The Commerce Department and the International Trade Commission published the following Federal Register notices March 14 on AD/CVD proceedings:
Countervailing duty cash deposit requirements take effect March 14 for imports of oil country tubular goods from Russia (C-821-834), after the Commerce Department found illegal subsidization in its preliminary determination. The agency also found that OCTG from South Korea (C-580-913) are not being illegally subsidized, in a negative countervailing duty determination, and will not suspend liquidation or impose CV duty cash deposit requirements for imports from South Korea at this time.
The Court of International Trade should deny the U.S.'s motion to dismiss a case from Wheatland Tube Co. seeking to compel CBP to respond to requests for information and a tariff classification ruling, Wheatland said in a March 9 reply brief. DOJ had said the trade court should toss the case, in part, since it already responded to the RFI and petition for a tariff classification. Wheatland disagreed, arguing that CBP's limited response failed to meet the requirements of Section 1516 which mandates that CBP "furnish the classification and the rate of duty imposed upon designated imported merchandise" (Wheatland Tube Company v. United States, CIT #22-00004).
The Commerce Department issued the final results of its countervailing duty administrative review on ripe olives from Spain (C-469-818). These final results will be used to set final assessments of CV duties on importers for subject merchandise entered Jan. 1, 2019, through Dec. 31, 2019.
The Commerce Department issued the final results of the antidumping duty administrative review on light-walled rectangular pipe and tube from Mexico (A-201-836). These final results will be used to set final assessments of AD duties on importers for subject merchandise entered Aug. 1, 2019, through July 31, 2020.
The Commerce Department issued the final results of the antidumping duty administrative review on light-walled rectangular pipe and tube from China (A-570-914). Commerce made no changes from its preliminary results, calculating an AD rate of 154.7% for the only company under review, Hangzhou Ailong Metal Products Co., Ltd. Commerce will assess AD duties at importer-specifc rates on subject merchandise from Hangzhou Ailong entered Aug. 1, 2019, through July 31, 2020. A 157.4% AD duty cash deposit rate for Hangzhou Ailong takes effect March 11, when these final results are scheduled for publication in the Federal Register.
The Commerce Department issued the final results of its countervailing duty administrative review on passenger vehicle and light truck tires from China (C-570-017). The agency calculated new CV duty cash deposit rates for the Chinese producers and exporters listed below. These final results will be used to set final assessments of CV duties on importers for entries between Jan. 1, 2019, through Dec. 31, 2019.
The Commerce Department issued the final results of the antidumping duty administrative review on passenger vehicle and light truck tires from China (A-570-016). These final results will be used to set final assessments of AD duties on importers for subject merchandise entered Aug. 1, 2019, through July 31, 2020.
The Commerce Department is amending the final results of the antidumping duty administrative review on large diameter welded pipe from Canada (A-122-863) it issued Feb. 4, to correct an error it said it made in calculating the rate for Evraz. These amended final results will be used to set final assessments of AD duties on importers for subject merchandise entered Aug. 27, 2018, through April 30, 2020. The new rates are applicable as of March 11.
A listing of recent Commerce Department antidumping and countervailing duty messages posted to CBP's website March 9, 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.