The Commerce Department made preliminary affirmative antidumping duty determination that cold-rolled steel flat products from Russia (A-421-822) (here) are being sold in the U.S. at less than fair value. Having found "critical circumstances" for all Russian exporters, the agency will impose retroactive AD duty cash requirements on entries of subject merchandise beginning on Dec. 9.
The FCC appears likely to cast a wide net in proposed ISP privacy rules, said Mark Brennan, telecom lawyer at Hogan Lovells, during an FCBA panel Thursday evening after remarks by Wireline Bureau Chief Matthew DelNero. DelNero offered a preliminary glimpse of the rules, which are expected to get a vote at the FCC’s March 31 meeting (see 1603030066).
The FCC appears likely to cast a wide net in proposed ISP privacy rules, said Mark Brennan, telecom lawyer at Hogan Lovells, during an FCBA panel Thursday evening after remarks by Wireline Bureau Chief Matthew DelNero. DelNero offered a preliminary glimpse of the rules, which are expected to get a vote at the FCC’s March 31 meeting (see 1603030066).
The Commerce Department published notices in the March 4 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 activated carbon from China (A-570-904) (here). In the final results of this review, Commerce will set assessment rates for subject merchandise entered April 2014 through March 2015.
The Commerce Department made preliminary affirmative antidumping duty determinations that cold-rolled steel flat products from China (A-570-029) (here), India (A-533-865) (here), Brazil (A-351-843) (here), Japan (A-588-873) (here), South Korea (A-580-881) (here) and the United Kingdom (A-412-824) (here) are being sold in the U.S. at less than fair value. The agency will impose AD duty cash requirements on entries of subject merchandise beginning on March 7, except for some companies from Japan and all countries from China that will face retroactive AD duty cash deposit requirements beginning Dec. 8, 2015.
A listing of recent antidumping and countervailing duty messages from the Commerce Department posted to CBP's website March 3, 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 3 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 is postponing until May 3 the due date for its preliminary determination in the antidumping duty investigation on welded stainless pressure pipe from India (A-533-867) (here). The domestic manufacturers that requested the investigation asked for the extension. Once Commerce makes its preliminary determination, it can suspend liquidation and require cash deposits of estimated AD duties. The preliminary determination was originally due March 14.
The Commerce Department intends to recognize Wuhan Wanbang Laser Diamond Tools Co., Ltd. as the successor company to Wuhan Wanbang Laser Diamond Tools Co. for the purposes of antidumping duties on diamond sawblades and parts thereof from China (A-570-900), it said in the preliminary results of a changed circumstances review (here). Commerce preliminary found that Wuhan Wanbang underwent a change in legal status and name, but its operations were otherwise unchanged. Should Commerce reach the same determination in the final results of this review, Wuhan Wanbang Laser Diamond Tools Co., Ltd. will assume the 2.34% AD duty cash deposit rate currently in effect for Wuhan Wanbang Laser Diamond Tools Co..