A listing of recent Commerce Department antidumping and countervailing duty messages posted to CBP's website March 16, 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.
DOJ joined a motion to dismiss a countervailing duty case originally filed by CVD petitioner Dextar Wheels arguing that the Court of International Trade cannot order the Commerce Department to correct something it did not do in the first place. Filing its own motion to dismiss on March 15, DOJ said that the plaintiff, steel wheel importer Rimco, failed to make a claim on which relief can be granted since Commerce did not even establish an all-others rate in a CVD review -- precisely what Rimco is challenging (Rimco v. United States, CIT #21-00588).
Various Primewire websites now direct to a new site that removed links to pirated content, but that doesn't change the need for permanent injunctive relief against the video pirating operation, Netflix and various studios told the U.S. District Court in Los Angeles Monday in docket 2:21-cv-09317. The plaintiffs were awarded a preliminary injunction in January (see 2201100047). Netflix and the others asked the court to approve the requested permanent injunction, which was amended to include the new website and domain.
Various Primewire websites now direct to a new site that removed links to pirated content, but that doesn't change the need for permanent injunctive relief against the video pirating operation, Netflix and various studios told the U.S. District Court in Los Angeles Monday in docket 2:21-cv-09317. The plaintiffs were awarded a preliminary injunction in January (see 2201100047). Netflix and the others asked the court to approve the requested permanent injunction, which was amended to include the new website and domain.
The Commerce Department published notices in the Federal Register March 15 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 and the International Trade Commission published the following Federal Register notices March 15 on AD/CVD proceedings:
The Commerce Department published notices in the Federal Register March 14 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 is extending until June 13 the deadline for its preliminary determination in the countervailing duty investigation on barium chloride from India (C-533-909), it said in a notice released March 14. The preliminary determination had been due by April 7 (see 2202080023). The agency decided to postpone after the petitioner that requested the investigation, Chemical Products Corporation, 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 2201180049).
The Commerce Department issued antidumping and countervailing duty orders on granular polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) resin from India (A-533-899/C-533-900) and Russia (A-821-829/C-821-830). The orders set permanent antidumping and countervailing duties that will remain in place unless revoked by Commerce, which may only take place under certain conditions, such as a sunset or changed circumstances review. Commerce will now begin conducting annual administrative reviews, if requested, to determine final assessments of AD/CV duties on importers and make changes to cash deposit rates.
The Commerce Department made a preliminary affirmative antidumping determination that freight rail coupler systems and certain components thereof (freight rail couplers) from China (A-570-143) are 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 March 15, the date these preliminary determinations are due for publication in the Federal Register.