Ganiyu Jaiyeola, the former Apple metallurgist whose appeal seeks injunctive relief to block Apple, AT&T, T-Mobile and Verizon from advertising the iPhone 15 Pro as a titanium device (see 2401080002), “is a pro se serial litigant who has been sanctioned in multiple jurisdictions across the country for repeatedly filing baseless petitions,” said AT&T’s answering brief Monday (docket 23-4027) in the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. This appeal “is similarly meritless and abusive,” it said.
State broadband officials shed some light Tuesday into NTIA’s process for recommending changes to states’ broadband, equity, access and deployment (BEAD) initial plans. NTIA’s so-called “curing" process lacks the transparency from earlier in the process when states sought public comments on drafts, some state and industry officials said during an FCBA webinar. States said they expect to use a mix of network technologies to reach everyone who needs high-speed internet.
A group of U.S. mattress makers led by Brooklyn Bedding filed a complaint at the Court of International Trade on Feb. 5 challenging the Commerce Department's decision to find exporter PT Ecos Jaya Indonesia's tri-folding mattresses were not within the scope of the antidumping duty order on mattresses from Indonesia (Brooklyn Bedding v. United States, CIT # 24-00002).
The Commerce Department published notices in the Federal Register Feb. 6 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 on Feb. 6 published the preliminary results of its antidumping and countervailing duty administrative reviews on forged steel fluid end blocks from Italy (A-475-840/C-475-841). In the final results of this review, Commerce will set AD and CVD assessment rates for subject merchandise for the companies under review entered Jan. 1, 2022, through Dec. 31, 2022.
The Commerce Department has published the preliminary results of its antidumping and countervailing duty administrative reviews on forged steel fluid end blocks from Germany (A-428-847/C-428-848). Commerce preliminarily calculated an AD rate of 19.96%, and a CVD rate of 2.54%, for BGH Edelstahl Siegen GmbH, the only company still covered by each review. Any changes to BGH's cash deposit rates would take effect on the publication date of the final results of each review. Once Commerce issues its final results of the AD review, the agency will assess AD at importer-specific rates for entries of subject merchandise from BHG entered Jan. 1, 2022, through Dec. 31, 2022, it said. The agency also will determine importer assessments for entries in calendar year 2022 in the final results if its CVD review.
The Commerce Department has released the final results of the antidumping duty administrative review on thermal paper from South Korea (A-580-911). These final results will be used to set final assessments of AD on importers of subject merchandise entered between May 12, 2021, and Oct. 31, 2022.
The Commerce Department has published the final results of the antidumping duty administrative review on steel nails from Malaysia (A-557-816). These final results will be used to set final assessments of AD duties on importers for subject merchandise entered July 2021 through June 2022.
The Commerce Department has published the final results of the antidumping duty administrative review on strontium chromate from France (A-427-830). Commerce set an AD rate of zero percent for Societe Nouvelle des Couleurs Zinciques, the only company under review. Commerce will instruct CBP to liquidate subject merchandise from SNCZ entered Nov. 1, 2021, through Oct. 31, 2022, without regard to AD, it said. The new AD duty cash deposit rate for SNCZ takes effect Feb. 6, the date of publication of these final results in the Federal Register.
The Commerce Department has published the final results of the antidumping duty administrative review on wooden bedroom furniture from China (A-570-890). Commerce continued to find that the one company under review -- VidaXL Ningbo Industry Co., Ltd. -- isn't eligible for a separate rate and is part of the China-wide entity, with an AD rate of 216.01%.