The International Trade Commission published notices in the Nov. 5 Federal Register on the following AD/CVD injury, Section 337 patent or other trade proceedings (any notices that warrant a more detailed summary will be in another ITT article):
The International Trade Commission is beginning a Section 337 investigation on allegations that Tunnel Oxide Passivated Contact (TOPCon) solar cells, modules, panels imported by Runergy and Adani infringe patents held by Trina Solar (ITC Inv. No. 337-TA-1422), the ITC said in a notice Nov. 5. Trina had in a complaint filed in September (see 2410080041) said that Runergy USA Inc. and its affiliates Runergy Alabama Inc. and Jiangsu Runergy New Energy Technology Co., Ltd., as well as Adani Solar USA Inc. and its affiliate Adani Green Energy Ltd, are importing infringing TOPCon cells, modules and panels that copy Trina’s patents related to the “structure and method of manufacturing a solar cell with features designed to improve efficiency and reliability.” The ITC will consider a limited exclusion order and cease and desist orders against those five companies. Trina Solar also recently filed a Section 337 complaint against TOPCon solar cells from Canadian Solar (see 2410300034).
The Commerce Department published notices in the Federal Register Nov. 5 on the following AD/CV duty proceedings (any notices that announce changes to AD/CV duty rates, scope, affected firms or effective dates will be detailed in another ITT article):
The Commerce Department made preliminary affirmative antidumping duty determinations that imports of ferrosilicon from Brazil (A-351-860), Kazakhstan (A-834-812) and Malaysia (A-557-828) are being sold in the U.S. at less than fair value. AD suspension of liquidation and cash deposit requirements take effect Nov. 6, 2024.
On Nov. 4, 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:
The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service intends to allow imports of Phalaenopsis spp. orchid plants from Germany and the Netherlands in approved growing media into the U.S., it said in a notice. "To be eligible for importation, plants for planting in approved growing media must be of approved plant taxa and come from a facility that is part of an approved growing media program approved by APHIS," the agency said. Such a program deploys measures described by APHIS in the notice to mitigate the risk of pest introduction. If APHIS finalizes the decision, it will allow imports of Phalaenopsis spp. orchid plants from the two countries into the U.S., subject to the phytosanitary requirements specified by the agency. Comments will be accepted through Jan. 6.
The Foreign-Trade Zones Board issued the following notices on Nov. 5:
The following lawsuits were filed at the Court of International Trade during the week of Oct. 28 - Nov. 3:
CBP issued the following releases on commercial trade and related matters:
A listing of recent Commerce Department antidumping and countervailing duty messages posted on CBP's website Nov. 4, 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.