The Commerce Department has released the preliminary results of its antidumping duty administrative review on seamless carbon and alloy steel standard, line, and pressure pipe from Ukraine (A-823-819). The agency preliminarily calculated a 2.89% AD rate for the only company under review, Interpipe Ukraine LLC and its affiliates PJSC Interpipe Niznedneprovsky Tube Rolling Plant, LLC Interpipe Niko Tube, Interpipe Europe S.A. and JSC Interpipe Novomoskovsk Pipe Production Plant. If the agency's finding is continued in the final results, importers of subject merchandise from Interpipe and its affiliates entered Aug. 1, 2022, through July 31, 2023, will be assessed AD at importer-specific rates. Any changes to rates for Interpipe and its affiliates would take effect on the date of publication in the Federal Register of the final results of this review, currently due in January.
The Commerce Department has published the preliminary results of its antidumping duty administrative review on certain metal lockers from China (A-570-133). In the final results of this review, Commerce will set assessment rates for subject merchandise from five companies under review entered Aug. 1, 2022, through July 31, 2023.
The Commerce Department has published the preliminary results of its antidumping duty administrative review on large power transformers from South Korea (A-580-867). In the final results of this review, Commerce will set assessment rates for subject merchandise for the companies under review entered August 2022 through July 2023.
The Commerce Department and the International Trade Commission published the following Federal Register notices Sept. 13 on AD/CVD proceedings:
A listing of recent Commerce Department antidumping and countervailing duty messages posted on CBP's website Sept. 12, 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. District Court of Utah granted NetChoice’s request for a preliminary injunction against the state’s Minor Protection in Social Media Act, which was set to go into effect in October. The injunction bars Utah from enforcing the law until NetChoice’s legal challenge is resolved (see 2407230034). The court “recognizes the State’s earnest desire to protect young people from the novel challenges associated with social media use,” said the ruling Tuesday from Judge Robert Shelby. “But owing to the First Amendment’s paramount place in our democratic system, even well-intentioned legislation that regulates speech based on content must satisfy a tremendously high level of constitutional scrutiny.” Utah Attorney General Sean Reyes (R) hasn’t, Shelby wrote. “Utah’s law not only violates the First Amendment, but if enforced would backfire and endanger the very people it’s meant to help,” NetChoice Litigation Center Director Chris Marchese said in a news release. This ruling is NetChoice’s sixth successful request for an injunction against a state social media law. “We look forward to seeing this law, and others like it, permanently struck down and online speech and privacy fully protected across the country,” Marchese said. Shelby said that the law was underinclusive in what companies and websites it applied to and that its provisions against autoplay didn’t appear to prevent the behavior it targeted. “Defendants do not offer any evidence that requiring social media companies to compel minors to push ‘play,’ hit ‘next,’ and log in for updates will meaningfully reduce the amount of time they spend on social media platforms,” Shelby wrote. “We’re disappointed in the district court’s decision preliminarily enjoining Utah’s Minor Protection in Social Media Act," a spokesperson for Reyes said. "The AG’s office is analyzing the ruling to determine next steps. We remain committed to protecting Utah’s youth from social media’s harmful effects.”
The Commerce Department published notices in the Federal Register Sept. 12 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 has released the preliminary results of its antidumping duty administrative review on polyethylene retail carrier bags from Malaysia (A-557-813). The agency preliminarily calculated a zero percent AD rate for the only company under review, Euro SME Sdn. Bhd. and affiliate Euro Nature Green Sdn. Bhd. If the agency's finding is continued in the final results, importers of subject merchandise from Euro SME entered Aug. 1, 2022, through July 31, 2023, won't be assessed AD. Any changes to rates for Euro SME would take effect on the date of publication in the Federal Register of the final results of this review, currently due in January.
The Commerce Department has released the preliminary results of its antidumping duty administrative review on carbazole violet pigment 23 from India (A-533-838). The agency preliminarily calculated a zero percent AD rate for three companies under review, Gharda Chemicals, Ltd., Meghmani Pigments, and Navpad Pigments Pvt. Ltd. If the agency's finding is continued in the final results, importers of subject merchandise from the three companies entered Dec. 1, 2022, through Nov. 30, 2023, will not be assessed AD, and future entries from them will not be subject to an AD cash deposit requirement until further notice. Any changes to rates for the three under review would take effect on the date of publication in the Federal Register of the final results of this review, which are due in January.
The Commerce Department is setting new countervailing duty cash deposit requirements for imports of epoxy resin from China (C-570-167), India (C-533-927) and Taiwan (C-583-877), after finding countervailable subsidization of producers and exporters in the four countries in the preliminary determinations of its CV duty investigations. Suspension of liquidation and cash deposit requirements will take effect Sept. 13, 2024, for entries of subject merchandise from India, South Korea and Taiwan, and will take retroactive effect for entries from China as of June 15, 2024.