New antidumping duties take effect retroactive to July 7, 2023, for importers of more hydrofluorocarbon blends from China, the Commerce Department said in its preliminary determination in an anti-circumvention inquiry.

The Commerce Department published notices in the Federal Register April 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 has published the final results of the antidumping duty administrative review on steel racks from China (A-570-088). These final results will be used to set final assessments of AD for subject merchandise for the companies under review entered Sept. 1, 2021, through Aug. 30, 2022.

The Commerce Department began administrative reviews for certain firms subject to antidumping and countervailing duty orders with February anniversary dates, it said in a notice April 9. Producers and exporters subject to any of these administrative reviews on China or Vietnam must submit their separate rate certifications or applications by May 9 in order to avoid being assigned high China-wide or Vietnam-wide rates.

The International Trade Commission published notices in the April 9 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 9 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 preliminary results of its countervailing duty administrative review on granular polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) resin from India (C-533-900). The agency calculated a preliminary rate of 4.7% for Gujarat Fluorochemicals Limited (and its cross-owned affiliate Inox Leasing and Finance Limited), the only company under review, for 2022, and 4.89% for the portion of the review period that occurs in 2021. If those rates are finalized in the final results of this review, the 4.7% CVD rate would apply for cash deposit purposes, and for the purposes of assessments for entries from Gujarat Jan. 1, 2022, through Dec. 31, 2022, with the 4.89% rate applying for cash deposit purposes to entries July 6, 2021, through Dec. 31, 2021. Changes to Gujarat's cash deposit rate would take effect beginning on the date of publication of the final results in the Federal Register.

The Commerce Department is amending the final results of the antidumping duty administrative review on certain hot-rolled steel flat products from Japan (A-588-874), covering the period Oct. 1, 2020, through Sept. 30, 2021, based on the March 26 final decision in a court case challenging those final results. Commerce calculated a revised AD rate for Tokyo Steel Manufacturing Co., Ltd. of 5.2%, down from 7.72% in the original final results (see 2305030088). That new rate is applicable April 6.

The Commerce Department has published the final results of the antidumping duty administrative review on certain oil country tubular goods (OCTG) from South Korea (A-580-870). These final results will be used to set final assessments of AD duties on importers for subject merchandise from 16 companies under review entered Sept. 1, 2021, through Aug. 31, 2022.

The Commerce Department has published the final results of the antidumping duty administrative review on heavy walled rectangular welded steel pipes and tubes from Mexico (A-201-847). These final results will be used to set final assessments of AD duties on importers for subject merchandise entered Sept. 1, 2021, through Aug. 31, 2022.