The Commerce Department is amending the Nov. 14, 2024, final results of an antidumping duty administrative review on common alloy aluminum sheet from Turkey (A-489-839), covering entries between April 1, 2022, and March 31, 2023, to correct ministerial errors regarding some calculations used to arrive at the final dumping margins. The changes, which lowered the margins, were made following comments from the two companies affected -- Assan Aluminyum Sanayi ve Ticaret A.S., Kibar Americas, Inc., and Kibar Dis Ticaret A.S. (collectively, Assan) and Teknik Aluminyum Sanayi A.S. -- made in response to the published final results. The new rates are applicable Jan. 30.
Commerce secretary nominee Howard Lutnick vigorously defended the prospect of imposing tariffs on all goods from places like the EU, Japan or South Korea during his confirmation hearing Jan. 29, saying those countries deserve it, as they either use food safety rules to protect their farmers, put up barriers to American car imports, or undercut American manufacturing with their exports of manufactured goods.
The Commerce Department said it erroneously stated in the notice of amendments to the Jan. 10, 2022, published final results of a review of the antidumping duty order on tapered roller bearings and parts thereof, finished and unfinished, from China (A-570-601) that the Commerce Department would issue revised cash deposit instructions to CBP for all the non-selected companies (specifically, Hebei Xintai Bearing Forging Co., Ltd. and Xinchang Newsun Xintianlong Precision Bearing Manufacturing Co., Ltd.) that don't have a superseding cash deposit rate. Those two companies were given revised AD rates in the amended final results, of 76.58% each, for the review period June 1, 2019, through May 31, 2020.
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 International Trade Commission is seeking public input on remedies for its Section 337 investigation on Eli Lilly's drug tirzepatide, after declining to review the administrative law judge's initial determination finding violations, the ITC said in a notice to be published Jan. 28. The ITC initially began the investigation in November 2023 based on allegations that 11 companies were importing the diabetes drug tirzepatide under Eli Lilly’s Mounjaro brand name (see 2311270054). The ALJ's initial determination granted the complainant's motion regarding trademark infringement, false designation of origin and false advertising and recommended a general exclusion order should the ITC find a violation. The ITC is requesting written submissions by close of business on Feb. 5.
The Commerce Department finalized its determination that imports of aluminum wire and cable, finished in South Korea and Vietnam using inputs from China, are circumventing AD/CVD orders on aluminum wire and cable from China (A-570-095/C-570-096), it said in notices published in the Jan. 27 Federal Register.
USDA's Agricultural Marketing Service is delaying the effective date, originally set for Jan. 27, of a final rule on certain fees related to Section 8e import inspections, in response to a Jan. 20 presidential directive calling for federal agencies to further scrutinize new regulations, it said in a Federal Register notice.
A resident of both India and New Jersey who operated jewelry companies in New York City was sentenced Jan. 23 to 30 months in prison for leading a scheme to evade customs duties on over $13.5 million of jewelry imports, the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of New Jersey announced. Monishkumar Kirankumar Doshi Shah had previously pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit wire fraud and operating and aiding the operation of an "unlicensed money transmitting business."
CBP issued the following releases on commercial trade and related matters:
The Trump administration could be laying the groundwork to take broad and sweeping action on trade policy around April 1 when an internal review on U.S. trade policy is due, according to trade lawyers from Barnes Richardson.