The Commerce Department has published the preliminary results of its antidumping duty administrative review on passenger vehicle and light truck tires from South Korea (A-580-908). In the final results of this review, Commerce will set assessment rates for subject merchandise from the three companies under review entered July 1, 2022, through June 30, 2023.
The Commerce Department has released the preliminary results of its antidumping duty administrative review on steel nails from Oman (A-523-808), calculating an AD rate of zero percent for the sole mandatory respondent Oman Fasteners LLC. If the agency's finding is continued in the final results, importers of subject merchandise from Oman Fasteners entered between July 1, 2022, and June 30, 2023, won't be assessed antidumping duties. Any changes to cash deposit rate for Oman Fasteners would take effect on the publication date of the final results in the Federal Register.
The Commerce Department has released the preliminary results of a countervailing duty administrative review of polyethylene terephthalate film, sheet and strip (PET film) from India (C-533-825). This review covers subject merchandise from the exporters under review entered during the period Jan. 1, 2022, through Dec. 31, 2022.
The Commerce Department published the preliminary results of its countervailing duty administrative review on certain collated steel staples from China (C-570-113). The agency preliminarily calculated a new CV duty rate for the Tianjin Hweschun Fasteners Manufacturing Co. Ltd., the company selected for individual examination. The final results of this review will be used to set CV duty assessments on importers for subject merchandise entered during the calendar year of 2022.
The Commerce Department has released the final results of the antidumping duty administrative review on stainless steel sheet and strip in coils from South Korea (A-580-834). Commerce calculated an AD rate of 58.79% for Korinox Co., Ltd., the only company under review, unchanged from the preliminary rate. Commerce will assess AD at importer-specific rates for subject merchandise from Korinox entered July 1, 2022, through June 30, 2023, it said. The new 58.79% AD cash deposit rate for Korinox takes effect Aug. 12, the date that these final results are scheduled for publication in the Federal Register.
On Aug. 8, the FDA posted new and revised versions of the following Import Alerts on the detention without physical examination of:
An upcoming supply chain summit hosted by the Commerce Department and the Council on Foreign Relations will bring together industry and government leaders to discuss ways to improve supply chain resilience.
Womenswear company Alexis will pay nearly $7.7 million to settle a whistleblower False Claims Act case, which alleged that the company underpaid customs duties on its apparel imports, the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of Florida announced Aug. 9.
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 Aug. 8, 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.