The Commerce Department issued the final results of its countervailing duty administrative review on cut-to-length carbon-quality steel plate from South Korea (C-580-837). The agency calculated new CV duty cash deposit rates for four South Korean companies. These final results will be used to set final assessments of CV duties on importers for entries in calendar year 2019.
The Commerce Department issued the final results of the antidumping duty administrative review on cold-drawn mechanical tubing of carbon and alloy steel from Italy (A-475-838). Commerce set an AD rate of zero percent for the only company under review, Dalmine S.p.A. Subject merchandise from Dalmine entered June 1, 2019, through May 31, 2020, will be liquidated without regard to antidumping duties. The new zero percent AD duty cash deposit rate for Dalmine takes effect Jan. 3, 2022, the scheduled date of publication for these final results in the Federal Register.
The Commerce Department issued the final results of the antidumping duty administrative review on common alloy aluminum sheet (aluminum sheet) from China (A-570-073). These final results will be used to set final assessments of AD duties on importers for subject merchandise entered June 22, 2018, through Jan. 31, 2020.
The American Manufacturers of Multilayered Wood Flooring filed two complaints at the Court of International Trade, one contesting the Commerce Department's final results in an antidumping duty review of MLWF from China and in a countervailing duty review of MLWF from China. The U.S. industry group said that Commerce erred in the AD review by deviating from its expected method when finding the final dumping margin for non-selected separate rate companies and that it erred in the CVD review by failing to properly construct benchmarks for veneers, fiberboard and paint, primer and stain (American Manufacturers of Multilayered Wood Flooring v. U.S., CIT #21-00595) (American Manufacturers of Multilayered Wood Flooring v. U.S., CIT #21-00596).
A high-stakes legal fight looms between LG Electronics and Dolby Labs after LG's parent company applied Thursday in U.S. District Court in Manhattan for authority to file, under seal, a civil complaint as a "miscellaneous case" of unknown nature that would slap Dolby with a temporary restraining order and preliminary injunction, according to court records in docket 1:21-mc-00862. Nineteen documents reside in LG’s docket report (in Pacer), all blocked from public access. Descriptors say they include redacted and unredacted versions of LG’s core complaint, plus motions for the TRO and injunction against Dolby, and declarations in support of those motions by Dongkwang Kim and Allan Shampine. A LinkedIn profile (requires password) belonging to Dong hwan Kim, with an English spelling different from in the docket report, says he's a product manager with LG's parent in Seoul. Shampine, a Chicago-based executive vice president with consulting firm Compass Lexecon, is an expert witness in antitrust, patent and securities litigation, specializing in telecommunications, payment systems and intellectual property, says his company bio. The case was assigned Friday to U.S. District Judge Vernon Broderick, a 2013 appointee by President Barack Obama. Neither Dolby nor LG responded to requests for comment. LG has been one of Dolby’s biggest partners on the public consumer tech stage, having been among the first major TV brands to endorse Dolby Vision when it did so at CES 2016 (see 1601050040).
The Commerce Department published notices in the Federal Register Dec. 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 and the International Trade Commission published the following Federal Register notices Dec. 27 on AD/CV duty proceedings:
The Commerce Department issued the final results of the antidumping duty administrative review on ripe olives from Spain (A-469-817). 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 activated carbon from China (A-570-904). These final results will be used to set final assessments of AD duties on importers for subject merchandise entered April 1, 2019, through March 31, 2020.
The Commerce Department published notices in the Federal Register Dec. 23 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):