The Commerce Department has published the preliminary results of its antidumping duty administrative review on polyethylene terephthalate film, sheet and strip from Taiwan (A-583-837), calculating a 1.06% AD rate for Nan Ya Plastics Corp. If the agency's finding is continued in the final results, importers of subject merchandise from Nan Ya entered between July 1, 2023, and June 30, 2024, would be assessed AD at importer-specific rates.
The Commerce Department has published the preliminary results of its antidumping duty administrative review on prestressed concrete steel wire strand from Malaysia (A-557-819). In the final results of this review, Commerce will set an assessment rate for subject merchandise for the three companies under review entered June 1, 2023, through May 31, 2024.
The Commerce Department has published the preliminary results of its countervailing duty administrative review on glycine from India (C-533-884). The agency calculated a CVD rate of 9.41% for the two companies remaining under review, Kumar Industries, India, and Bajaj Healthcare Limited. Any changes to the cash deposit rate would take effect on the publication date of the final results of this review in the Federal Register. In the final results, Commerce also will set assessment rates for subject merchandise from Kumar and Bajaj entered Jan. 1, 2023, through Dec. 31, 2023.
The Commerce Department has published the preliminary results of its antidumping duty administrative review on raw honey from Argentina (A-357-823). Rates calculated in this review will be used to set assessment rates for importers of subject merchandise from two producers and exporters -- Asociacion De Cooperativas Argentinas Cooperativa Limitada (ACA) and Nexco S.A. -- that was entered June 1, 2023, through May 31, 2024.
EPA plans to modify the regulations governing the use of hydrofluorocarbons for certain industrial, intermodal and retail sectors as prescribed under the Technology Transitions section of the American Innovation and Manufacturing Act of 2020, it said in a Federal Register notice. Comments on the proposed changes are due Nov. 17.
On Oct. 2, the FDA posted new and revised versions of the following Import Alerts on the detention without physical examination of:
Starting Oct. 31, the FDA will require import certification for shrimp and spices from certain regions of Indonesia, citing a perceived contamination risk of food with Cesium-137, the FDA said on Oct. 3.
The Foreign-Trade Zones Board issued the following notices Oct. 3:
Sen. Bernie Moreno, R-Ohio, told Reuters that the White House is considering "significant tariff relief for U.S. auto production." Carmakers are paying higher tariffs on imported parts, steel and aluminum.
The U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia on Sept. 30 vacated a decision from USDA's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service to "switch to a new system for mitigating the risk of a pest outbreak caused by imported Chilean table grapes." Judge Amir Ali held that the action was arbitrary and capricious under the Administrative Procedure Act (California Table Grape Commission v. U.S. Dep't of Ag., D.D.C. # 24-02645).