The Commerce Department properly found countervailing duty respondent Yama Ribbons and Bows received synthetic yarn and caustic soda -- inputs of narrow woven ribbons with woven selvedge -- for less than adequate remuneration, the Court of International Trade held in a Dec. 8 opinion. Judge Timothy Stanceu found Commerce permissibly levied adverse facts available for the Chinese government's failure to respond to requests over the provision of the two inputs, and said the agency properly dropped its subsidy rate for China's Export Buyer's Credit Program.
The Commerce Department issued the preliminary results of its antidumping and countervailing duty administrative reviews on forged steel fittings from China (A-570-067/C-570-068). In the final results of these reviews, Commerce will set AD assessment rates for subject merchandise for the companies under review entered Nov. 1, 2020, through Oct. 31, 2021, and CVD assessment rates for entries Jan. 1, 2020, through Dec. 31, 2020.
Importers and exporters of solar cells and modules from Cambodia, Malaysia, Thailand and Vietnam must complete and sign certifications within the next several weeks for any entries after April 1, 2022, to avoid antidumping and countervailing duties imposed in the preliminary determination of an anti-circumvention inquiry released by the Commerce Department on Dec. 2.
Importers and exporters of solar cells and modules from Cambodia, Malaysia, Thailand and Vietnam must complete and sign certifications within the next several weeks for any entries after April 1, 2022, to avoid antidumping and countervailing duties imposed in the preliminary determination of an anti-circumvention inquiry released by the Commerce Department on Dec. 2.
The Commerce Department Nov. 18 released antidumping duty orders on oil country tubular goods from Argentina, Mexico and Russia (A-357-824, A-201-856, A-821-833), and countervailing duty orders on oil country tubular goods from South Korea and Russia (C-580-913, C-821-834). The orders set permanent antidumping and countervailing duties, which will remain in place unless revoked by Commerce in a sunset or changed circumstances review. Commerce will now begin conducting annual administrative reviews, if requested, to determine final assessments of AD/CVD on importers and make changes to cash deposit rates.
The Commerce Department issued notices in the Federal Register on its recently initiated antidumping duty investigations on paper file folders from China, India and Vietnam (A-570-147, A-533-910, A-552-834), and its countervailing duty investigation on the same product from India (C-533-911). The CV duty investigation covers entries Jan. 1, 2021, through Dec. 31, 2021. The AD duty investigations on China and Vietnam cover entries April 1, 2022, through Sept. 30, 2022, and the AD duty investigation on India covers the period Oct. 1, 2021, through Sept. 30, 2022.
The Commerce Department has released the final results of its countervailing duty administrative review on large diameter welded pipe from South Korea (C-580-898). These final results will be used to set final assessments of CV duties on importers for subject merchandise entered during calendar year 2020.
The Commerce Department is set to begin administrative reviews for certain firms subject to antidumping 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. 5 in order to avoid being assigned high China-wide or Vietnam-wide rates.
A listing of recent Commerce Department antidumping and countervailing duty messages posted to CBP's website Oct. 26, 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.
Brazil and Canada recently announced antidumping duty actions and decisions on certain products from mainland China, the Hong Kong Trade Development Council reported Oct. 24.