The Commerce Department issued the preliminary results of its countervailing duty administrative review on narrow woven ribbons from China (C-570-953). Changes to cash deposit rates set by this review would take effect beginning on the date of publication of the final results in the Federal Register. The final results of this review will also be used to set importer assessments for entries from the companies under review during calendar year 2020.
The Commerce Department and the International Trade Commission published the following Federal Register notices June 9 on AD/CVD proceedings:
A listing of recent Commerce Department antidumping and countervailing duty messages posted to CBP's website June 7-8, 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 FCC won’t have a finalized estimate of demands for money from the Secure and Trusted Communications Networks Reimbursement Program to repay U.S. carriers for removing from their networks equipment made by companies deemed a national security risk ready by June 15 as initially anticipated, Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel said in letters to Senate Commerce Committee Chair Maria Cantwell, D-Wash., ranking member Roger Wicker, R-Miss., and other leaders of the House and Senate Commerce and Appropriations committees released Wednesday. Cantwell, Wicker and other lawmakers have been eyeing whether and how much additional funding they will seek to appropriate to the “rip and replace” program beyond the $1.9 billion Congress allocated to the program via the FY 2021 appropriations and COVID-19 aid omnibus law (see 2203140061).
The Commerce Department "lawfully and reasonably" found that Australian exporter BlueScope Steel (AIS) didn't reimburse BlueScope Steel Americas (BSA) -- the U.S. affiliate for BlueScope Steel -- for antidumping duties on the relevant imports, the U.S. argued in a June 7 reply brief at the Court of International Trade. Contrary to plaintiff U.S. Steel's contention, Commerce properly concluded that AIS's pricing arrangement wasn't evidence of reimbursement for the duties because the agency no longer deducts from U.S. price any indirect reimbursement of antidumping duties, the brief said (U.S. Steel v. U.S., CIT #21-00528).
The Court of International Trade in a June 9 opinion denied Indian exporter Gujarat Fluorochemicals Limited's bid for injunctive relief against paying cash deposits from a countervailing duty investigation and liquidation. Judge Timothy Stanceu ruled that the plaintiff failed to show that it would likely face harm without the preliminary injunction since the company did not show that future refunds of excess cash deposits would be an "inadequate remedy." As for the injunction on liquidation, the court said that there's no draft order in "satisfactory form" which could allow the court to issue the standard injunction against liquidation. However, Stanceu gave the plaintiff 30 days to renew the injunction bid.
The Commerce Department published notices in the Federal Register June 8 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 final results of the antidumping duty administrative review on steel concrete reinforcing bar from Mexico (A-201-844). These final results will be used to set final assessments of AD duties on importers for subject merchandise entered Nov. 1, 2019, through Oct. 31, 2020.
The Commerce Department issued the preliminary results of its antidumping duty administrative review on magnesia carbon bricks from China (A-570-954). The agency found that 30 companies subject to this administrative review are part of the China-wide entity, with a rate of 236%, because none filed a separate rate application or a separate rate certification. Also, none of the 30 companies filed no-shipment certifications (see the notice for the list of the companies). Any changes to cash deposit requirements would take effect upon publication of the final results of this review. Commerce will also use the results of this review ot set assessment rates for subject merchandise from these 30 companies entered Sept. 1, 2021, through Aug. 31, 2022.
The Commerce Department is extending until Aug. 29 the deadline for its preliminary determination in the countervailing duty investigation on white grape juice concentrate from Argentina (C-357-826), it said in a notice. The preliminary determination had been due by June 24 (see 2204260025). The agency decided to postpone after the petitioner that requested the investigation, Delano Growers Grape Products, asked for an extension. Cash deposits of estimated CV duties can be collected only after the preliminary determination, although cash deposits can be made retroactive 90 days from the preliminary determination if Commerce finds “critical circumstances.” (For information on the underlying petition, see 2204050029).