The Commerce Department made a preliminary affirmative antidumping determination that sodium nitrite from Russia (A-821-836) is being sold in the U.S. at less than fair value. The agency will impose AD duty cash requirements on entries of subject merchandise beginning on June 28, the date these preliminary determinations were published in the Federal Register.
The Commerce Department and the International Trade Commission published the following Federal Register notices June 28 on AD/CVD proceedings:
A listing of recent Commerce Department antidumping and countervailing duty messages posted to CBP's website June 27, 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 published notices in the Federal Register June 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 released the preliminary results of its antidumping duty administrative review on polyethylene terephthalate film, sheet and strip from Taiwan (A-583-837), calculating a zero percent AD rate for Nan Ya Plastics Corp. If the agency's finding is continued in the final results, importers of subject merchandise from Nan Ya entered between July 1, 2020, and June 30, 2021, will not be assessed AD duties, and future entries from Nan Ya would not be subject to an AD cash deposit requirement until further notice.
The Commerce Department issued the final results of the antidumping duty administrative review on crystalline silicon photovoltaic cells from China (A-570-979). These final results will be used to set final assessments of AD duties on importers for subject merchandise entered Dec. 1, 2019, through Nov. 30, 2020.
The Commerce Department and the International Trade Commission published the following Federal Register notices June 27 on AD/CVD proceedings:
An expected Supreme Court decision in West Virginia v. EPA appears likely to overturn the Chevron doctrine and fundamentally alter how the FCC and other regulatory agencies operate, New Street’s Blair Levin told investors Friday. If SCOTUS rules as he expects, “the decision would cause a massive shift in authority from the expert agencies to the courts, which, because of the many different courts that may decide any matter, will result in long-term uncertainty and unpredictability as to regulations,” he said: “If agencies don’t get deference, courts then will occupy the high ground of decision making. ... The new regulator for each sector will be the over 670 district court judges, the courts of appeals judges in the 13 Circuits and the Supreme Court.” While many investors think all regulation is negative, they should consider a more nuanced view of the potential impact, Levin said. “There is now a significant chance that any FCC process (approximately 9-15 months) is merely a preliminary step in a process that a Court of Appeals (whose panel will not be known for some time and that may take an additional several years for its process to play out) will be the principal decision maker,” he said. Some experts say what the court will do remains to be seen (see 2206150059) and note the court hasn’t cited Chevron deference in a case since 2016 (see 2206170069).
The Court of International Trade granted importer DS Services of America's motion for a preliminary injunction in its case seeking to reinstate a previously granted exclusion from Section 301 China duties for water coolers classified under Harmonized Tariff Schedule subheading 8418.69.0120. The court's order suspends the liquidation of the plaintiff's unliquidated entries while allowing the U.S. to continue to collect Section 301 duties, as the injunction is structured like a statutory injunction routinely entered in antidumping and countervailing duty cases (DS Services of America v. United States, CIT #22-00157).
The Commerce Department on June 24 released the final results of the antidumping duty administrative review on welded line pipe from South Korea (A-580-876). These final results will be used to set final assessments of AD duties on importers for subject merchandise from 31 companies under review entered Dec. 1, 2019, through Nov. 30, 2020.