The Commerce Department said it's rescinding the administrative review of the antidumping duty order on prestressed concrete wire strand from the United Arab Emirates (A-520-809) for the period of review Feb. 1, 2023, through Jan. 31, 2024, because there were no reviewable, suspended entries of subject merchandise for the one company for which the review had been requested -- Essen Steel Industry L.L.C. -- during the review period. 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 International Trade Commission is issuing a general exclusion order banning imports of all blood flow restriction devices with rotatable windlasses that infringe a patent held by Composite Resources, the ITC said in an Oct. 4 notice announcing the completion of its Section 337 investigation (ITC Inv. No. 337-TA-1364).
The Commerce Department is amending the published final results of an antidumping duty administrative review on stainless steel flanges India (A-533-877), based on a settlement reached in a court case challenging those final results. Commerce calculated revised AD rates for certain exporters that were not selected for individual examination. The new rates are applicable Oct. 4, 2024.
The Commerce Department is amending the Aug. 5, 2019, final results of an antidumping duty administrative review on multilayered wood flooring from China (A-570-970) based on the final decision in a court case challenging those final results. Commerce calculated a revised AD rate for exporters that were eligible for a separate rate but not selected for individual examination, changing it from 42.57% to 31.63%. The new rate is applicable Sept. 28, 2024.
On Oct. 3, the FDA posted new and revised versions of the following Import Alerts on the detention without physical examination of:
The Foreign-Trade Zones Board issued the following notices on Oct. 4:
A group of four senators and 17 House members, all Democrats, asked Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum to "establish a national security review process to address risks posed by the manufacture or sale of vehicles built by Chinese firms to Mexico’s people, your national security, and the regional security of North American and Organization of American States nations," and to consult with U.S. officials on the issue of cars and trucks that use sensors and computers that allow them to map where the car is going and locate the people driving them.
Reps. Rick Crawford, R-Ark., and Frank Mrvan, D-Ind., the leaders of the Congressional Steel Caucus, told Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo that fabricated structural steel and prestressed concrete strand need to be subject to 25% Section 232 tariffs, because "bad actors" are exporting the goods to avoid the 25% tariffs on steel.
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. 3, 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.