The International Trade Commission seeks comments by Feb. 26 on a Section 337 complaint alleging that imports of glow fish tape systems, safety helmet systems, and their components infringe patents held by Klein Tools Inc., it said in a notice to be published Feb. 18. According to the complaint, the complainant is seeking a limited exclusion order and cease and desist orders against Milwaukee Electric Tool Corporation to bar from entry "certain glow fish tape systems, safety helmet systems, and components thereof" that violate the complainant's patents. The complaint describes fish tape as "a spool of tape that can be used to guide wires through enclosed spaces such as walls or conduits," and the helmets as "safety helmets (a category that includes hard hats) with an outer shell including a brim and front and rear receptacles, and accessories, such as headlamps, safety lamps, cooling fans, sun visors, face shields, eye visors, and batteries that are designed to releasably mount onto at least a portion of each of the front and rear receptacles."
The International Trade Commission is beginning a Section 337 investigation on photovoltaic trunk bus cable assemblies (ITC Inv. No. 337-TA-1438) after receiving allegations filed by Shoals Technologies Group that U.S. company Voltage and Chinese company Ningbo Voltage Smart Production are importing products that infringe its patents, the agency said in a notice to be published Feb. 18.
The Commerce Department published notices in the Federal Register Feb. 14 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 said it's rescinding the administrative review of the antidumping duty order on mattresses from Serbia (A-801-002) for the period of review May 1, 2023, through April 30, 2024, because there were no reviewable, suspended entries of subject merchandise from the last remaining company under review. As a result, no cash deposit rates will change, and the current cash deposit requirements will remain in effect until further notice. Commerce will instruct CBP to assess AD on all appropriate entries, at rates equal to the cash deposit of estimated AD required at the time of entry, or withdrawal from warehouse, for consumption, it said.
The Commerce Department said it's partially rescinding the administrative reviews of the antidumping duty order on certain frozen fish fillets from Vietnam (A-552-801) for the periods of review Aug. 1, 2022, through July 31, 2023, and Aug. 1, 2023, through July 31, 2024, with respect to one company included in the reviews -- Vinh Hoan Corporation -- which was removed from the antidumping duty order on certain frozen fish fillets from Vietnam in an action published Jan. 24. The partial revocation of the AD order to exclude Vinh Hoan is effective Aug. 1, 2021.
The Commerce Department soon will impose antidumping duty cash deposit requirements on imports of tungsten shot from China, it said in a fact sheet issued Feb. 13. Commerce set AD rates ranging from 183.31% to 201.32% for Chinese exporters, it announced in its preliminary determinations in its ongoing AD investigation. Commerce already has suspended liquidation and imposed countervailing duty cash deposit requirements in its ongoing countervailing duty investigation on tungsten shot (see 2412180011). AD cash deposit requirements will take effect for entries on or after the date of publication of the preliminary determinations in the AD investigation in the Federal Register, which should occur in the coming days.
On Feb. 13, the FDA posted new and revised versions of the following Import Alerts (after not having posted new ones for a number of days) on the detention without physical examination of:
USDA's Food Safety and Inspection Service informed the Office of Management and Budget that it is seeking to continue its information collection regarding importing and transporting meat, poultry and egg products. No changes will be made to the existing information collection, which will expire June 30.
India and the U.S. will negotiate a bilateral trade agreement that will cover multiple sectors in tranches, with the first aiming for completion in the fall of 2025, President Donald Trump and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi said in their joint statement, released after their meeting Feb. 13.
CBP issued the following releases on commercial trade and related matters: