The Commerce Department violated the law by hitting consolidated antidumping duty respondents Apiario Diamante Comercial Esportadora and Apiario Diamante Producao e Comercial de Mel (collectively Supermel) with total adverse facts available, the respondent argued in a July 27 complaint at the Court of International Trade. Commerce unlawfully used unaffiliated beekeepers to verify Supermel's data, despite the fact that Supermel was the mandatory respondent and not the beekeepers, the complaint said (Apiario Diamante Comercial Exportadora Ltda. v. United States, CIT #22-00185).
Consumer intentions to buy new TVs were flat in July compared with June, according to preliminary Conference Board data released Tuesday. The board commissioned analytics firm Toluna to canvass 5,000 U.S. homes through July 21, finding 10.1% plan to buy a new TV set in the next six months, down from 10.4% in June, 11.4% in May and 13% in July 2021. Consumer confidence declined in July for the third straight month, though by a lower magnitude than in June, said the board: “Concerns about inflation -- rising gas and food prices, in particular -- continued to weigh on consumers. As the Fed raises interest rates to rein in inflation, purchasing intentions for cars, homes, and major appliances all pulled back further in July.”
A listing of recent Commerce Department antidumping and countervailing duty messages posted to CBP's website July 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 ADD CVD Search page.
The Commerce Department upheld its preliminary finding to recognize a name change for an Indian company for the purposes of antidumping duties on finished carbon steel flanges from India (A-533-871). The agency preliminarily found BFN Forgings Private Limited to be the successor-in-interest to Bebitz Flanges Works Private Limited, in the preliminary results of a changed circumstances review released June 3. The agency found that BFN continues to operate as the same business entity other than the change in name. Commerce said BFN will inherit the AD duty rate assigned to Bebitz, currently zero percent.
The Court of International Trade should rule against the Commerce Department's move to reject questionnaire responses submitted 30 minutes late, antidumping respondent Zhejiang Zhouli Industrial argued in a July 21 complaint. Explaining the circumstances of the late submission, Zhouli said the rejection was a "drastic measure that was not warranted" and resulted in an adverse facts available rate. It urged the court to find the rejection to be an abuse of discretion (Zhejiang Zhouli v. U.S., CIT #22-00177).
The Commerce Department published notices in the Federal Register July 22 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 issued the final results of the antidumping duty administrative review on citric acid and certain citrate salts from Thailand (A-549-833). These final results will be used to set final assessments of AD duties on importers for subject merchandise entered July 1, 2020, through June 30, 2021.
The Commerce Department and the International Trade Commission published the following Federal Register notices July 22 on AD/CVD proceedings:
The Commerce Department on July 21 published the preliminary results of its antidumping duty administrative review on citric acid and certain citrate salts from Colombia (A-301-803). The agency calculated an AD rate of 1.14% for Sucroal S.A. Any changes to Sucroal's cash deposit rate would take effect on the publication date of the final results of this review, currently due in November. Once Commerce issues its final results, the agency will assess AD duties at importer-specific rates for entries of subject merchandise from Sucroal entered July 1, 2020, through June 30, 2021, it said.
The Commerce Department published notices in the Federal Register July 20 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):