The Commerce Department made a preliminary affirmative antidumping determination that truck and bus tires from Thailand (A-549-848) are being sold in the U.S. at less than fair value. The agency will impose antidumping duty cash requirements on entries of subject merchandise beginning May 20, the date this preliminary determination is scheduled to be published in the Federal Register.

The Commerce Department issued a notice in the Federal Register on its recently initiated antidumping and countervailing duty investigations on crystalline silicon photovoltaic cells, whether or not assembled into modules, from Cambodia (A-555-003/C-555-004), Malaysia (A-557-830/C-557/831), Thailand (A-549-851/C-549-852) and Vietnam (A-552-841/C-552-842). The CVD investigations cover entries for the calendar year 2023. The AD investigations on Cambodia, Malaysia and Thailand cover entries April 1, 2023, through March 31, 2024, and the AD investigation on Vietnam covers entries Oct. 1, 2023, through March 31, 2024.

The International Trade Commission published notices in the May 16 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 May 16 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):

A coalition of U.S. manufacturers seeks the imposition of new antidumping and countervailing duties on imports of disposable aluminum containers from China, it said in petitions filed May 15 with the Commerce Department and the International Trade Commission. Commerce will now decide whether to begin AD/CVD investigations, which could result in the imposition of permanent AD/CVD orders on disposable aluminum containers, which include pans and trays "generally produced using aluminum foil," and the assessment of AD/CVD on importers.

The Commerce Department issued notices in the Federal Register on its recently initiated antidumping and countervailing duty investigations on ceramic tile from India (A-533-928/C-533-929). The AD investigation covers entries April 1, 2023, through March 31, 2024, and the CVD investigation covers entries Jan. 1 through Dec. 31, 2023.

The Commerce Department is initiating a changed circumstances review of the countervailing duty order on certain corrosion-resistant steel products (CORE) from South Korea (C-580-879) to determine whether South Korean company Dongkuk Coated Metal Co., Ltd. (Dongkuk CM) is the successor-in-interest to Dongkuk Steel Mill Co., Ltd. (Old Dongkuk Steel).

The Commerce Department is amending the final results of an antidumping duty administrative review on heavy walled rectangular welded steel pipes and tubes from Mexico (A-201-847) to correct an error in its calculation for the AD rate for entries of subject merchandise from the one mandatory respondent, Productos Laminados de Monterrey S.A. de C.V. (Prolamsa), during the period Sept. 1, 2021, through Aug. 31, 2022.

The Commerce Department finalized a new exemption from antidumping and countervailing duties for stainless steel flanges made to SAE J518 or ISO 6162 specification, the agency said in the final results of a changed circumstances review of the AD/CVD orders on stainless steel flanges from China (A-570-064/C-570-065) and India (A-533-877/C-533-878).

The Commerce Department has issued the final results of the antidumping duty administrative review on 1,1,1,2-tetrafluoroethane (R-134a) from China (A-570-044). The agency continued to find the 23 companies under review didn't demonstrate independence from Chinese government control, assigning them to the China-wide entity, which has an AD rate of 167.02%. Commerce will order liquidation for subject merchandise entered April 1, 2022, through March 31, 2023, at the China-wide rate of 167.02%.