The International Trade Commission began a Section 337 investigation on allegations that U.S. company Glas, Inc. is importing and selling vaporizer devices that infringe patents held by Juul Labs (ITC Inv. No. 337-TA-1464), it said in a notice to be published Dec. 19.
The International Trade Commission began a Section 337 investigation on allegations that AMD, Lenovo and Supermicro Computer are importing and selling semiconductor devices that infringe patents held by Adeia Semiconductor Bonding Technologies, Inc. (ITC Inv. No. 337-TA-1465), it said in a notice to be published Dec. 19.
The Commerce Department is leaving in place an agreement suspending antidumping duties on sugar from Mexico (A-201-845), though it will take steps to remediate partial non-compliance with the agreement by a Mexican exporter, it said in the final results of an administrative review.
The Commerce Department finalized another new exemption for off-grid panels from antidumping and countervailing duties on crystalline silicon photovoltaic cells, whether or not assembled into modules, from China (A-570-979/C-570-980), it said in the final results of a changed circumstances review. Commerce said “substantially all” U.S. producers of solar cells don't oppose a request from Nextpower, formerly known as Nextracker, to create the exemption. As a result, Commerce is adding the following exemption to the scope of the AD/CVD orders on solar cells from China:
The Commerce Department issued antidumping duty orders on corrosion-resistant steel products from Australia (A-602-812), Brazil (A-351-862), Canada (A-122-871), Mexico (A-201-863), the Netherlands (A-421-818), South Africa (A-791-829), Taiwan (A-583-878), Turkey (A-489-855), the United Arab Emirates (A-520-811) and Vietnam (A-552-843, as well as countervailing duty orders on corrosion-resistant steel products from Brazil (C-351-863), Canada (C-122-872), Mexico (C-201-864) and Vietnam (C-552-844)
The Commerce Department made a preliminary affirmative antidumping determination that steel concrete reinforcing bar from Algeria (A-721-001) are being sold in the U.S. at less than fair value. The agency will suspend liquidation and impose antidumping duty cash requirements on entries of subject merchandise beginning Dec. 19, the date this preliminary determination is set to be published in the Federal Register.
Rep. Tim Burchett, R-Tenn., introduced the Trump Tariff Rebate Act, saying that due to additional tariff revenue, the U.S. can afford to increase the standard deduction by $4,000 for joint filers, $3,000 for heads of household and $2,000 for individuals.
As importers everywhere await the Supreme Court's final decision on the fate of tariffs imposed under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, more and more attorneys are counseling their clients to file preemptive lawsuits at the Court of International Trade to guarantee their right to a refund of the IEEPA tariffs.
A listing of recent Commerce Department antidumping and countervailing duty messages posted on CBP's website Dec. 17, 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.
CBP issued the following releases on commercial trade and related matters: