The Commerce Department published notices in the April 13 Federal Register 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):
Some 32 types of mechanical tubing exported by Regiomontana de Perfiles y Tubos (Regiopytsa) are exempt from antidumping duties on circular welded non-alloy steel pipe from Mexico (A-201-805), said the Commerce Department in a scope ruling issued March 31. All of the tubing in Regiopytsa’s meets the requirements for the mechanical tubing exemption set forth in a December 2014 preliminary scope ruling on Prolamsa pipe (see 1412110068) that was adopted as final one month later (see 1506150054), said Commerce. Specifically, though most Regiopytsa’s ASTM A-513 tubes overlap sizes of pipes subject to AD duties, they have not been hydrostatically tested, have a carbon content not greater than 0.13 percent, meet the Rockwell B hardness test and have an elongation (in 2 inches) of a minimum of 24 percent for pipes and tubes with a diameter over 1.5 inches, and of a minimum of 15 percent for pipes and tubes with a diameter of 1.5 inches or less. They are also not galvanized or coated with zinc, and stenciled, said Commerce.
A bipartisan group of House lawmakers introduced on April 13 a Miscellaneous Tariff Bill process reform bill, more than three years after the last MTB expired due to concerns over earmarks. The American Manufacturing Competitiveness Act of 2016 (here), introduced by Ways and Means Chairman Kevin Brady, R-Texas, Ranking Member Sander Levin, D-Mich., Trade Subcommittee Chairman Dave Reichert, R-Wash., and Trade Subcommittee Ranking Member Charles Rangel, D-N.Y., gets around the House earmark ban by tasking the International Trade Commission with initially reviewing petitions for eligibility and proposing the MTB, before Congress considers the entire package under existing rules, according to a Ways and Means press release (here) and fact sheet (here).
The Commerce Department published notices in the April 12 Federal Register 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 steel grating from China (A-570-947) (here). The agency assigned Ningbo Haitian International Co., Ltd. to the China-wide entity, with an AD rate of 145.18%. Any changes to cash deposit rates for Ningbo Haitian would take effect on the publication date of the final results of this review, currently due in August. If Ningbo Haitian continues to get the China-wide rate in the final results of this review, Commerce will assess AD duties at 145.18% on importers of subject merchandise from Ningbo Haitian entered July 1, 2014 and June 30, 2015.
The Commerce Department issued the final results of the antidumping duty administrative review and two new shipper reviews on freshwater crawfish tail meat from China (A-570-848) (here). These final results will be used to set final assessments of AD duties on importers for entries from Sept. 1, 2013 through Aug. 31, 2014.
Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood said Monday that his office will “re-evaluate” how to proceed with enforcement of its subpoena looking into Google’s search practices. A three-judge panel of the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals vacated a 2015 U.S. District Court ruling in Jackson, Mississippi, which granted Google a preliminary injunction against Hood. Several parties supporting Google told us they view the 5th Circuit’s Friday ruling as only a procedural victory that requires Hood to enforce his subpoena before a federal court can adequately evaluate the company’s claims about the AG’s investigation.
Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood said Monday that his office will “re-evaluate” how to proceed with enforcement of its subpoena looking into Google’s search practices. A three-judge panel of the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals vacated a 2015 U.S. District Court ruling in Jackson, Mississippi, which granted Google a preliminary injunction against Hood. Several parties supporting Google told us they view the 5th Circuit’s Friday ruling as only a procedural victory that requires Hood to enforce his subpoena before a federal court can adequately evaluate the company’s claims about the AG’s investigation.
The Commerce Department published notices in the April 8 Federal Register 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 brass sheet and strip from Germany (A-428-602) (here). Rates calculated in this review will be used to set assessment rates for importers of subject merchandise from 10 exporters that was entered March 2014 through February 2015.