The International Trade Commission published notices in the June 20 Federal Register on the following AD/CVD injury, Section 337 patent or other trade proceedings (any notices that warrant a more detailed summary will be in another ITT article):
The Commerce Department has released the final results of the antidumping duty administrative review on alloy and certain carbon steel threaded rod from China (A-570-104). Commerce said it continued to find that the only company subject to the review, Ningbo Dongxin High-Strength Nut Co., Ltd., sold subject merchandise at less than fair value and made no changes to its preliminary assignment of a 35.1% dumping margin. Commerce will assess antidumping duties at this rate on subject merchandise from Ningbo Dongxin entered April 1, 2022, through March 31, 2023. A 35.1% AD cash deposit rate for Ningbo Dongxin takes effect June 21, the date these final results are to be published in the Federal Register.
The EPA is setting exemptions from pesticide tolerances for residues of certain chemicals when put to specific uses, it said in a final rule released June 20. The exemptions, effective June 21, will apply to certain residues of poly(oxy-1,2-ethanediyl), polymer with 1,2-ethandiol, 2-methyl-1,3-propanediol, hexanedioic acid, 1,4-benzenedicarboxylic acid, 1,3- benzenedicarboxylic acid, 1,1′-methylenebis[4-isocyanatobenzene] and 2-ethyl-2- (hydroxymethyl)-1,3-propanediol. These chemicals are exempt from pesticide tolerances when “used as an inert ingredient in a pesticide chemical formulation,” the agency said. The EPA said agricultural producers, food manufacturers or pesticide manufacturers may be affected. The agency is accepting feedback, including objections and requests for hearings, until Aug. 20.
On June 18, the FDA posted new and revised versions of the following Import Alerts on the detention without physical examination of:
A joint statement of the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative and Kazakhstan's president, released almost a week after USTR Katherine Tai's visit to Kazakhstan, noted that Kazakhstan values the Generalized System of Preferences benefits program as a way to diversify the destinations of its exports. The GSP has been expired for more than three years, but Tai said she generally supports Congress' efforts to "revitalize and renew the Generalize System of Preferences program." The statement also noted that Kazakhstan would like permanent normal trading relations with the U.S.; it's still subject to the Jackson-Vanik amendment, as are other former Soviet Union republics Azerbaijan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan. The U.S. Chamber of Commerce supports PNTR for Kazakhstan (see 2001090055).
A bipartisan letter from six senators is asking CBP and USDA to do more to verify that used cooking oil that is imported is truly used, and not blended with virgin palm oil. Sens. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, and Roger Marshall, R-Kan., led the June 20 letter, with support from Sens. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, Pete Ricketts, R-Neb., and Deb Fischer, R-Neb.
A bipartisan bill has been introduced to prevent companies that receive Chips Act funding from purchasing tools and equipment made by Chinese firms. Some of the Chips Act funding is aimed at reshoring legacy chip production, and China makes equipment to make those less-sophisticated chips. Most advanced chipmaking machinery is made in the U.S., Japan or the Netherlands.
CBP issued the following release on commercial trade and related matters:
A listing of recent Commerce Department antidumping and countervailing duty messages posted on CBP's website June 18, 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.
Although the prospects for renewing the African Growth and Opportunity Act before its expiration next year look positive, the renewal still faces “headwinds” due to an unusually partisan atmosphere on Capitol Hill, Sen. Chris Coons, D-Del., said during a Wilson Center panel June 18.