The Commerce Department has published the preliminary results of its antidumping duty administrative review on certain steel racks and parts thereof (steel racks) from China (A-570-088). In the final results of this review, Commerce will set assessment rates for subject merchandise from the three companies remaining of the original nine under review entered Sept. 1, 2022, through Aug. 31, 2023.
The Commerce Department has published the final results of the antidumping duty administrative review on mattresses from Serbia (Commerce case number A-801-002; CBP case number A-480-002). Commerce found the only company under review, Healthcare Europe DOO Ruma, made sales of subject merchandise to the U.S. at less than fair value during the period under review, and confirmed its preliminary finding of an AD rate of 42.09%. A 42.09% AD cash deposit rate for Healthcare Europe takes effect Oct. 9. Commerce will instruct CBP to liquidate entries from Healthcare Europe during the review period May 1, 2022, through April 30, 2023, at importer-specific rates.
The Commerce Department has published the final results of the antidumping duty administrative review on carbon and alloy steel cut-to-length plate from Germany (A-428-844). The agency calculated a zero rate for the only company under review, AG der Dillinger Huttenwerke. Subject merchandise from Dillinger entered between May 1, 2022, through April 30, 2023, will be liquidated without regard to antidumping duties. The new zero percent AD cash deposit rate is effective Oct. 9.
The Commerce Department has published the final results of the antidumping duty administrative review on granular polytetrafluoroethylene resin (granular PTFE) from India (A-533-899). Commerce made certain changes to its calculations and the preliminary AD rate (2.38%), so the AD rate in the final results changed slightly, to 2.4%, for subject shipments from the one company under review, Gujarat Fluorochemicals Limited.
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 Oct. 9, 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.
Starting Nov. 7, CBP will deploy a validation in ACE that will reject truck manifests filed with an Estimated Date of Arrival (EDA) greater than 270 days, according to an Oct. 10 cargo systems message. Filers can expect a “050” error to be returned in those cases, CBP said.
As CBP ramps up its focus on ACE interoperability in the run-up to the start of development of ACE 2.0, an agency official outlined five goods that could benefit from improved integration: e-cigarettes, medical devices, pharmaceuticals, consumer electronics and automotive goods.
A Federal Maritime Commission administrative law judge this week dismissed a Los Angeles-based shipper’s complaint against ocean carrier Hapag-Lloyd, saying the FMC has no jurisdiction because the case has “no nexus to a port in the United States.”
A Federal Maritime Commission small claims officer this week dismissed a complaint against CMA CGM, saying that shipper Sameh Elawamry failed to show that the ocean carrier did anything improper in its unsuccessful delivery of two vehicles to Egypt.