Antidumping duty petitioner American Brass Rod Fair Trade Coalition told the Court of International Trade that the Commerce Department erred in making an adjustment for AD respondent Rajhans Metal's claimed work-in-process (WIP) and in valuing the company's scrap offset. Filing a complaint Aug. 9, the petitioner contested Rajhans' 2.19% AD rate set in the investigation on brass rod from India (American Brass Rod Fair Trade Coalition v. U.S., CIT # 24-00119).
The Commerce Department published notices in the Federal Register Aug. 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 issued notices in the Federal Register on its recently initiated antidumping and countervailing duty investigations on tungsten shot from China (A-570-178/C-570-179). The CVD investigation covers entries Jan. 1 - Dec. 31, 2023. The AD investigation covers entries Jan. 1, 2024 - June 30, 2024.
The Commerce Department and the International Trade Commission published the following Federal Register notices Aug. 12 on AD/CVD proceedings:
An importer of China-origin garlic chunks argued in an Aug. 7 complaint that it shouldn’t have been found to be circumventing antidumping duties on fresh garlic from China, saying that its garlic chunks are exempt because they are preserved in citric acid (Green Garden Produce v. United States, CIT # 24-00114).
The FCC’s NPRM on AI and robocalls that commissioners approved Wednesday saw numerous changes from its draft version, beyond the addition of a notice of inquiry (see 2408070037). Incompas and the Cloud Communications Alliance asked the FCC to move parts to a NOI, citing the lack of specific proposals (see 2408050029). “The item itself is seemingly more of an investigation into the state of AI technologies rather than a series of specific proposals,” they said.
The Commerce Department "under protest" notified an Indonesian polyester textured yarn exporter of specific deficiencies in a questionnaire response it provided and gave it the chance to address them. As a result, the department reduced the exporter’s dumping margin from 26.07% to 9.20% (PT. Asia Pacific Fibers v. United States, CIT # 22-00007).
Countervailing duty petitioners Bio-Lab, Innovative Water Care and Occidental Chemical Corp. challenged the Commerce Department's refusal to use adverse facts available against exporters Heze Huayi Chemical Co. and Juancheng Kangtai Chemical Co. in an administrative review of the CVD order on chlorinated isocyanurates from China (Bio-Lab v. United States, CIT # 24-00118).
The International Trade Commission published notices in the Aug. 9 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):
The Commerce Department published notices in the Federal Register Aug. 9 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):