The Commerce Department will soon suspend liquidation and impose countervailing duty cash deposit requirements on imports of float glass products from China and Malaysia, it said in a fact sheet issued May 13. The CVD rates will range from 11.41% to 891.62% for Chinese exporters and 19.09% to 101.99% for Malaysian exporters, the agency said as it announced its preliminary determinations in its ongoing CVD investigations. Suspension of liquidation and cash deposit requirements will take effect for entries on or after the date of publication of the preliminary determinations in the Federal Register, which should occur in the coming days. Commerce is conducting concurrent antidumping duty investigations on the same product from China, with a preliminary determination expected by July 9.
The Commerce Department soon will suspend liquidation and impose countervailing duty cash deposit requirements on imports of erythritol from China, it said in a fact sheet issued May 13. The CVD rates will range from 3.29 % to 3.49% for Chinese exporters, the agency said as it announced its preliminary determinations in its ongoing CVD investigation. Suspension of liquidation and cash deposit requirements will take effect for entries on or after the date of publication of the preliminary determinations in the Federal Register, which should occur in the coming days. Commerce is conducting concurrent antidumping duty investigations on the same product from China, with a preliminary determination expected by July 11.
The Commerce Department and the International Trade Commission published the following Federal Register notices May 13 on AD/CVD proceedings:
A listing of recent Commerce Department antidumping and countervailing duty messages posted on CBP's website May 12, 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 ADCVD Search page.
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Carriers concerned about rising prices for iPhones and other devices and gear from China got good news early Monday as the Trump administration struck a preliminary agreement to temporarily slash a proposed tariff on Chinese imports from 145% to 30%. “We have reached an agreement on a 90-day pause and substantially moved down the tariff levels -- both sides, on the reciprocal tariffs, will move their tariffs down 115%,” said U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent.
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The Commerce Department published notices in the Federal Register May 12 on the following antidumping and countervailing duty (AD/CVD) proceedings (any notices that announce changes to AD/CVD rates, scope, affected firms or effective dates will be detailed in another ITT article):
The Commerce Department made preliminary affirmative antidumping duty determinations that imports of thermoformed molded fiber products from China (A-570-182) and Vietnam (A-552-845) are being sold in the U.S. at less than fair value. The agency is imposing AD cash deposit requirements on entries of subject merchandise beginning May 12.
The Commerce Department has released the final results of the antidumping and countervailing duty administrative reviews on oil country tubular goods (OCTG) from India (A-533-857/C-533-858). These final results will be used to set final assessments of AD for subject merchandise for the companies under review entered Sept. 1, 2022, through Aug. 31, 2023, and CVD for entries Jan. 1, 2022, through Dec. 31, 2022.