The International Trade Commission published notices in the Feb. 7 Federal Register on the following antidumping and countervailing duty (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 is amending the original final results of its countervailing duty administrative review on certain new pneumatic off-the-road tires from India (C-533-870) to correct ministerial errors in the calculation of the duty rates for two mandatory respondents and companies not selected for individual review. The agency calculated new CVD cash deposit rates for the 29 companies under review, with slight changes to the original final calculations. These amended final results, effective Feb. 10, will be used to set final assessments of CVD on importers for entries during calendar year 2022.
The Commerce Department has published the final results of the antidumping duty administrative review on low-melt polyester staple fiber from South Korea (A-580-895). Commerce set an AD rate of 3.14% for Toray Advanced Materials Korea, Inc., the only company under review. Subject merchandise from Toray entered Aug. 1, 2022, through July 31, 2023, will be liquidated at importer-specific rates. The 3.14% AD cash deposit rate for Toray, increased from the preliminary rate of 2.46%, takes effect Feb. 7, the date the final results were published in the Federal Register.
The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals should direct a lower court to enjoin California’s 2024 law (SB-976) restricting social media feeds for minors, consumer privacy advocates and free-market groups said in amicus briefs filed Thursday (case 25-146). As it urged the appeals court to reverse the U.S. District Court for Northern California, the Center for Democracy and Technology (CDT) raised privacy concerns about requiring companies to conduct age verification.
The Commerce Department and the International Trade Commission published the following Federal Register notices Feb. 7 on AD/CVD proceedings:
A Wisconsin man filed a pro se lawsuit at the Court of International Trade challenging the president's ability to impose tariffs, arguing that any attempt by the president to levy import duties represents an improper delegation of power under the U.S. Constitution. The individual, Gary Barnes, said imposing tariffs "is not within the jurisdiction of the President's duties," noting that the power to levy tariffs rests solely with Congress (Gary L Barnes v. United States President Donald Trump, CIT # 25-00043).
A Wisconsin man filed a pro se lawsuit at the Court of International Trade challenging the president's ability to impose tariffs, arguing that any attempt by the president to levy import duties represents an improper delegation of power under the U.S. Constitution. The individual, Gary Barnes, said imposing tariffs "is not within the jurisdiction of the President's duties," noting that the power to levy tariffs rests solely with Congress (Gary L Barnes v. United States President Donald Trump, CIT # 25-00043).
The Commerce Department soon will suspend liquidation and impose countervailing duty cash deposit requirements on imports of corrosion-resistant steel products from Brazil, Canada, Mexico, and Vietnam, it said in a fact sheet issued Feb. 4. CVD rates range from 0.33% to 1.72% for Brazilian exporters, 1.21% to 41.4% for Canadian exporters, zero percent to 1.56% for Mexican exporters, and zero percent to 140.05% for Vietnamese 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. Commerce is conducting a concurrent antidumping duty investigation on the same products from Australia, Brazil, Canada, Mexico, the Netherlands, South Africa, Taiwan, Turkey, the United Arab Emirates and Vietnam, with a preliminary determination expected on April 3.
The Alaska Telecom Association urged the FCC to move with care as it considers how to implement parts of the Alaska Connect Fund (ACF), approved by FCC commissioners in November (see 2411050002). Comments were due Monday on a Further NPRM on mobile and fixed wireless under the fund in docket 23-238.
A listing of recent Commerce Department antidumping and countervailing duty messages posted on CBP's website Feb. 4, 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.