The Commerce Department is beginning new antidumping duty and countervailing duty investigations on L-lysine from China, it said in a fact sheet released June 18. The underlying petition was filed in May (see 2505290046). The International Trade Commission is scheduled to make its preliminary injury determination by July 14. The investigation 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 is issuing antidumping duty and countervailing duty orders on high chrome cast iron grinding media from India (A-533-930/C-533-931). The orders, published June 18, set permanent antidumping and countervailing 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/CVD on importers and make changes to cash deposit rates.
The International Trade Commission published notices in the June 17 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 issued notices in the Federal Register on its recently initiated antidumping and countervailing duty investigations on hardwood and decorative plywood from China (A-570-211/C-570-212), Indonesia (A-560-844/C-560-845) and Vietnam (A-552-851/C-552-852). The CVD investigations cover entries for the calendar year 2024. The AD investigation on Indonesia covers entries April 1, 2024, through March 31, 2025, and the AD investigations on China and Vietnam cover entries Oct. 1, 2024, through March 31, 2025.
The Commerce Department on June 16 published a countervailing duty order on ceramic tile from India (C-533-929). The order sets permanent countervailing duties, which will remain in place unless revoked by Commerce in a sunset or changed circumstances review. Commerce will begin conducting annual administrative reviews, if requested, to determine final assessments of CVD on importers and make changes to cash deposit rates.
The Commerce Department issued its final determinations in its countervailing duty investigations on brake drums from China (C-570-175) and Turkey (C-489-854), after finding countervailable subsidization of producers and exporters in the two countries in the preliminary determinations of its CVD investigations.
The Commerce Department made final affirmative antidumping duty determinations that imports of brake drums from China (A-570-174) and Turkey (A-489-853) are being sold in the U.S. at less than fair value. Suspension of liquidation and cash deposit requirements will continue for entries on or after Jan. 29, the date that the preliminary determinations were published in the Federal Register. Cash deposit rates set in these final determinations take effect June 18.
The International Trade Commission published notices in the June 13 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 International Trade Commission published notices in the June 12 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 International Trade Commission seeks comments by June 20 on a Section 337 complaint alleging that imports of electronic eyewear products infringe patents held by IngenioSpec, it said in a June 12 notice. According to the complaint, IngenioSpec is seeking a limited exclusion order and cease and desist orders against 13 companies, primarily from China, to bar from entry "certain electronic eyewear products, components thereof, and related charging apparatuses" that violate its patents. IngenioSpec said that its eyewear is capable of "sensing harmful ultraviolet rays, tracking health indicators, taking pictures, recording video, enabling hands-free phone conversations, enhancing hearing, and playing music and videos."