The Commerce Department is again amending the final results of a countervailing duty administrative review on crystalline silicon photovoltaic cells from China (C-570-980), covering entries during the calendar year 2019 review period. It said its revision to the countervailable subsidy rates assigned to JA Solar Technology Yangzhou Co., Ltd. (JA Solar) and Risen Energy Co., Ltd. (Risen) is due to a recent Court of International Trade judgment that affected the way it calculated the rate.
The Commerce Department issued a final affirmative determination that imports of steel cylinders with water capacities between 100 and 299 cubic inches are circumventing antidumping and countervailing duties on non-refillable steel cylinders from China (A-570-126/C-570-127), according to an agency notice released March 11. Suspension of liquidation and cash deposit requirements will remain in effect for entries on or after June 1, 2023, Commerce said. The agency found that the smaller steel cylinders covered by the anti-circumvention inquiry are “altered in form or appearance in such minor respects" from merchandise covered under the written scope of the AD/CVD orders, which had previously been limited to steel cylinders 300 cubic inches or larger, "that they should be included within the scope of the Orders."
The Commerce Department has published the final results of the antidumping and countervailing duty administrative reviews on ripe olives from Spain (A-469-817/C-469-818). These final results will be used to set final assessments of AD/CVD on importers for subject merchandise entered Aug.1, 2021, through July 31, 2022, for AD and calendar year 2021 for CVD.
The Commerce Department is amending the final results of an antidumping duty administrative review on steel nails from Oman (A-523-808) based on the final decision in a court case challenging those final results.
The Commerce Department has released the final results of a countervailing duty administrative review on utility scale wind towers from Malaysia (C-557-822). The review covered subject merchandise from the exporters under review entered during the period March 25, 2021, and Dec. 31, 2021.
The Commerce Department has published the final results of the antidumping duty administrative review on stainless steel flanges from India (A-533-877). These final results will be used to set final assessments of AD duties on importers for subject merchandise from 14 companies under review entered Oct. 1, 2021, through Sept. 30, 2022.
The Commerce Department published notices in the Federal Register March 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):
The Commerce Department is recognizing the name change of an Indian company for the purposes of an antidumping duty order on frozen warmwater shrimp from India (A-533-840), it said in a notice of the final results of a changed circumstances review. The agency confirmed its preliminary finding that Elque Ventures Private Limited (EVPL) is the successor-in-interest to Elque & Co., saying that EVPL continues to operate as the same business entity despite the corporate restructuring when Elque & Co. became part of Elque Ventures Private Limited when EVPL took over the assets of Elque & Co. under an agreement between the two entities. EVLP demonstrated that the combined company continues to operate as the same business entity, with the same board and same production facilities, as when it was Elque & Co. Commerce said that effective March 11, EVLP now inherits the AD rate assigned to Elque & Co., which is currently 3.88%. (For a summary of the preliminary results of this changed circumstances review, see 2401190047.)
The Commerce Department has published the preliminary results of its antidumping duty administrative reviews on wood mouldings and millwork from China (A-570-117). In the final results of this review, Commerce will set AD assessment rates for subject merchandise for the companies under review entered Feb. 1, 2022, through Jan. 31, 2023.
The Commerce Department has published the final results of the antidumping duty administrative review on hydrofluorocarbon blends from China (A-570-028). The agency made changes to its preliminary finding that the one mandatory respondent, Zhejiang Sanmei Chemical Industry Co., Ltd., did not make sales at less than fair value during the review period Aug. 1, 2021, through July 31, 2022, and in the final results assigned it a 101.14% dumping margin.