The International Trade Commission published notices in the May 2 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 is seeking public input on remedies for its Section 337 investigation on JBS Hair's imported synthetic braiding hair (ITC Inv. No. 337-TA-1415), the ITC said in a notice to be published May 5. The ITC initiated the investigation in September 2024 based on allegations that 30 companies are infringing its patented method of pre-stretching synthetic braiding hair in differing lengths to avoid the added time for braiders to pull tease the hair to make it look natural (see 2409060032).
The International Trade Commission has ended a Section 337 investigation on imported computing devices (ITC Inv. No. 337-TA-1389), it said in a May 2 Federal Register notice. Complainant X1 Discovery initially alleged in January 2024 that Asus, Acer and Dell desktop and laptop computers copy its technologies (see 2401250041).
The Commerce Department published notices in the Federal Register May 2 on the following antidumping and countervailing duty (AD/CVD) proceedings (any notices that announce changes to AD/CVD rates, scope, affected firms or effective dates will be detailed in another ITT article):
The Commerce Department is beginning a new antidumping duty investigation on lattice boom crawler cranes from Japan, it said in a fact sheet released May 1. The underlying petition was filed in April (see 2504140065). The International Trade Commission is scheduled to make its preliminary injury determination by May 27. 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 has released the final results of the antidumping and countervailing duty administrative reviews on light-walled rectangular pipe and tube from China (A-570-914/C-570-915). These final results will be used to set final assessments of AD/CVD on importers for subject merchandise entered Aug. 1, 2022, through July 31, 2023, for AD and in calendar year 2022 for CVD.
On May 1, the FDA posted new and revised versions of the following Import Alerts on the detention without physical examination of:
Senate Commerce Committee Chairman Ted Cruz told commerce deputy secretary nominee Paul Dabbar that, as "an experienced dealmaker," he hopes Dabbar will help to secure "freer and fairer trade with our allies, not across-the-board protectionism" -- and to also argue for that approach.
The Court of International Trade on May 2 held that importer BASF's fish oil ethyl ester concentrates "maintain the essence of fish" and are thus "extracts of fish" under Harmonized Tariff Schedule heading 1603 and not "food preparations" under heading 2106.
A listing of recent Commerce Department antidumping and countervailing duty messages posted on CBP's website May 1, 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.