An exporter that was hit with a China-wide antidumping rate of 144.5% after it filed a separate rate certification a week late -- mistakenly believing that a deadline extension granted to “numerous parties” also applied to it -- said in an Oct. 25 motion for judgment that the Commerce Department was too “draconian” in enforcing its deadlines (Nanjing Dongsheng Shelf Manufacturing Co. v. U.S., CIT # 24-00085).
The Commerce Department published notices in the Federal Register Oct. 28 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 its final determinations in its countervailing duty investigations on frozen warmwater shrimp from Ecuador (C-331-806), India (C-533-921) and Vietnam (C-552-838). Suspension of liquidation is currently not in effect for entries on or after July 30, 2024, and Commerce will require cash deposits of estimated CVD on future entries only if it issues a CV duty order.
The Commerce Department and the International Trade Commission published the following Federal Register notices Oct. 28 on AD/CVD proceedings:
The Commerce Department has published its final affirmative determination in the antidumping duty investigation on frozen warmwater shrimp from Indonesia (A-560-842). Changes to cash deposit requirements set in the final determination take effect Oct. 28.
Exporter The Ancientree Co. failed to timely raise a ministerial error allegation regarding an adjustment to its U.S. price in an antidumping duty review, the Court of International Trade held on Oct. 24. Judge Mark Barnett said that the Commerce Department's regulations required Ancientree to identify any ministerial errors present in the preliminary results and make all relevant arguments about them in its administrative case brief -- something the company failed to do.
The International Trade Commission published notices in the Oct. 25 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):
China Disposable Aluminum Containers: Prelim CVD Cash Deposit Rates Take Effect, Retroactive for All
The Commerce Department is setting new countervailing duty cash deposit requirements for imports of disposable aluminum containers, pans, trays, and lids from China (C-570-171) after finding illegal subsidization of Chinese producers in the preliminary determination of its CVD investigation. Suspension of liquidation and cash deposit requirements take retroactive effect as of July 30, 2024, due to Commerce's finding of critical circumstances for all Chinese companies.
The Commerce Department and the International Trade Commission published the following Federal Register notices Oct. 25 on AD/CVD proceedings:
A syringe importer said Oct. 23 that, without an injunction on a new 100% tariff on needles from China, it must either “discontinue 95% of business or suffer non-recoupable damages.” In response, the U.S. said that it had enough money to absorb the duties -- for example, by cutting its CEO's pay (Retractable Technologies v. U.S., CIT # 24-00185).