerce Department has published the final results of the antidumping duty administrative review on citric acid and certain citrate salts from Thailand (A-549-833). 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 the countervailing duty administrative review on pasta from Italy (C-475-819). Rates set in these final results will be used for final assessments of CVD on importers for subject merchandise entered in calendar year 2022.
The Commerce Department has released the final results of its countervailing duty administrative review on glycine from India (C-533-884). It said it made changes to its preliminary results of this review based on comments received. The agency set a new CVD cash deposit rate -- 6.03%, up from the preliminary rate of 2.01% -- for exporters of subject merchandise Kumar Industries, India and cross-owned affiliates Advance Chemical Corp., Rexisize Rasayan Industries and Reliance Corp. These final results will be used to set final assessments of CVD on importers for subject merchandise entered during calendar year 2022.
The Commerce Department and the International Trade Commission published the following Federal Register notices Nov. 29 on AD/CVD proceedings:
The extent to which the U.S. Supreme Court decides the USF challenge on theoretical rather than practical grounds could have major implications for whether the court issues a decision that overturns the program's funding mechanism. The court said last week it will hear a challenge to the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals' 9-7 en banc decision, which found the USF contribution factor is a "misbegotten tax.” Consumers' Research challenged the contribution factor in the 5th Circuit and other courts.
The International Trade Commission published notices in the Nov. 27 Federal Register on the following AD/CVD injury, Section 337 patent or other trade proceedings (any notices that warrant a more detailed summary will be in another ITT article):
The Commerce Department issued notices in the Federal Register on its recently initiated antidumping and countervailing duty investigations on overhead door counterbalance torsion springs from China and India (A-570-186/C-570-187, A-533-936/C-533-937). The CVD investigations cover entries for the calendar year 2023. The AD investigation on India covers entries Oct. 1, 2023, through Sept. 30, 2024, and the AD investigation on China covers entries April 1, 2024, through Sept. 30, 2024.
The Commerce Department soon will suspend liquidation and impose countervailing duty cash deposit requirements on imports of low-speed personal transportation vehicles from China, it said in a fact sheet issued Nov. 26. Commerce set CVD rates ranging from 21.23% to 515.37% for Chinese exporters, the agency said as it announced its preliminary determinations in its ongoing CVD investigations. Suspension of liquidation and cash deposit requirements will take effect for entries on or after the date of publication of the preliminary determinations in the Federal Register, which should occur in the coming days.