The Commerce Department continues to hold that the South Korean government did not provide a countervailable subsidy to producers of hot-rolled steel through cheap electricity and that the agency came to this conclusion in a legal way, despite a decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit to the contrary. In June 10 remand results in the Court of International Trade, Commerce explained why the Federal Circuit was mistaken in its ruling and why it used the appropriate methodology in determining that no benefit was conferred between the Korean government and producers POSCO and Hyundai Steel (POSCO v. United States, CIT #16-00227).
A listing of recent Commerce Department antidumping and countervailing duty messages posted to CBP's website June 3, 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 ADD CVD Search page.
A listing of recent Commerce Department antidumping and countervailing duty messages posted to CBP's website June 2, 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 ADD CVD Search page.
The Commerce Department is adding a new exemption for certain door stiles and rails to the antidumping and countervailing duty orders on hardwood plywood from China (A-570-051/C-570-052), it said in a notice published June 2 announcing the final results of a changed circumstances review. In a change from its preliminary results of the review (see 2104060048), Commerce will apply the new exception retroactively to the dates that suspension of liquidation first took effect under these orders in 2017.
A listing of recent Commerce Department antidumping and countervailing duty messages posted to CBP's website June 1, 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 ADD CVD Search page.
Turkish steel exporter Celik Halat ve Tel Sanayi accused the Commerce Department of a "severe abuse of discretion" by rejecting entire questionnaire responses because certain parts were filed 21 minutes and 87 minutes late in an antidumping and a countervailing duty investigation, respectively. Celik Halat says Commerce should not have applied adverse facts available to its exports of prestressed concrete steel wire strand from Turkey due to the late filings in two May 28 motions for judgment. (Celik Halat ve Tel Sanayi A.S. v. United States, CIT #21-00045, #21-00050).
A listing of recent Commerce Department antidumping and countervailing duty messages posted to CBP's website May 27, 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 ADD CVD Search page.
The Commerce Department should further explain its decision to not verify customer self-certifications establishing non-use of China's Export Buyers Credit Program in a countervailing duty case, finally moving beyond the "endless loop" brought by the issue, Judge Timothy Reif of the Court of International Trade said in a May 26 opinion. In a saga reminiscent of the film Groundhog Day, according to Reif's opinion, the EBCP has been the subject of "intense litigation," prompting Reif to ask for an answer from Commerce for why it refuses to verify the customer self-certifications, leading to the application of adverse facts available for the subject goods relating to the EBCP.
A listing of recent Commerce Department antidumping and countervailing duty messages posted to CBP's website May 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 ADD CVD Search page.
A listing of recent Commerce Department antidumping and countervailing duty messages posted to CBP's website May 25, 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 ADD CVD Search page.