The Commerce Department is amending the final results of an antidumping duty administrative review on heavy walled rectangular welded steel pipes and tubes from Mexico (A-201-847) to correct an error in its calculation for the AD rate for entries of subject merchandise from the one mandatory respondent, Productos Laminados de Monterrey S.A. de C.V. (Prolamsa), during the period Sept. 1, 2021, through Aug. 31, 2022.

The Commerce Department finalized a new exemption from antidumping and countervailing duties for stainless steel flanges made to SAE J518 or ISO 6162 specification, the agency said in the final results of a changed circumstances review of the AD/CVD orders on stainless steel flanges from China (A-570-064/C-570-065) and India (A-533-877/C-533-878).

The Commerce Department has issued the final results of the antidumping duty administrative review on 1,1,1,2-tetrafluoroethane (R-134a) from China (A-570-044). The agency continued to find the 23 companies under review didn't demonstrate independence from Chinese government control, assigning them to the China-wide entity, which has an AD rate of 167.02%. Commerce will order liquidation for subject merchandise entered April 1, 2022, through March 31, 2023, at the China-wide rate of 167.02%.

The Commerce Department published notices in the Federal Register May 15 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 beginning an anti-circumvention inquiry on allegations that monosodium glutamate made in Malaysia using glutamic acid from China is circumventing the antidumping duty order on MSG from China (A-570-992), the agency said in a notice.

The Commerce Department has released the preliminary results of an antidumping duty administrative review on common alloy aluminum sheet from South Africa (A-791-825). The final results of this review will be used to set importer assessments for one South African company for the period April 1, 2022, through March 31, 2023.

The Commerce Department has published the final results of its countervailing duty administrative review on truck and bus tires from China (C-570-041). The agency calculated new CVD cash deposit rates for the Chinese producers and exporters listed below. These final results will be used to set final assessments of CV duties on importers for entries Jan. 1, 2022, through Dec. 31, 2022.

The Commerce Department is beginning two new sets of antidumping and countervailing duty investigations, one on solar cells from Cambodia, Malaysia, Thailand and Vietnam, and the other on alkyl phosphate esters from China, it said in a pair of fact sheets May 15 and 14, respectively. The International Trade Commission is scheduled to make its preliminary injury determinations by June 7 for alkyl phosphate esters, and June 10 for solar cells. 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 will soon suspend liquidation and impose antidumping duty cash deposit requirements on imports of truck and bus tires, it said in a fact sheet issued May 15. Commerce set AD rates ranging from zero to 2.35% for Thai exporters, the agency said as it announced its preliminary determination in its ongoing AD investigation. Suspension of liquidation and cash deposit requirements will take effect for entries on or after the date of publication of the preliminary determination in the Federal Register, which should occur in the coming days.

The International Trade Commission published notices in the May 14 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):