The Commerce Department on Feb. 3 released the preliminary results of its antidumping and countervailing duty administrative reviews on softwood lumber products from Canada (A-122-857/C-122-858). In the final results of this review, Commerce will set AD duty and CV duty assessment rates for subject merchandise for the companies under review entered Jan. 1, 2020, through Dec. 31, 2020.
The Commerce Department issued the final results of the antidumping duty administrative review on large diameter welded pipe from Canada (A-122-863). These 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. Changes to cash deposit rates from these final results take effect Feb. 4, the date they are set to be published in the Federal Register.
The Commerce Department and the International Trade Commission published the following Federal Register notices Feb. 2-3 on AD/CV duty proceedings:
A listing of recent Commerce Department antidumping and countervailing duty messages posted to CBP's website Feb. 2, 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.
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The Commerce Department published notices in the Federal Register Feb. 2 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 preliminary results of its antidumping duty administrative review on certain hardwood plywood products from China (A-570-051). The agency found 39 companies subject to this review are part of the China-wide entity because they did not demonstrate eligibility for separate rates. It also found that another 17 exporters under review had no shipments of subject merchandise during the period of review, which is calendar year 2020.
The Commerce Department issued the final results of the antidumping duty administrative review on carbon and alloy steel wire rod from South Korea (A-580-891). Commerce calculated an AD rate of 7.46% for POSCO, the only company under review. Commerce will assess AD duties at importer-specific rates for subject merchandise from POSCO entered May 1, 2019, through April 30, 2020, it said. The new 7.46% AD duty cash deposit rate for POSCO is in effect Feb. 2, the date that 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 large diameter welded pipe from South Korea (C-580-898). These final results will be used to set final assessments of CV duties on importers for subject merchandise entered June 29, 2018, through Dec. 31, 2019.