The Commerce Department issued the preliminary results of its antidumping duty administrative review on furfuryl alcohol from China (A-570-835) (here). The agency assigned Qingdao WenKem Co., Ltd. to the China-wide entity, with an AD rate of 45.27%. Any changes to cash deposit rates for WenKem would take effect on the publication date of the final results of this review, currently due in July. In its final results, Commerce will set assessments of AD duties for subject merchandise exported by WenKem with a time of entry between June 1, 2014 and May 31, 2015.
A listing of recent antidumping and countervailing duty messages from the Commerce Department posted to 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 http://adcvd.cbp.dhs.gov/adcvdweb.
The Commerce Department published notices in the March 10 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):
Correction: The Commerce Department on March 10 issued the preliminary results of the antidumping duty administrative review on stainless steel bar from Brazil (see 1603090019).
The Commerce Department issued the preliminary results of its antidumping duty administrative review on large residential washers from South Korea (A-580-868) (here). The agency calculated an AD rate of 1.64% for the only company under review, LG Electronics, Inc. Any changes to the cash deposit rates for LG would take effect on the publication date of the final results of this review, currently due in July. In the final results, Commerce will calculate importer-specific assessments of AD duties for subject merchandise from LG entered Feb. 1, 2014 through Jan. 31, 2014.
The Commerce Department issued the preliminary results of its antidumping duty administrative review on large residential washers from Mexico (A-201-842) (here). The agency assigned the single entity under review, Electrolux Home Products Corp. N.V. and its affiliate Electrolux Home Products de Mexico, S.A. de C.V., an AD rate of 2.47%. Any changes to cash deposit rates for Electrolux would take effect on the publication date of the final results of this review, currently due in July. In its final results, Commerce will set assessments of AD duties for subject merchandise exported by Electrolux and its affiliates with a time of entry between Feb. 1, 2014 and Jan. 31, 2014.
The Commerce Department issued the preliminary results of its antidumping duty administrative review on stainless steel bar from India (A-533-810) (here). The agency preliminarily calculated zero percent AD duty rates for the only two companies under review, Ambica Steels Limited and Bhansali Bright Bars Pvt. Ltd. If the agency's findings are continued in the final results, importers of subject merchandise from Ambica or Bhansali entered between February 2014 and January 2015 will not be assessed AD duties, and future entries from Ambica or Bhansali will not be subject to an AD cash deposit requirement until further notice. Any changes to rates for Ambica or Bhansali would take effect on the date of publication in the Federal Register of the final results of this review, due in July.
The Commerce Department issued the preliminary results of its antidumping duty administrative review on uncovered innerspring units from China (A-570-836) (here). The agency assigned East Grace Corporation to the China-wide entity, with an AD rate of 234.51%. Any changes to cash deposit rates for East Grace would take effect on the publication date of the final results of this review, currently due in July. In its final results, Commerce will set assessments of AD duties for subject merchandise exported by East Grace and its affiliates with a time of entry between Feb. 1, 2014 and Jan. 31, 2015.
The Commerce Department issued a Federal Register notice on its recently initiated antidumping duty investigation on stainless steel sheet and strip from China (A-570-042) (here). The agency will determine whether imports of merchandise subject to this investigation are being sold in the U.S. at less than fair value. The period of investigation is July 1, 2015, through Dec. 31, 2015.
Countervailing duty cash deposit requirements take effect March 11 for imports of welded stainless pressure pipe from India (C-533-868), after the Commerce Department found illegal subsidization in its preliminary determination (here).