The Commerce Department has released the preliminary results of its antidumping duty administrative review of steel propane cylinders from Thailand (A-549-839). The agency calculated an AD rate of 2.12% for Sahamitr Pressure Container Plc. Any changes to Sahamitr's cash deposit rate would take effect on the publication date of the final results of this review. Once Commerce issues its final results, the agency will assess AD at importer-specific rates for entries of subject merchandise from Sahamitr entered Aug. 1, 2021, through July 31, 2022, it said.
The Commerce Department released the preliminary results of its antidumping duty administrative review on utility scale wind towers from South Korea (A-580-902), calculating a 1.95% AD rate for Dongkuk S&C Co., Ltd., and assigning that rate to 12 other companies. If the agency's finding is continued in the final results, importers of subject merchandise from Dongkuk entered between Aug. 1, 2021, and July 31, 2022, would be assessed AD duties at importer-specific rates, and importers from the other 12 companies under review would be assessed AD duties at the 1.95% rate. A 1.95% cash deposit rate would take effect for Dongkuk and the other 12 companies upon publication of the final results of this review in the Federal Register.
The Commerce Department has released the preliminary results of its antidumping duty administrative review on hydrofluorocarbon blends from China (A-570-028). The agency said the one mandatory respondent, Zhejiang Sanmei Chemical Industry Co., Ltd., did not make sales at less than fair value during the review period, and assigned it a zero percent AD rate.
The Commerce Department has released the final results of its countervailing duty administrative review on cold-drawn mechanical tubing of carbon and alloy steel from India (C-533-874). The agency set new CVD cash deposit rates for four exporters. These final results will be used to set final assessments of CVD on importers for subject merchandise entered Jan. 1, 2021, through Dec. 31, 2021.
The Commerce Department and the International Trade Commission published the following Federal Register notices Sept. 5 on AD/CVD proceedings:
Arkansas Attorney General Tim Griffin (R) is “disappointed” in Thursday’s ruling by U.S. District Judge Timothy Brooks for Arkansas in Fayetteville, granting NetChoice its preliminary injunction to block Griffin’s enforcement of SB-396, the state’s age-verification Social Media Safety Act (see 2308310068), emailed Griffin through a spokesperson Friday. NetChoice won the injunction just hours before SB-396 was to take effect early Friday.
The International Trade Commission published notices in the Sept. 1 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 has released the preliminary results of its antidumping duty administrative review on cased pencils from China (A-570-827). The agency preliminarily found three companies under review, Wah Yuen Stationery Co. Ltd./Shandong Wah Yuen Stationery Co. Ltd., Tianjin Tonghe Stationery Co., Ltd. and Ningbo Homey Union Co., Ltd., either did not qualify for or did not file for a separate rate, and tentatively assigned them to the China-wide entity with an AD rate of 114.9%. If these preliminary results are adopted unchanged, Commerce will in its final results assess AD duties at 114.9% for importers of subject merchandise from Wah Yuen, Tianjin Tonghe and Ningbo Homey entered Dec. 1, 2021, through Nov. 30, 2022. A cash deposit rate of 114.9% would take effect for these three companies upon publication of the final results in the Federal Register.
The Commerce Department and the International Trade Commission published the following Federal Register notices Sept. 1 on AD/CVD proceedings:
Preventing TikTok from “engaging in espionage” on behalf of the Chinese Communist Party is “fundamental” to the Digital Progress Institute’s core “principles,” said the institute’s unopposed motion for leave Wednesday (docket 9:23-cv-00061) in U.S. District Court for Montana in Missoula to file an amicus brief in opposition to a preliminary injunction that would block enforcement of SB-419, Montana’s statewide TikTok ban, when it takes effect Jan. 1 (see 2306290041). The institute thinks SB-419 meets all the “metrics of good governance,” said its motion. Montana’s TikTok ban is “incremental in scope” and it’s bipartisan, plus it also takes a “holistic approach” to internet regulation when addressing cybersecurity, it said. SB-419 also is “critical to the promise of privacy for all,” it said. The institute offers a “unique perspective” on Montana’s statewide TikTok ban, said its motion. The parties will argue on the implications of SB-419 for Montana and its citizens, it said. But the institute can provide the court with “a deeper understanding on how Montana’s law fits into the broader national conversation regarding the constitutionality of a TikTok ban and the harms TikTok inflicts on our national security,” it said. The institute can also give the court insights on how “an adverse ruling” in the case, granting the preliminary injunction to block enforcement of SB-419, can “detrimentally impact” the efforts of the Biden administration and Congress “to protect our communications networks from foreign adversaries leveraging technologies like TikTok,” it said.