The Commerce Department is beginning an anti-circumvention inquiry on allegations that standard steel welded wire mesh made in the U.S. using low-carbon steel wire from Mexico is circumventing the antidumping and countervailing duty orders on standard steel welded wire mesh from Mexico (A-201-853/C-201-854), the agency said in a notice.

The Commerce Department released notices in the Federal Register on its recently initiated antidumping and countervailing duty investigations on sol gel alumina-based ceramic abrasive grains from China (A-570-190/C-570-191). The CVD investigation covers entries Jan. 1, 2023, through Dec. 31, 2023. The AD investigation covers entries April 1, 2024, through Sept. 30, 2024.

The Commerce Department soon will suspend liquidation and impose antidumping duty cash deposit requirements on imports of vanillin from China, it said in a fact sheet issued Jan. 10. Commerce set AD rates ranging from 186.15% to 379.82% for Chinese exporters, it announced in its preliminary determinations in its ongoing AD 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 also is conducting a concurrent countervailing duty investigation on vanillin from China (see 2411150040).

The International Trade Commission published notices in the Jan. 10 Federal Register on the following 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 Commerce Department published notices in the Federal Register Jan. 10 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 said it's rescinding the administrative review of the antidumping duty order on stainless steel plate in coils from Taiwan (A-583-830) for the period of review May 1, 2023, through April 30, 2024, because there were no reviewable, suspended entries of subject merchandise during the review period for any company subject to the review. As such, cash deposit rates will not change and the current cash deposit requirements shall remain in effect until further notice. Commerce will instruct CBP to assess AD on all appropriate entries, at rates equal to the cash deposit of estimated AD required at the time of entry, or withdrawal from warehouse, for consumption, it said.

The International Trade Commission is temporarily suspending enforcement of a limited exclusion order (LEO) banning importation and sale of plastic food trays by Ningbo Linhua Plastic Co., Ltd., that infringe patents held by Clearly Clean Products, it said in a notice to be published Jan. 10. The ITC originally issued the LEO in February 2021 (see 2103020015). The ITC is suspending the LEO because, "the subject patent claims were found unpatentable by the United States Patent and Trademark Office’s Patent Trial and Appeal Board," overruling the complainant's opposition. However, the ITC has "determined to grant partial relief and to temporarily suspend enforcement of the LEO pending the cancellation of its subject patent claims or the reversal or vacatur of the Federal Circuit’s decisions," because the "LEO’s patent claims are still subject to U.S. Supreme Court appeal."

The International Trade Commission published notices in the Jan. 8 Federal Register on the following 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 International Trade Commission seeks comments by Jan. 18 on a Section 337 complaint alleging that imports of motorized self-balancing vehicles infringe patents held by Razor USA and Shane Chen, it said in a notice to be published Jan. 10. According to the complaint, the complainants are seeking a limited exclusion order and cease and desist orders against companies Gotrax, Gyroor and Sisigad for the import and sale of "certain motorized self-balancing vehicles" that infringe one or more claims of the patented technology. The complainant describes the product at issue as "motorized self-balancing vehicles used largely for recreational purposes [which] are sometimes referred to as 'Hoverboards,' 'Self-Balancing Scooters,' 'Balance Gliders,' or even 'Hovertrax™.'"

The Commerce Department published notices in the Federal Register Jan. 8 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):