The Commerce Department has issued the preliminary results of its antidumping duty administrative review on stainless steel butt-weld pipe fittings from the Philippines (A-565-801). The agency said the three companies under review -- E N Corp.; Enlin Steel Corp.; and Vinox Corp. (a/k/a Vinoc Corp.) (collectively, Vinox) -- had no exports of subject merchandise to the U.S. during the period under review. If Commerce's “no shipments” finding for the three companies is continued in the final results, subject merchandise from E N, Enlin and Vinox will continue to enter at AD rates set in the most recent previous review, and any entries filed with their case numbers entered Feb. 1, 2021, through Jan. 31, 2022, will be liquidated at the all-others rate, currently 33.81%. Commerce will make its final decision when it issues the final results of this review, currently due in March.
The Commerce Department is beginning new antidumping duty investigations on paper file folders from China, India and Vietnam, as well as a new countervailing duty investigation on paper file folders from India, it said in a fact sheet Nov. 2. The underlying petition was filed Oct. 12 (see 2210130085). The International Trade Commission is scheduled to make its preliminary injury determinations by Nov. 28. These AD/CV duty investigations will only continue if the ITC finds injury. International Trade Today will provide more details upon publication of the initiation notices in the Federal Register.
The Commerce Department has issued the final results of its countervailing duty administrative review on carbon and alloy steel threaded rod from China (C-570-105). Commerce will use the rates set in this review to set importer assessments on entries from the five companies under review for the July 29, 2019, through Dec. 31, 2020, period. Effective Nov. 7, Commerce will require CV duty cash deposits from the companies under review as follows:
The Commerce Department and the International Trade Commission published the following Federal Register notices Nov. 4 on AD/CVD proceedings:
An administrative law case to be argued before the U.S. Supreme Court Monday could have implications for challenges to federal agency decisions, including at the FCC and FTC, according to interviews with attorneys and academics. Cochran v. SEC (docket 21-1239), and similar case Axon Enterprise v. FTC (docket 21-86) concern whether parties have to wait for a final agency ruling before they can appeal to the courts.
A listing of recent Commerce Department antidumping and countervailing duty messages posted to CBP's website Nov. 3, 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 published notices in the Federal Register Nov. 3 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 Nov. 3 released the preliminary results of its antidumping duty administrative review on hot-rolled steel flat products from Turkey (A-489-826). The agency preliminarily calculated a zero percent AD duty rate for the only company remaining under review, Habas Sinai ve Tibbi Gazlar Istihsal Endustrisi A.S. Any changes to cash deposit rates for Habas would take effect on the publication date of the final results of this review, currently due in March. If this rate is confirmed in the final results, Commerce would not assess AD duties for subject merchandise from Habas entered Oct. 1, 2020, through Sept. 30, 2021.
The Commerce Department on Nov. 3 released the preliminary results of its countervailing duty administrative review on hot-rolled steel flat products from South Korea (C-580-884). The agency preliminarily assigned zero percent CV duty rates to the only two companies remaining under review, Hyundai Steel Company and POSCO. If the agency's findings are continued in the final results of this review, importers of subject merchandise from Hyundai Steel and POSCO entered Jan. 1, 2020, through Dec. 31, 2020, would not be assessed CV duties, and future entries from Hyundai Steel and POSCO would not be subject to CV cash deposit requirements until further notice. Any changes to rates for Hyundai Steel and POSCO would take effect on the date of publication in the Federal Register of the final results of this review, currently due in March.
The Commerce Department on Nov. 3 released the preliminary results of its antidumping duty administrative review on stainless steel flanges from India (A-533-877). In the final results of this review, Commerce will set assessment rates for subject merchandise for the companies under review entered Oct. 1, 2020, through Sept. 30, 2021.