The Commerce Department published notices in the Federal Register Jan. 7 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 intends to recognize four Canadian companies as cross-owned entities for the purposes of countervailing duties on softwood lumber products from Canada (C-122-858). The agency in the preliminary results of a changed circumstances review found Interfor Sales & Marketing Ltd. (ISM) is cross-owned with Interfor Corporation, EACOM Timber Corporation, Chaleur Forest Products Inc., and Chaleur Forest Products LP, four producers/exporters also subject to the CVD order on certain softwood lumber from Canada. Commerce noted that the purpose of the CCR doesn't include identifying the applicable cash deposit rates for the companies in question but said that all four already have been assigned the cash deposit rate that non-selected companies have.

The Commerce Department issued notices in the Federal Register on its recently initiated antidumping and countervailing duty investigations on float glass products from China and Malaysia (A-570-188/C-570-189, A-557-832/C-557-833). The CVD investigations cover entries for the calendar year 2023. The AD investigation on Malaysia covers entries Oct. 1, 2023, through Sept. 30, 2024, and the AD investigation on China covers entries April 1, 2024, through Sept. 30, 2024.

The International Trade Commission published notices in the Jan. 6 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 seeks comments by Jan. 15 on a Section 337 complaint alleging that imports of shapewear garments infringe patents held by Spanx, it said in a notice to be published Jan. 7. According to the complaint, Spanx is seeking a permanent general exclusion order and cease and desist orders against U.S. companies Honeylove Sculptwear, Daerwene and Dolce Vita Intimates; and three Chinese companies, which are infringing "six Spanx patents related to shapewear garments that utilize specialized fabric covering the abdominal region and strips of fabric extending laterally to create an X shaped pattern over the wearer’s abdominal region, providing compression."

The International Trade Commission is beginning a Section 337 investigation on urinary splash guards (ITC Inv. No. 337-TA-1430) after receiving allegations filed by For Kids By Parents Inc. that 10 Chinese companies are importing products that infringe its patents, the agency said in a Jan. 6 news release.

The Commerce Department published notices in the Federal Register Jan. 6 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 International Trade Commission published notices in the Jan. 3 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 Jan. 3 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 giving advance notice that in automatic five-year sunset reviews scheduled to begin in February it will consider revoking the antidumping duty orders on refined brown aluminum oxide from China (A-570-882) and steel threaded rod from China (A-570-932). These orders will be revoked, or investigation terminated, unless Commerce finds that revocation would lead to dumping and the International Trade Commission finds that revocation would result in injury to U.S. industry, Commerce said.