The Commerce Department is set to begin administrative reviews for certain firms subject to antidumping duty and countervailing duty orders with September anniversary dates. Producers and exporters subject to administrative reviews on products from China or Vietnam must submit their separate rate certifications or applications on or about Dec. 22 in order to avoid being assigned high China-wide or Vietnam-wide rates.
Steel interests, steelworkers and aluminum interests mostly said that 50% tariffs on steel and aluminum should remain for Canadian and Mexican exports even after upcoming USMCA review, with exceptions among some aluminum witnesses and the Mexican steel industry.
The Commerce Department issued notices in the Federal Register on its recently initiated antidumping duty and countervailing duty investigations on crystalline silicon photovoltaic cells, whether or not assembled into modules, from India, Indonesia and Laos (A-533-942/C-533-943, A-560-846/C-560-847, A-553-003/C-553-004). The AD investigations cover entries July 1, 2024, through June 30, 2025. The CVD investigations cover entries in calendar year 2024.
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit on July 28 sustained the Commerce Department's non-market economy policy in antidumping duty proceedings despite the fact that the agency hadn't codified the policy in its regulations at the time the underlying review was challenged. Judges Todd Hughes, William Bryson and Leonard Stark said the Federal Circuit has a long line of cases upholding the policy and that, even if those cases didn't exist, Commerce didn't need to engage in notice-and-comment rulemaking to implement the policy.
The Commerce Department began administrative reviews for certain firms subject to antidumping and countervailing duty orders with April anniversary dates. Producers and exporters subject to any of these administrative reviews on China or Vietnam must submit their separate rate certifications or applications by June 3 to avoid being assigned high China-wide or Vietnam-wide rates.
The Commerce Department began administrative reviews for certain firms subject to antidumping and countervailing duty orders with March anniversary dates, it said in a notice April 28. Producers and exporters subject to any of these administrative reviews on China or Vietnam must submit their separate rate certifications or applications by May 12 in order to avoid being assigned high China-wide or Vietnam-wide rates.
The Commerce Department began administrative reviews for certain firms subject to antidumping and countervailing duty orders with February anniversary dates, it said in a notice March 28. Producers and exporters subject to any of these administrative reviews on China or Vietnam must submit their separate rate certifications or applications by April 11 in order to avoid being assigned high China-wide or Vietnam-wide rates.
The Commerce Department began administrative reviews for certain firms subject to antidumping and countervailing duty orders with January anniversary dates, it said in a notice.
After the Trump administration released a memo outlining the scope of trade action to be taken during his term, one thing became clear, according to a variety of trade attorneys: antidumping duty and countervailing duty rates are about to soar.
The Commerce Department began administrative reviews for certain firms subject to antidumping duty and countervailing duty orders with December anniversary dates, it said in a notice. Producers and exporters subject to any of these administrative reviews on China must submit their separate rate certifications or applications by Feb. 10 to avoid being assigned high China-wide rates.