The Commerce Department looks set to recognize a Canadian company's name change for the purposes of countervailing duties on softwood lumber products from Canada (C-122-858). The agency preliminarily found that TRAPA Forest Products Ltd. is the successor-in-interest to Trans-Pacific Trading Ltd. in the preliminary results of a changed circumstances review published Jan. 31. The agency preliminarily found that Trans-Pacific changed its name to TRAPA but otherwise continues to operate as the same business entity as before. If Commerce confirms its findings in the final results, TRAPA will inherit the CVD rate assigned to Trans-Pacific Trading, which was 6.74% (the review average rate) in the final results of a CVD administrative review for Jan. 1, 2021, and Dec. 31, 2021, published in August 2024 (see 2408160017). Commerce has recognized the name change and allowed TRAPA to inherit Trans-Pacific's rate for the purposes of the antidumping duties on subject merchandise (see 2409200061).
The Commerce Department published its preliminary affirmative antidumping determination Jan. 30 that low speed personal transportation vehicles from China (A-570-176), including golf carts, are being sold in the U.S. at less than fair value. Commerce found “critical circumstances” for all Chinese companies, and will retroactively suspend liquidation and impose antidumping duty cash deposit requirements for all subject merchandise as of Nov. 1.
The International Trade Commission published notices in the Jan. 30 Federal Register on the following antidumping and countervailing duty (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 Jan. 30 on the following antidumping and countervailing (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 said it's rescinding the administrative review of the antidumping duty order on oil country tubular goods from China (A-570-943) for the period of review May 1, 2023, through April 30, 2024, because there were no reviewable, suspended entries of subject merchandise during the review period for the two companies for which the review had been requested. Copley International Group Co. Limited and Lixin Energy Group (HK) Co., Ltd. had requested the administrative review cover Petroleum Equipment (Thailand) Co., Ltd., and Thai Oil Pipe Co., Ltd. As a result, no cash deposit rates will change, and the current cash deposit requirements will remain in effect until further notice. Commerce will instruct CBP to assess AD on all appropriate entries, at rates equal to the cash deposit of estimated AD required at the time of entry, or withdrawal from warehouse, for consumption, it said.
The International Trade Commission published notices in the Jan. 29 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 International Trade Commission is beginning a Section 337 investigation on electrolyte-containing beverages (ITC Inv. No. 337-TA-1435) after receiving allegations filed by Electrolit Manufacturing and several other companies that eight Mexican companies are importing products that infringe the Electrolit patents, the agency said in a Jan. 28 news release.
The Commerce Department published notices in the Federal Register Jan. 29 on the following antidumping and countervailing (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 amending the Nov. 14, 2024, final results of an antidumping duty administrative review on common alloy aluminum sheet from Turkey (A-489-839), covering entries between April 1, 2022, and March 31, 2023, to correct ministerial errors regarding some calculations used to arrive at the final dumping margins. The changes, which lowered the margins, were made following comments from the two companies affected -- Assan Aluminyum Sanayi ve Ticaret A.S., Kibar Americas, Inc., and Kibar Dis Ticaret A.S. (collectively, Assan) and Teknik Aluminyum Sanayi A.S. -- made in response to the published final results. The new rates are applicable Jan. 30.
The Commerce Department made a preliminary affirmative antidumping determination that large top mount combination refrigerator-freezers from Thailand (A-549-853) are being sold in the U.S. at less than fair value. The agency will suspend liqduidation and impose antidumping duty cash requirements on entries of subject merchandise beginning Jan. 29, the date this preliminary determination was published in the Federal Register.