CBP issued the following releases on commercial trade and related matters:

A listing of recent Commerce Department antidumping and countervailing duty messages posted on CBP's website Sept. 13, along with the case number(s) and CBP message number, is provided below. The messages are available by searching for the listed CBP message number at CBP's ADCVD Search page.

CBP has updated its list of merchandise descriptions defining what's considered vague and what isn't, according to a Sept. 16 cargo systems message.

In the Sept. 11 Customs Bulletin (Vol. 58, No. 36), CBP published a proposal to revoke ruling letters concerning steel assembly hardware sets from Vietnam and training pants.

When filing unused merchandise drawback claims, companies can select the unit of measure they want to use for calculating per unit averaging where two units of measure are provided on the entry summary, provided that companies keep two conditions, according to a recent CROSS ruling issued by CBP.

The Commerce Department published notices in the Federal Register Sept. 13 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 recognizing the name change of an Italian company for the purposes of an antidumping duty order on certain pasta from Italy (A-475-818), it said in a notice of the final results of a changed circumstances review. The agency confirmed its preliminary finding that Gruppo Milo SpA is the successor-in-interest to Gruppo Alimentare Mediterraneo Milo Srl (GRAMM), saying that Gruppo Milo continues to operate as essentially the same business entity as GRAMM, with respect to the production and sale of subject merchandise, management and ownership, and supplier relationships. Commerce said that effective Sept. 16, Gruppo Milo now inherits the AD rate assigned to GRAMM, which is currently 5.3%. (For a summary of the preliminary results of this changed circumstances review, see 2407300021.)

The Commerce Department has released the preliminary results of its antidumping duty administrative review on seamless carbon and alloy steel standard, line, and pressure pipe from Ukraine (A-823-819). The agency preliminarily calculated a 2.89% AD rate for the only company under review, Interpipe Ukraine LLC and its affiliates PJSC Interpipe Niznedneprovsky Tube Rolling Plant, LLC Interpipe Niko Tube, Interpipe Europe S.A. and JSC Interpipe Novomoskovsk Pipe Production Plant. If the agency's finding is continued in the final results, importers of subject merchandise from Interpipe and its affiliates entered Aug. 1, 2022, through July 31, 2023, will be assessed AD at importer-specific rates. Any changes to rates for Interpipe and its affiliates would take effect on the date of publication in the Federal Register of the final results of this review, currently due in January.

The Commerce Department has published the preliminary results of its antidumping duty administrative review on certain metal lockers from China (A-570-133). In the final results of this review, Commerce will set assessment rates for subject merchandise from five companies under review entered Aug. 1, 2022, through July 31, 2023.

The Commerce Department has published the preliminary results of its antidumping duty administrative review on large power transformers from South Korea (A-580-867). In the final results of this review, Commerce will set assessment rates for subject merchandise for the companies under review entered August 2022 through July 2023.