The Commerce Department looks set to recognize the name change of a South Korean company for the purposes of antidumping duties on certain cut-to-length carbon-quality steel plate products (A-580-836) from South Korea. The agency preliminarily found that the post-corporate reorganization Dongkuk Steel Mill Co., Ltd. (Dongkuk Steel) is the successor-in-interest to the pre-reorganization Dongkuk Steel, in the preliminary results of a changed circumstances review. The agency preliminarily found Dongkuk Steel continues to operate as the same business entity, including that there was no name change. The new Dongkuk Steel explained that the spin-off of two business units in the reorganization and other moves did not affect the management or internal organization structure, production, supplier relationships or customer base of the CTL plate business. If Commerce confirms its finding in the final results, post-reorganization Dongkuk Steel may inherit the AD rates assigned to pre-reorganization Dongkuk Steel in the AD review.
The Commerce Department looks set to recognize an Indian company’s name change and corporate reorganization for the purposes of antidumping duties on frozen warmwater shrimp from India (A-533-840). The agency preliminarily found Highland Agro Food Private Limited (HA Food) is the successor-in-interest to Highland Agro, in the preliminary results of a changed circumstances review. The agency preliminarily found Highland Agro undertook a name change to HA Food and changed its corporate structure to become a limited liability partnership but otherwise continues to operate as the same business entity. If Commerce confirms its finding in the final results, HA Food will inherit the AD rate assigned to Highland Agro.
A listing of recent Commerce Department antidumping and countervailing duty messages posted on CBP's website Aug. 28, 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 Commerce Department issued its final determination in the antidumping duty investigation on gas powered pressure washers from Vietnam (A-552-008). Cash deposit rates set in this final determination take effect Aug. 29, the date the final determination is set to be published in the Federal Register.
The Commerce Department in an antidumping proceeding correctly used a bona fide sale analysis of a single sale of wooden cabinets by importer Dalian Hualing Wood (Hualing) from a linked investigation, DOJ argued in an Aug. 24 response at the Court of International Trade. The brief came in reply to a June motion for judgment, in which Hualing argued that Commerce illegally made separate determinations in linked antidumping and countervailing duty reviews (see 2306260033) (Dalian Hualing Wood Co. v. U.S., CIT # 22-00334).
A listing of recent Commerce Department antidumping and countervailing duty messages posted on CBP's website Aug. 25, 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.
Chargebacks911’s motion to stay discovery pending a ruling on its amended motion to dismiss should be denied, said the FTC and the Florida attorney general in their Aug. 21 opposition (docket 8:23-cv-00796) in U.S. District Court for Middle Florida in Tampa.
The Commerce Department published notices in the Federal Register Aug. 25 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):
Comments on the National Institute of Standards and Technology’s IOT preliminary update from its IOT Working Group are due Sept. 25. The paper is intended to document “the current state of the IoT Federal Working Group’s approach to addressing the reporting requirements” National Defense Authorization Act 2021, said Thursday’s Federal Register.
The Commerce Department and the International Trade Commission published the following Federal Register notices Aug. 25 on AD/CVD proceedings: