The Commerce Department has published the preliminary results of its antidumping duty administrative review on steel concrete reinforcing bar from Mexico (A-201-844). In the final results of this review, Commerce may set assessment rates for subject merchandise from the companies under review entered Nov. 1, 2022, through Oct. 31, 2023.
The Commerce Department and the International Trade Commission began five-year sunset reviews of the antidumping duty and countervailing orders on polyester textured yarn from China (A-570-097/C-570-098) and India (A-533-885/C-533-886), Commerce said in a notice Dec. 2.
The Commerce Department soon will set antidumping duty cash deposit requirements for imports of crystalline photovoltaic cells from Cambodia, Malaysia, Thailand and Vietnam, it said in a fact sheet Nov. 29. The agency's preliminary determinations set AD rates at 125.37% for Cambodian companies (117.12% cash deposit rate, as adjusted for countervailing duties); zero percent to 81.24% for Malaysian companies (zero percent to 81.24% cash deposit, as adjusted for countervailing duties); 77.85% to 154.68% for Thai companies (57.66% cash deposit rate, as adjusted for the all-others countervailing duty rate); and 53.30% to 271.28% for Vietnamese companies (53.19% to 271.28% cash deposit, as adjusted for countervailing duties). Suspension of liquidation is already in effect for all countries for countervailing duty purposes (see 2410030041). AD suspension of liquidation and cash deposit requirements for these countries will take effect for entries on or after the date of publication of the preliminary determinations in the Federal Register, which should occur in the coming days.
The Commerce Department soon will set antidumping duty cash deposit requirements for imports of high chrome cast iron grinding media from India, it said in a fact sheet Dec. 2. The agency's preliminary determinations set AD rates at 7.18% for Indian companies (4.30% cash deposit rate, as adjusted for countervailing duties). Suspension of liquidation is already is in effect for countervailing duty purposes (see 2410030054). AD suspension of liquidation and cash deposit requirements will take effect for entries on or after the date of publication of the preliminary determinations in the Federal Register, which should occur in the coming days.
The Commerce Department soon will set antidumping duty cash deposit requirements for imports of alkyl phosphate esters from China it said in a fact sheet Nov. 27. The agency's preliminary determinations set AD rates ranging from 164.29% to 269.60% for Chinese companies (135.22% to 247.29% cash deposit rate, as adjusted for countervailing duties). Suspension of liquidation is already in effect for countervailing duty purposes (see 2410030055). AD suspension of liquidation and cash deposit requirements will take effect for entries on or after the date of publication of the preliminary determinations in the Federal Register, which should occur in the coming days.
On Nov. 29, the FDA posted new and revised versions of the following Import Alerts on the detention without physical examination of:
A listing of recent Commerce Department antidumping and countervailing duty messages posted on CBP's website Nov. 29, 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.
In the Nov. 27 Customs Bulletin (Vol. 58, No. 47), CBP published proposals to modify or revoke ruling letters concerning MTD Cub Cadet utility vehicles and external defibrillators and their components.
CBP created Harmonized System Update 2419 on Nov. 29, containing 6,479 Automated Broker Interface (ABI) records and 1,487 Harmonized Tariff Schedule records. HSU 2419 includes the AL1 tariff flag for Phase VII of the Lacey Act provisions for certain imported plant and wood products, effective Dec. 1 (see 2409200018). The HSU also reflects the completion of the flagging updates to 1700 HTS codes to remove the AM7 flag. This removal process started Oct. 18 and is now complete.
The Steel Manufacturers Association is asking President-elect Donald Trump to curtail current Section 232 quota restrictions and to end Section 232 exemptions for some Mexican products, to expand Section 232 to more downstream products, and greatly narrow exclusions to the tariffs.