CBP intends to distribute assessed antidumping or countervailing duties for fiscal year 2023 under the Continued Dumping and Subsidy Offset Act of 2000 (CDSOA), it said in a notice. Certifications to obtain a continued dumping and subsidy offset under a particular AD/CVD order or finding must be received by July 31.

CBP ignored Congress' "unambiguous express statutory command when it failed to distribute" interest assessed after liquidation, known as delinquency interest, under the Continued Dumping and Subsidy Offset Act of 2000, appellant Monterey Mushrooms said in a reply brief at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (Adee Honey Farms, et al. v. United States, Fed. Cir. # 22-2105).

The Court of International Trade correctly held that the Continued Dumping and Subsidy Offset Act of 2000 does not require CBP to distribute interest assessed after liquidation, known as delinquency interest, to affected domestic producers, the U.S. argued in a pair of reply briefs at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (Hilex Poly Co. v. U.S., Fed. Cir. # 22-2106) (Adee Honey Farms v. U.S, Fed. Cir. #22-2105).

CBP's decision not to pay out interest assessed after liquidation, known as delinquency interest, on collected antidumping and countervailing duties violates the plain language of the Continued Dumping and Subsidy Offset Act of 2000, groups of plaintiff-appellants argued in two opening briefs in two different cases at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. One brief, penned by appellants led by Hilex Poly Co. and American Drew, said that even if the law was ambiguous, CBP has failed to exercise any authority "in a way that deserves deference" (Hilex Poly Co. v. United States, Fed. Cir. #22-2106) (Adee Honey Farms v. United States, Fed. Cir. #22-2105).

Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo told senators that the preliminary finding that antidumping and countervailing duties ought to roughly double on imported Canadian software lumber "couldn’t have come at a worse time," since she has been hearing from stakeholders consistently that the surge in the price of lumber is hurting builders and consumers. Raimondo, who was testifying at a May 26 hearing before a Senate Appropriations subcommittee that covers her agency, was first asked about the issue by ranking member Sen. Jerry Moran, R-Kan.

The Commerce Department sharply raised countervailing duties against the Resolute Company's exports of Canadian uncoated groundwood paper, and lowered both the antidumping and countervailing duties against Catalyst, while leaving other companies' CVD rates largely unchanged.

The Commerce Department made preliminary affirmative antidumping duty determinations that imports of cold-drawn mechanical tubing from India (A-533-873), Italy (A-475-838), Germany (A-428-845), China (A-570-058), South Korea (A-580-892) and Switzerland (A-441-801) are being sold in the U.S. at less than fair value. The agency will impose AD duty cash requirements on entries of subject merchandise beginning on Nov. 22, except for some companies from Italy, South Korea and China, for which cash deposit requirements retroactively begin Aug. 24.

Several lawmakers called for stronger U.S. government enforcement efforts to protect the domestic steel industry in comments to the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (here) filed ahead of a public hearing on the matter. The International Trade Commission is scheduled to hold the hearing on global and U.S. steel industries on April 12 (see 1603030003). More than 100 U.S. lawmakers, industry executives and employees, association representatives, and other stakeholders submitted comments in response the request for comments from the USTR, Commerce Department, and other U.S. government agencies.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection issued a notice of its intent to distribute assessed antidumping or countervailing duties for fiscal year 2012 pursuant to the Continued Dumping and Subsidy Offset Act of 2000 (the Byrd Amendment). Certifications to obtain a continued dumping and subsidy offset under a particular order or finding must be received by July 31, 2012.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection has issued a notice of its intent to distribute assessed antidumping or countervailing duties for fiscal year 2011 pursuant to the Continued Dumping and Subsidy Offset Act of 2000 (the Byrd Amendment).