The International Trade Commission published notices in the Jan. 2 Federal Register on the following antidumping and countervailing duty injury, Section 337 patent or other trade proceedings (any notices that warrant a more detailed summary will be in another ITT article):
The Commerce Department published notices in the Federal Register Jan. 2 on the following antidumping and countervailing duty (AD/CVD) proceedings (any notices that announce changes to AD/CVD rates, scope, affected firms or effective dates will be detailed in another ITT article):
The Commerce Department is giving advance notice that in automatic five-year sunset reviews scheduled to begin in February it will consider revoking the antidumping duty and countervailing duty orders on corrosion inhibitors from China (A-570-122/C-570-123) and large vertical shaft engines from China (A-570-119/C-570-120), as well as the antidumping duty orders on preserved mushrooms from Chile (A-337-804), China (A-570-851), India (A-533-813) and Indonesia (A-560-802); crepe paper from China (A-570-895); difluoromethane (R-32) from China (A-570-121); and hand trucks from China (A-570-891). These orders will be revoked, or the investigation terminated, unless Commerce finds that revocation would lead to dumping and the International Trade Commission finds that revocation would result in injury to the U.S. industry, Commerce said.
The Commerce Department has published the preliminary results of its antidumping duty administrative review on steel nails from South Korea (A-580-874). Rates calculated in this review will be used to set assessment rates for importers of subject merchandise from producers and exporters entered July 1, 2023, through June 30, 2024.
The Commerce Department has published the final results of the antidumping duty administrative review on welded line pipe from South Korea (A-580-876). These final results will be used to set final assessments of antidumping duties on importers for subject merchandise from four companies under review entered Dec. 1, 2021, through Nov. 30, 2022.
The Commerce Department has published the final results of its countervailing duty administrative review on carbazole violet pigment 23 from India (C-533-839). It said it made certain changes to its preliminary results, resulting in slightly lower CVD rates (down from 3.36%, 8.7% and 6.03%, respectively, in the chart below). These final results will be used to set final assessments of CVD on importers for subject merchandise entered Jan. 1, 2022, through Dec. 31, 2022.
The Commerce Department is setting new antidumping duty cash deposit requirements for imports of monomers and oligomers from South Korea (A-580-921), after finding imports of the product are being sold in the U.S. at less than fair value, in the preliminary determination of its AD investigation. Suspension of liquidation and cash deposit requirements generally take effect Jan. 5, 2026, but Commerce is making the suspension of liquidation and AD cash deposits retroactive to approximately Oct. 7, 2025, for some Korean companies.
The FDA's Voluntary Qualified Importer Program (VQIP) application portal for fiscal year 2027 will be opening up on Jan. 1, according to an update on FDA's website. The application window will last until Sept. 1.
The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative released the U.S. dollar procurement thresholds it will allow from foreign firms under the World Trade Organization agreement on procurement, United States-Korea Free Trade Agreement, the United States-Morocco Free Trade Agreement, the United States-Panama Trade Promotion Agreement and the United States-Peru Trade Promotion Agreement.
CBP issued the following releases on commercial trade and related matters: