The Commerce Department is recognizing a name change for a South Korean company for the purposes of antidumping duties on various pipe products (large diameter welded pipe, A-580-897; circular welded non-alloy steel pipe, A-580-809; and welded line pipe, A-580-876) and oil country tubular goods (OCTG) (A-580-870) from South Korea, upholding its preliminary finding (see 2410170047) in the final results of a changed circumstances review. The agency found that Hyundai Steel Pipe Co., Ltd. is the successor-in-interest to Hyundai Steel Company. The agency found that HSP continues to operate as the same business entity as Hyundai Steel. Commerce said HSP will inherit the AD cash deposit rates assigned to Hyundai Steel for subject merchandise.
The Commerce Department has published the final results of the antidumping and countervailing duty administrative reviews on common alloy aluminum sheet from Turkey (A-489-839/C-489-840). These final results will be used to set final assessments of AD/CVD on importers for subject merchandise entered April 1, 2022, through March 31, 2023, for AD and calendar year 2022 for CVD.
The Commerce Department has published the final results of its countervailing duty administrative review on common alloy aluminum sheet from India (C-533-896). New CVD cash deposit rates set in this review are effective Nov. 13, the date the results were published in the Federal Register. These rates also will be used to set final assessments of CVD on importers for subject merchandise entered during the period Jan. 1, 2022, through Dec. 31, 2022.
The Commerce Department on Nov. 14 released its quarterly list of (i) completed antidumping and countervailing duty scope rulings and (ii) anti-circumvention determinations. The following list covers completed scope rulings for the period April 1, 2024, through June 30, 2024:
The Commerce Department is beginning new antidumping duty investigations on paper file folders from Cambodia and Sri Lanka, as well as a countervailing duty investigation on the same product from Cambodia, it said in a fact sheet Nov. 13. The underlying petition was filed in October (see 2410230028). The International Trade Commission is scheduled to make its preliminary injury determinations by Dec. 5. 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 soon will suspend liquidation and impose countervailing duty cash deposit requirements on imports of vanillin from China, it said in a fact sheet Nov. 13. Commerce set CVD rates at 27.33% for all Chinese exporters, the agency said as it announced its preliminary determinations in its ongoing CVD 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.
The Commerce Department published notices in the Federal Register Nov. 13 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 antidumping duty administrative review on hot-rolled steel flat products from Japan (A-588-874). Rates calculated in this review will be used to set assessment rates for importers of subject merchandise from two producers and exporters that were entered Oct. 1, 2022, through Sept. 30, 2023.
The Commerce Department has published the preliminary results of a countervailing duty administrative review on stainless steel flanges from India (C-533-878). Rates set in this review will be used to assess CVD on subject merchandise from the exporters under review entered during the period Jan. 1, 2022, through Dec. 31, 2022.
The Commerce Department will begin administrative reviews for certain firms subject to antidumping and countervailing duty orders with October anniversary dates, it said in a notice. Producers and exporters subject to administrative reviews on products from China or Vietnam must submit their separate rate certifications or applications on or about Dec. 16 in order to avoid being assigned high China-wide or Vietnam-wide rates.