A listing of recent antidumping and countervailing duty messages from the International Trade Administration posted to CBP's web site as of June 29, along with the case number(s) and CBP message number, is provided below. The messages are available by searching on the listed CBP message number at http://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 International Trade Administration issued a Federal Register notice on its recently initiated antidumping investigations on xanthan gum from China and Austria (A-570-985 and A-433-811, respectively). The ITA will determine whether imports of imports of xanthan gum from China and Austria are being, or are likely to be, sold in the United States at less than fair value.
A listing of recent antidumping and countervailing duty messages from the International Trade Administration posted to CBP's web site as of June 27, along with the case number(s) and CBP message number, is provided below. The messages are available by searching on the listed CBP message number at http://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.)
Mexico's Diario Oficial of June 26, lists notices from the Secretary of the Economy as follows:
The International Trade Administration removed three products from the scope of the antidumping duty order on stainless steel bar from Japan (A-588-833) in the final results of its changed circumstances review. The partial revocation was pursuant to a request by U.S. importer of subject merchandise Suruga USA Corp. that the ITA revoke, in part, the AD order with respect to three types of stainless steel bar that are subject to the AD order (one Grade 304 product and two Grade 440C products). Therefore, the ITA will instruct CBP to end the suspension of liquidation for the three products and release any cash deposit or bond collected on entries of these products, effective Feb. 1, 2010. The ITA also modified the language of the scope of this order to reflect this partial revocation.
The International Trade Administration published notices in the June 25 Federal Register on the following AD/CV proceedings (any notices that announce changes to AD/CV duty rates, the scope, affected firms, or effective dates will be detailed in another ITT article):
The International Trade Administration is initiating an anticircumvention inquiry to determine, under the minor alterations provision, whether graphite electrodes with diameters larger than 16 inches but less than 18 inches are products that are “altered in form or appearance in minor respects” from in-scope merchandise such that they may be considered subject to the antidumping duty order on small diameter graphite electrodes from China (A-570-929) (the scope of the order only includes graphite electrodes with diameters of 16 inches or less). The ITA also said it is initiating an anticircumvention inquiry to determine whether such products are later-developed merchandise subject to the order.
The International Trade Administration issued a correction to two listed companies in its preliminary antidumping determination for crystalline silicon photovoltaic cells, whether or not assembled into modules, from China (A-570-979). The ITA said it incorrectly identified a solar cell producer as Delsolar Co., Ltd. when the correct name is DelSolar (Wujiang) Ltd., and incorrectly included a space in the company name JinkoSolar International Limited. According to the ITA, the correct entries should read as follows:
The International Trade Administration published notices in the June 21 Federal Register on the following AD/CV proceedings (any notices that announce changes to AD/CV duty rates, the scope, affected firms, or effective dates will be detailed in another ITT article):
Blends of honey and rice syrup fall within the scope of the antidumping duty order on honey from China (A-570-863), the International Trade Administration found in its preliminary affirmative determination of circumvention.