The Commerce Department and the International Trade Commission published the following Federal Register notices March 31 on AD/CVD proceedings:
A listing of recent Commerce Department antidumping and countervailing duty messages posted on CBP's website March 28, 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.
NetChoice and the Computer & Communications Industry Association (CCIA) refiled a lawsuit Friday against Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier (R) over HB-3, which the groups allege violates the First Amendment and puts cybersecurity and privacy risks on state residents. The same day at another federal district court, Maryland Attorney General Anthony Brown (D) sought to dismiss a separate NetChoice lawsuit against the Maryland Age-Appropriate Design Code (MAADC) Act.
The Commerce Department published notices in the Federal Register March 28 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 will soon suspend liquidation and impose countervailing duty cash deposit requirements on imports of slag pots from China, it said in a fact sheet issued March 28. The CVD rates will be set at 226.16% for Chinese 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 June 10.
The Commerce Department is setting new countervailing duty cash deposit requirements for imports of paper file folders from Cambodia (C-555-006), after finding countervailable subsidization of Cambodian producers in the preliminary determination of its CVD investigation. Suspension of liquidation and cash deposit requirements will take effect for entries on or after March 28, the date that the preliminary determination was published in the Federal Register.
A judge for the U.S. District Court for Maryland denied a motion from the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) and Education Department to stay pending appeal in a case about the Department of Government Efficiency's (DOGE) access to sensitive personal information. The court allowed its previously ordered preliminary injunction to continue.
The Commerce Department and the International Trade Commission published the following Federal Register notices March 28 on AD/CVD proceedings:
Vermont’s take on Daniel’s Law of New Jersey passed the state House with a private right of action (PRA) intact Friday, despite reservations by some members about that enforcement provision allowing individuals to sue.
The Commerce Department has released the preliminary results of its antidumping duty administrative review on polyester textured yarn from India (A-533-885). The agency preliminarily set a zero percent AD rate for the one company in the review, AYM Syntex Ltd. Should Commerce continue to set a zero percent AD rate for AYM Syntex in the final results of this review, the company will not be subject to an AD cash deposit requirement until further notice, and subject merchandise from AYM Syntex entered Jan. 1, 2023, through Dec. 31, 2023, would not be assessed antidumping duties.