A bevy of entities, including advocacy organizations and media groups like the New York Times, filed amicus briefs earlier this week that blasted California’s Age-Appropriate Design Code (AADC) Act for infringing on privacy and First Amendment rights, with some saying the statute reigns in nearly every form of online content including news sites.
The Court of International Trade dismissed Aug. 21 a case brought by Canadian lumber exporter J.D. Irving in an attempt to secure a lower antidumping duty cash deposit rate for some of its entries.
The Commerce Department published notices in the Federal Register Aug. 21 on the following antidumping and countervailing duty (AD/CVD) proceedings (any notices that announce changes to AD/CVD 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 finished carbon steel flanges from Spain (A-469-815; CBP A-470-815). The agency preliminarily calculated a zero percent AD rate for the only company under review, ULMA Forja, S.Coop. If the agency's finding is continued in the final results, importers of subject merchandise from ULMA entered June 1, 2023, through May 31, 2024, won't be assessed AD. Any changes to rates for ULMA would take effect on the date that the final results of this review, due in December, are published in the Federal Register.
The Commerce Department has released the preliminary results of its antidumping duty administrative review on citric acid and certain citrate salts from Belgium (A-423-813). The agency preliminarily calculated a zero percent AD rate for the only company under review, Citribel nv. If the agency's finding is continued in the final results, importers of subject merchandise from Citribel entered July 1, 2023, through June 30, 2024, won't be assessed AD. Any changes to rates for Citribel would take effect on the date of publication in the Federal Register of the final results of this review, due in December.
The Commerce Department has released the final results of the countervailing duty administrative review on forged steel fluid end blocks from Italy (C-475-841). Rates set in these final results will be used for final assessments of CVD on importers for subject merchandise entered in calendar year 2023.
The Commerce Department and the International Trade Commission published the following Federal Register notices Aug. 21 on AD/CVD proceedings:
The Commerce Department published notices in the Federal Register Aug. 20 on the following antidumping and countervailing duty (AD/CVD) proceedings (any notices that announce changes to AD/CVD rates, scope, affected firms or effective dates will be detailed in another ITT article):
The Commerce Department is setting new antidumping duty cash deposit requirements for imports of temporary steel fencing from China (A-570-198), after finding imports of the product are being sold in the U.S. at less than fair value in the preliminary determination of its AD investigation. Suspension of liquidation and cash deposit requirements generally took effect Aug. 19, but Commerce is making the suspension of liquidation and AD cash deposits retroactive to approximately May 21 for some Chinese companies.
The Commerce Department is setting new countervailing duty cash deposit requirements for imports of polypropylene corrugated boxes from China (C-570-208), after finding subsidization of Chinese producers in the preliminary determination of its CVD investigation. Suspension of liquidation and cash deposit requirements take effect for entries on or after Aug. 20, the date that the preliminary determination was published in the Federal Register.