The Commerce Department is beginning an antidumping investigation on chassis and subassemblies thereof from Mexico, Thailand and Vietnam, and a countervailing duty investigation of the same goods from Mexico and Thailand, it said in a fact sheet March 19. The underlying petition was filed earlier this month (see 2503030055). The International Trade Commission is scheduled to make its preliminary injury determinations by April 14. These AD/CVD investigations will continue only if the ITC finds injury. International Trade Today will provide more details upon publication of the initiation notices in the Federal Register.

The Commerce Department has released the preliminary results of its antidumping duty administrative review on forged steel fittings from South Korea (A-580-904). The agency preliminarily calculated a 18.72% AD rate for the only company under review, Samyoung Fitting Co., Ltd. If the agency's finding is continued in the final results, importers of subject merchandise from Samyoung entered Dec. 1, 2022, through Nov. 30, 2023, will be assessed AD at importer-specific rates. Any changes to the cash deposit rate for Samyoung would take effect on the date of publication in the Federal Register of the final results of this review, currently due in July.

The Commerce Department has published the preliminary results of a countervailing duty administrative review of multilayered wood flooring from China (C-570-971). This review covers subject merchandise from the exporters under review entered during the period Jan. 1, 2022, through Dec. 31, 2022.

The Commerce Department has released the final results of the antidumping duty administrative review on polyethylene retail carrier bags from Malaysia (A-557-813). Commerce calculated a zero percent AD rate for the only company under review, Euro SME Sdn. Bhd. and its affiliate Euro Nature Green Sdn. Bhd., unchanged from the preliminary results. Subject merchandise from Euro SME entered Aug. 1, 2022, through July 31, 2023, won't be assessed AD. The new zero percent AD cash deposit rate takes effect for Euro SME and its affiliate March 21, the date these final results are to be published in the Federal Register.

The International Trade Commission published notices in the March 19 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):

The Foreign-Trade Zones Board issued the following notices on March 19:

Suspension of liquidation for paper plates from China, Vietnam and Thailand will resume March 19, after the Commerce Department issued antidumping duty orders on paper plates from China (A-570-164), Thailand (A-549-849) and Vietnam (A-552-839), and countervailing duty orders on paper plates from China (C-570-165) and Vietnam (C-552-840).

A domestic producer recently filed a petition with the Commerce Department and the International Trade Commission requesting new antidumping and countervailing duties on plastic boxes imported from China and Vietnam. Commerce now will decide whether to begin AD/CVD investigations, which could result in the imposition of permanent AD/CVD orders and the assessment of AD and CVD on importers. CoolSeal USA Inc., Inteplast Group Corporation, SeaCa Plastic Packaging, and Technology Container Corporation requested the investigation.

The International Trade Commission published notices in the March 18 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):

Flatbed utility carts imported by Utility Transportation Carts aren’t subject to antidumping duties on hand trucks and parts from China, the Commerce Department said in a March 10 scope ruling. The carts lack the requisite horizontal edge or toe plate, it said.