The International Trade Commission published notices in the Nov. 4 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 issued a limited exclusion order barring from entry certain electrolyte-containing beverages and their associated labeling and packaging imported by eight Mexican companies (ITC Inv. No. 337-TA-1269).
The Commerce Department is beginning new antidumping duty investigations on paper file folders from China, India and Vietnam, as well as a new countervailing duty investigation on paper file folders from India, it said in a fact sheet Nov. 2. The underlying petition was filed Oct. 12 (see 2210130085). The International Trade Commission is scheduled to make its preliminary injury determinations by Nov. 28. These AD/CV duty investigations will only continue if the ITC finds injury. International Trade Today will provide more details upon publication of the initiation notices in the Federal Register.
The International Trade Commission published notices in the Nov. 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):
Comments are due to the International Trade Commission Nov. 14 concerning a potential Section 337 investigation on imported automated retractable vehicle steps and components, it said in a notice released Nov. 3 (Docket No. 3653). The notice follows an Oct. 28 complaint by Lund Motion Products alleging Chinese producer Anhui Aggeus Auto-Tech and U.S. importers Rough Country, Southern Truck, Meyer Distributing and Earl Owen Company manufacture and import products that infringe four of Lund's patents for the aftermarket vehicle steps.
The International Trade Commission issued a limited exclusion order on baseball and softball bats manufactured or imported by Proton Sports of Scottsdale, Arizona, and a cease and desist order against Proton, it said in a notice released Nov. 3.
The International Trade Commission, which is tasked with measuring the economic impact of the USMCA's stringent auto rules of origin, heard from auto industry players in the U.S. and Mexico that satisfying the labor value content audits is next-to-impossible.
The International Trade Commission published notices in the Nov. 2 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 on Nov. 2 released an antidumping duty order on sodium nitrite from Russia (A-821-836). The order sets permanent antidumping duties, which will remain in place unless revoked by Commerce in a sunset or changed circumstances review. Commerce will now begin conducting annual administrative reviews, if requested, to determine final assessments of AD duties on importers and make changes to cash deposit rates.
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce's John Murphy said that manufacturers are some of the biggest supporters of free trade deals because half their goods are exported.