Texas-based syringe importer Retractable Technologies took to the Court of International Trade to contest the 100% increase of Section 301 tariffs recently imposed on needles and syringes from China. The complaint is seeking a temporary restraining order and a preliminary injunction against the duties, claiming that the tariffs could send the company out of business (Retractable Technologies v. United States, CIT # 24-00185).
The Commerce Department published notices in the Federal Register Sept. 26 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 is setting new countervailing duty cash deposit requirements for imports of ceramic tile from India (C-533-929), after finding subsidization of Indian producers in the preliminary determination of a CVD investigation, released Sept. 26. Suspension of liquidation and cash deposit requirements generally take effect Sept. 27, but Commerce is making the suspension of liquidation and CVD cash deposits retroactive to June 29 for some Indian companies.
The Commerce Department on Sept. 26 released antidumping and countervailing duty orders on brass rod from Israel (A-508-814/C-508-815). The orders set permanent antidumping and countervailing duties, which will remain in place unless revoked by Commerce in a sunset or changed circumstances review. Commerce will now begin conducting annual administrative reviews, if requested, to determine final assessments of AD/CVD on importers and make changes to cash deposit rates.
The Commerce Department and the International Trade Commission published the following Federal Register notices Sept. 26 on AD/CVD proceedings:
A listing of recent Commerce Department antidumping and countervailing duty messages posted on CBP's website Sept. 25, 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 CBP's ADCVD Search page.
The U.S. on Sept. 24 moved to dismiss mattress importer Pay Less Here's suit on the International Trade Commission's critical circumstances finding on mattresses from Burma, saying the company failed to file an entry of appearance in the proceeding. The government said that, as a result of this failure, the company isn't an "interested party" that can challenge the determination at the Court of International Trade (Pay Less Here v. U.S., CIT # 24-00152).
In a post-oral argument submission Sept. 20, Chinese exporters of xanthan gum focused on the government’s claim that they had waived their challenge to the Harmonized Tariff Schedule categorization of bituminous coal in a review by failing to meet the exhaustion requirement (Neimenggu Fufeng Biotechnologies Co. v. U.S., CIT # 23-00068)
CBP's Office of Regulations & Rulings upheld a Feb. 9 Enforce and Protect Act determination that Legion Furniture evaded antidumping and countervailing duty orders on Chinese-origin quartz surface products, according to a notice released Sept. 11 by CBP (see 2402150013).
The Commerce Department has published the final results of the antidumping duty administrative review on common alloy aluminum sheet from South Africa (A-791-825). These final results will be used to set final assessments of AD on importers for subject merchandise entered April 1, 2022, through March 31, 2023.