Suspension of liquidation and countervailing duty cash deposit requirements take effect Feb. 10 for imports of corrosion-resistant steel products from Brazil (C-351-863), Canada (C-122-872), Mexico (C-201-864) and Vietnam (C-552-844), after the Commerce Department found countervailable subsidization in preliminary determinations in its ongoing CVD investigations.

The Commerce Department announced the opportunity to request administrative reviews by Feb. 28 for producers and exporters subject to 45 antidumping duty orders and 17 countervailing duty orders with anniversary dates in February.

The Commerce Department released notices in the Federal Register on its recently initiated antidumping and countervailing duty investigations on slag pots from China (A-570-196/C-570-197). The CVD investigation covers entries Jan. 1, 2023, through Dec. 31, 2023. The AD investigation covers entries April 1, 2024, through Sept. 30, 2024.

The Commerce Department issued its final determinations in its countervailing duty investigations on paper plates from China (C-570-165) and Vietnam (C-552-840). Suspension of liquidation is currently not in effect for entries on or after Oct. 29, 2024, and Commerce will require cash deposits of estimated CVD on future entries only if it issues a CVD order.

The Commerce Department issued its final determinations in the antidumping duty investigations on paper plates from China (A-570-164), Thailand (A-549-849) and Vietnam (A-552-839). Cash deposit rates set in these final determinations take effect Jan. 28.

The Commerce Department issued its final affirmative determinations in the antidumping and countervailing duty investigations on imports of paper plates from China, Thailand and Vietnam, it said in a fact sheet issued Jan. 22. Commerce set AD rates ranging from 267.63% to 515.4% for Chinese exporters; from 5.57% to 73.17% for Thai exporters; and from 30.42% to 165.27% for Vietnamese exporters, the agency said. Commerce set CVD rates ranging from 4.47% to 295.08% for Chinese exporters, and from 5.53% to 225.9% for Vietnamese exporters. Thailand was not subject to the CVD investigation. These rates will take effect upon publication in the Federal Register of the final determinations, which should occur in the coming days.

The Commerce Department released notices in the Federal Register on its recently initiated antidumping and countervailing duty investigations on active anode material from China (A-570-194/C-570-195). The CVD investigation covers entries Jan. 1, 2023, through Dec. 31, 2023. The AD investigation covers entries April 1, 2024, through Sept. 30, 2024.

The Commerce Department released notices in the Federal Register on its recently initiated antidumping and countervailing duty investigations on sol gel alumina-based ceramic abrasive grains from China (A-570-190/C-570-191). The CVD investigation covers entries Jan. 1, 2023, through Dec. 31, 2023. The AD investigation covers entries April 1, 2024, through Sept. 30, 2024.

The Commerce Department unlawfully chose to break with its past practice of not considering subsidies provided by the Russian government prior to April 1, 2002, in a countervailing duty review on phosphate fertilizers, respondent JSC Apatit argued. Filing a complaint at the Court of International Trade on Jan. 9, Apatit argued that Commerce failed to apply this cut-off date when analyzing whether mining rights were provided to the company for less than adequate remuneration in the 2022 review of the CVD order (Joint Stock Company Apatit v. United States, CIT # 24-00226).

The Commerce Department released notices in the Federal Register on its recently initiated antidumping and countervailing duty investigations on erythritol from China (A-570-192/C-570-193). The CVD investigation covers entries Jan. 1, 2023, through Dec. 31, 2023. The AD investigation covers entries April 1, 2024, through Sept. 30, 2024.