The Commerce Department soon will suspend liquidation and impose countervailing duty cash deposit requirements on imports of thermoformed molded fiber products from China and Vietnam, it said in a fact sheet issued March 10. The CVD rates will range from 5.99% to 153.25% for Chinese exporters, and from 3.39% to 173.51% for Vietnamese 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 products from China and Vietnam, with preliminary determinations expected by May 6.
The Commerce Department and the International Trade Commission published the following Federal Register notices March 11 on AD/CVD proceedings:
A listing of recent Commerce Department antidumping and countervailing duty messages posted on CBP's website March 10, 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.
Frozen fish fillet petitioner Catfish Farmers of America again argued March 5 the U.S. was wrong to state that it hadn’t sought certain information from a review respondent, and, because of that, a gap in the record was justified (Catfish Farmers of America v. United States, CIT # 24-00082).
The Commerce Department published notices in the Federal Register March 7 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):
Suspension of liquidation and countervailing duty cash deposit requirements take effect March 7 for imports of hexamethylenetetramine (aka hexamine) from China (C-570-181) and India (C-533-933), after the Commerce Department found countervailable subsidization in preliminary determinations in its ongoing CVD investigations.
The Commerce Department and the International Trade Commission published the following Federal Register notices March 7 on AD/CVD proceedings:
Three amicus briefs were submitted to the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Thursday supporting California Attorney General Rob Bonta (D) in a case about a bill regulating social media feeds for minors. The legislation, S.B.-976, would make it illegal for internet-based services and applications to provide an addictive feed to a user younger than 18 unless the operator does not know that the user is a minor.
Given that more than half of imports from Canada and Mexico don't claim USMCA preferences, trade lawyers and customs experts are expecting a sharp and rapid increase in entries that claim the preference.
The International Trade Commission published notices in the March 6 Federal Register on the following antidumping and countervailing duty (AD/CVD) injury, Section 337 patent or other trade proceedings (any notices that warrant a more detailed summary will be in another ITT article):