The Commerce Department has published the preliminary results of its antidumping duty administrative review on polyethylene terephthalate film, sheet and strip from Taiwan (A-583-837), calculating a zero percent AD rate for Nan Ya Plastics Corp. If the agency's finding is continued in the final results, importers of subject merchandise from Nan Ya entered between July 1, 2022, and June 30, 2023, will not be assessed AD duties, and future entries from Nan Ya would not be subject to an AD cash deposit requirement until further notice.
The Commerce Department has published the preliminary results of its antidumping duty administrative review on polyethylene terephthalate film, sheet, and strip (PET film) from India (A-533-824). Rates calculated in this review will be used to set assessment rates for importers of subject merchandise from two producers and exporters that was entered July 1, 2022, through June 30, 2023.
The Commerce Department has published the preliminary results of its antidumping duty administrative review on forged steel fittings from China (A-570-067). In the final results of this review, Commerce will set assessment rates for subject merchandise from the two companies under review entered Nov. 1, 2022, through Oct. 31, 2023.
The Commerce Department is amending the final results of the antidumping duty administrative review on utility scale wind towers (wind towers) from Malaysia (A-557-821) covering the period Oct. 13, 2021, through Nov. 30, 2022, that were published July 10, to correct a ministerial error in a calculation, which results in a lower AD cash deposit rate for the mandatory respondent to the review.
The Commerce Department has released the final results of the antidumping duty administrative review on pentafluoroethane (R-125) from China (A-570-137). These final results will be used to set final assessments of antidumping duties on importers for subject merchandise entered Aug. 17, 2021, through Feb. 28, 2023.
The Consumer Product Safety Commission is proposing new performance and labeling requirements that aim to address the risks associated with children potentially ingesting a toy’s button cell or coin cell batteries. The agency will be accepting comments on the proposed regulation through Oct. 15.
Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., urged Congress this month to pass two bills aimed at reducing U.S. reliance on China for critical minerals.
The following lawsuits were filed at the Court of International Trade during the week of Aug. 5-11:
A listing of recent Commerce Department antidumping and countervailing duty messages posted on CBP's website Aug. 12, 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 issued the following releases on commercial trade and related matters: