The Treasury Department issued a white paper on how it will shape proposed guidance for electric vehicle batteries and critical minerals, with some specifics on how it will define the critical mineral/battery component dividing line but deferring the definition of a free trade agreement.
The Commerce Department published notices in the Federal Register Dec. 28 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 the preliminary results of its antidumping duty administrative review on welded line pipe from South Korea (A-580-876). Rates calculated in this review will be used to set assessment rates for importers of subject merchandise from the following producers and exporters that was entered December 2020 through November 2021.
The Commerce Department and the International Trade Commission published the following Federal Register notices Dec. 28 on AD/CVD proceedings:
The Court of International Trade should expedite briefing on exporter Oman Fasteners' bid for a preliminary injunction in an antidumping duty case, Oman Fasteners argued in a Dec. 26 brief, saying the "severe, ongoing, and irreparable harm" caused by a "draconian 154.33% duty rate" threatens to put the company out of business. In its unopposed motion, the AD respondent said it already has had to stop all U.S. shipments of its goods subject to the duties and unless it can "quickly resume U.S. sales, and maintain them during the pendency of this case," it will "face insolvency through default on its existing financial obligations" or suffer irreparable harm (Oman Fasteners v. United States, CIT #22-00348).
The International Trade Commission violated the law by failing to either conduct a changed circumstances review or reconsider its original antidumping neglibility decision in a sunset review, Turkish exporter Eregli Demir ve Celik Fabrikalari (Erdemir) argued in a group of three related complaints at the Court of International Trade. After another exporter, Colakoglu Dis Ticaret, was revoked from the AD order following court proceedings, the ITC illegally denied any opportunity for Colakoglu's imports to be excluded from the antidumping duty injury proceeding, Erdemir said (Eregli Demir ve Celik Fabrikalari v. U.S. International Trade Commission, CIT #22-00349, #22-00350, #22-00351).
The Commerce Department published notices in the Federal Register Dec. 27 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 looks set to recognize an Chinese company’s name change for the purposes of antidumping duties on multilayered hardwood flooring from China (A-570-970), finding Arte Mundi Group Co., Ltd. to be the successor-in-interest to Arte Mundi (Shanghai) Aesthetic Home Furnishings Co., Ltd. in the preliminary results of a changed circumstances review. The agency preliminarily found Arte Mundi Group continues to operate with the same corporate structure and manufacturing facilities. If Commerce confirms its finding in the final results, Arte Mundi Group will inherit the AD duty rate assigned to Arte Mundi Shanghai in the most recently completed administrative review on hardwood flooring from China.
The Commerce Department issued the preliminary results of its antidumping duty administrative review on circular welded carbon-quality steel pipe from the United Arab Emirates (A-520-807). In the final results of this review, Commerce will set assessment rates for subject merchandise from the five companies under review entered Dec. 1, 2020, through Nov. 30, 2021.
The Commerce Department released the preliminary results of two antidumping duty administrative reviews on circular welded carbon-quality steel pipe from Oman (A-523-812). The final results of these reviews will be used to set importer assessments for the Omani company Al Jazeera for the period Dec. 1, 2019, through Nov. 30, 2020, and for four Omani companies, including Al Jazeera, for the period Dec. 1, 2020, through Nov. 30, 2021.