The Commerce Department has published the final results of the antidumping duty administrative review on welded line pipe from South Korea (A-580-876). These final results will be used to set final assessments of antidumping duties on importers for subject merchandise from one company that remained under review entered Dec. 1, 2021, through Nov. 30, 2022.

The Commerce Department made preliminary affirmative antidumping duty determinations that imports of aluminum lithographic printing plates from China (A-570-156) and Japan (A-588-881) are being sold in the U.S. at less than fair value. The agency will impose AD cash deposit requirements retroactively on entries of subject merchandise from China beginning Feb. 1, 2024. For Japanese exporters, suspension of liquidation and cash deposit requirements take effect May 1, 2024.

The Commerce Department and the International Trade Commission began five-year sunset reviews of the the antidumping and countervailing duty orders on circular welded carbon-quality steel pipe from China (A-570-910/C-570-911); glycine from India (A-533-833/C-533-834); and laminated woven sacks from Vietnam (A-552-823/C-552-824). It also will consider revoking the AD orders on glycine from Japan (A-588-878) and Thailand (A-549-837) and silicomanganese from India (A-533-823) and Kazakhstan (A-834-807), as well as the CVD orders on glycine from China (C-570-081) and Venezuela (C-307-820), Commerce said in a notice May 1.

The Commerce Department published notices in the Federal Register May 1 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 has published the final results of the antidumping duty administrative review on multilayered wood flooring from China (A-570-970). These final results will be used to set final assessments of AD duties on importers for subject merchandise entered Dec. 1, 2021, through Nov. 30, 2022.

The Commerce Department has published the preliminary results of its antidumping duty administrative review on alloy and certain carbon steel threaded rod from China (A-570-104). The agency assigned Ningbo Dongxin High-Strength Nut Co., Ltd., the only company remaining under review, an AD rate of 35.1%. If the agency's finding is continued in the final results, importers of subject merchandise from Ningbo Donxin entered April 1, 2022, through March 31, 2023, will be assessed AD at that 35.1% rate. An AD cash deposit rate of 35.1% would take effect for Ningbo Dongxin upon publication of the final results of this review in the Federal Register, currently set for September.

The International Trade Commission published notices in the April 30 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 April 30 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):

A U.S. manufacturer seeks the imposition of new antidumping and countervailing duties on high chrome cast iron grinding media from India, it said in petitions filed last week with the Commerce Department and the International Trade Commission. Commerce will now decide whether to begin AD/CVD investigations, which could result in the imposition of permanent AD/CVD orders on high chrome cast iron grinding media and the assessment of AD/CVD on importers. The investigations were requested by Magotteaux Inc.

The International Trade Commission seeks comments by May 7 on a Section 337 complaint from SharkNinja and Omachron that seeks a ban on allegedly patent infringing imports of Dyson surface cleaning products, the ITC said in a notice April 29. SharkNinja and Omachron said in their April 23 complaint that Dyson’s stick and hand vacuums copy SharkNinja's and Omachron’s patents related to a straight-line configuration, dust emptying system and separate dirt collection and cyclone chambers. The companies seek a limited exclusion order and cease and desist orders against Dyson and its affiliates Dyson Technology Limited and Dyson Canada Limited.