The Commerce Department is recognizing the name change of an Italian company for the purposes of an antidumping duty order on certain pasta from Italy (A-475-818), it said in a notice of the final results of a changed circumstances review. The agency confirmed its preliminary finding that Gruppo Milo SpA is the successor-in-interest to Gruppo Alimentare Mediterraneo Milo Srl (GRAMM), saying that Gruppo Milo continues to operate as essentially the same business entity as GRAMM, with respect to the production and sale of subject merchandise, management and ownership, and supplier relationships. Commerce said that effective Sept. 16, Gruppo Milo now inherits the AD rate assigned to GRAMM, which is currently 5.3%. (For a summary of the preliminary results of this changed circumstances review, see 2407300021.)
The Commerce Department has released the preliminary results of its antidumping duty administrative review on seamless carbon and alloy steel standard, line, and pressure pipe from Ukraine (A-823-819). The agency preliminarily calculated a 2.89% AD rate for the only company under review, Interpipe Ukraine LLC and its affiliates PJSC Interpipe Niznedneprovsky Tube Rolling Plant, LLC Interpipe Niko Tube, Interpipe Europe S.A. and JSC Interpipe Novomoskovsk Pipe Production Plant. If the agency's finding is continued in the final results, importers of subject merchandise from Interpipe and its affiliates entered Aug. 1, 2022, through July 31, 2023, will be assessed AD at importer-specific rates. Any changes to rates for Interpipe and its affiliates would take effect on the date of publication in the Federal Register of the final results of this review, currently due in January.
The Commerce Department has published the preliminary results of its antidumping duty administrative review on certain metal lockers from China (A-570-133). In the final results of this review, Commerce will set assessment rates for subject merchandise from five companies under review entered Aug. 1, 2022, through July 31, 2023.
The Commerce Department has published the preliminary results of its antidumping duty administrative review on large power transformers from South Korea (A-580-867). In the final results of this review, Commerce will set assessment rates for subject merchandise for the companies under review entered August 2022 through July 2023.
The Consumer Product Safety Commission announced the following voluntary recalls Sept. 12:
The Environmental Protection Agency is launching a proposed rulemaking that will enable the agency to create a framework assessing the renewal or eligibility of applications that seek application-specific allowances amid EPA's efforts to phase down hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), it said in a Federal Register notice set for publication Sept. 16.
On Sept. 12, the FDA posted new and revised versions of the following Import Alerts on the detention without physical examination of:
The Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) issued a direct final rule that amends the Cotton Board Rules and Regulations by decreasing the value assigned to imported cotton for the purposes of calculating supplemental assessments collected for use by the Cotton Research and Promotion Program.
The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California on Sept. 13 dismissed a suit from three U.S.-based honey producers related to the alleged import of "fake" honey. Judge Daniel Calabretta held that the honey producers, led by Henry's Bullfrog Bees, failed to include sufficiently specific factual allegations to support their claims that the defendants -- honey importers and distributors -- engaged in fraud (Henry's Bullfrog Bees v. Sunland Trading, E.D. Cal. # 2:21-00582).
CBP issued the following releases on commercial trade and related matters: