The Commerce Department has released the preliminary results of its antidumping duty administrative review on prestressed concrete steel wire strand from Spain (A-469-821; CBP case number A-470-821). The agency preliminarily found the only company under review -- Global Special Steel Products S.A.U. (d/b/a Trenzas y Cables de Acero PSC, S.L., or TYCSA) -- had an AD rate of 13.14%. If Commerce's finding for TYCSA is continued in the final results, its AD cash deposit rate will be 13.14%, effective on the date Commerce's final results are published in the Federal Register. The agency would assess AD at importer-specific rates for entries of subject merchandise from TYCSA entered June 1, 2023, through May 31, 2024, it said.
The Commerce Department released the preliminary results of its antidumping duty administrative review on cold-drawn mechanical tubing of carbon and alloy steel from India (A-533-873). Rates calculated in this review will be used to set assessment rates for importers of subject merchandise that was entered June 1, 2023, through May 31, 2024.
The Commerce Department has released the preliminary results of its antidumping duty administrative review on chlorinated isocyanurates from China (A-570-898). In the final results of this review, Commerce will set assessment rates for subject merchandise from the two companies under review entered June 1, 2023, through May 31, 2024.
Pharmaceutical tariffs were not applied on Oct. 1, as previously threatened by the Trump administration (see 2509250066), to give companies time to continue negotiating and begin on-shoring their manufacturing, according to recent statements by Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick.
A White House official confirmed that the Trump administration supports a one-year renewal of the African Growth and Opportunity Act. This puts the White House in line with congressional support for the program (see 2510010005), which expired Oct. 1.
A listing of recent Commerce Department antidumping and countervailing duty messages posted on CBP's website Oct. 1, 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 has released its Oct. 1 Customs Bulletin (Vol. 59, No. 40), which includes the following ruling action:
Given the White House's focus on trade enforcement, Customs rulings have become a way for importers to ensure they are following trade regulations appropriately.
Robert Palmer, former senior international trade compliance analyst at the Commerce Department, has joined boutique trade law firm Lighthill as a trade adviser, the firm announced on LinkedIn. Palmer joined Commerce in 2008, where he led antidumping duty and countervailing duty investigations across various products and countries. Palmer's LinkedIn profile says he retired from Commerce in April.
The International Trade Commission published notices in the Oct. 1 Federal Register on the following antidumping and countervailing duty injury, Section 337 patent or other trade proceedings (any notices that warrant a more detailed summary will be in another ITT article):