A bipartisan group of senators is supporting trade remedy petitions filed by the U.S. Aluminum Extruders Coalition, which seek antidumping and countervailing duty measures on aluminum extrusion imports from 14 countries, it told the commerce secretary.
Correction: Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-La., said at an April 17 Senate Finance Committee hearing on the administration's trade agenda that a whistleblower found “unsanitary conditions and rampant labor abuses” in the Indian shrimp industry, asking whether CBP would take action (see 2404170074).
A listing of recent Commerce Department antidumping and countervailing duty messages posted on CBP's website April 19, 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 issued the following releases on commercial trade and related matters:
Former top officials in the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative during the Trump and Biden administrations said there will be no return to a pre-Trumpian, pro-free trade philosophy, whether Joe Biden wins re-election this fall or Donald Trump returns to the White House in 2025.
The Commerce Department published notices in the Federal Register April 19 on the following AD/CV duty proceedings (any notices that announce changes to AD/CV duty rates, scope, affected firms or effective dates will be detailed in another ITT article):
The Commerce Department has issued a Federal Register notice on its recently initiated antidumping duty investigations on dioctyl terephthalate from Malaysia (A-557-827), Poland (A-455-808), Taiwan (A-583-875) and Turkey (A-489-852) (see 2404170073). The agency will determine whether imports of DOTP are being sold in the U.S. at less than fair value. The investigations cover entries during the period Jan. 1, 2023, through Dec. 31, 2023.
The Commerce Department is beginning new antidumping and countervailing duty investigations on ferrosilicon from Brazil, Kazakhstan, Malaysia and Russia, it said in a fact sheet April 18. The underlying petition was filed in March (see 2403280054). The International Trade Commission is scheduled to make its preliminary injury determinations by May 12. These AD/CVD investigations will continue only if the ITC finds injury. International Trade Today will provide more details upon publication of the initiation notices in the Federal Register.
The Commerce Department issued its final determination in its countervailing duty investigation on non-refillable steel cylinders from India (C-533-913). Suspension of liquidation is currently not in effect for entries on or after Jan. 27, 2024, and Commerce will only require cash deposits of estimated CVD on future entries if it issues a CVD order.
The Commerce Department issued its final determination in the antidumping duty investigation on non-refillable stainless steel cylinders from India (A-533-912). Changes to cash deposit requirements set in this final determination take effect April 22, the date they are scheduled for publication in the Federal Register.