The Commerce Department published notices in the Federal Register Jan. 29 on the following antidumping and countervailing (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 is amending the Nov. 14, 2024, final results of an antidumping duty administrative review on common alloy aluminum sheet from Turkey (A-489-839), covering entries between April 1, 2022, and March 31, 2023, to correct ministerial errors regarding some calculations used to arrive at the final dumping margins. The changes, which lowered the margins, were made following comments from the two companies affected -- Assan Aluminyum Sanayi ve Ticaret A.S., Kibar Americas, Inc., and Kibar Dis Ticaret A.S. (collectively, Assan) and Teknik Aluminyum Sanayi A.S. -- made in response to the published final results. The new rates are applicable Jan. 30.
The Commerce Department made a preliminary affirmative antidumping determination that large top mount combination refrigerator-freezers from Thailand (A-549-853) are being sold in the U.S. at less than fair value. The agency will suspend liqduidation and impose antidumping duty cash requirements on entries of subject merchandise beginning Jan. 29, the date this preliminary determination was published in the Federal Register.
On Jan. 28, the FDA posted new and revised versions of the following Import Alerts on the detention without physical examination of:
Freshman Rep. Riley Moore, R-W.Va., introduced a bill called the U.S. Reciprocal Trade Act with eight other House Republicans, a proposal first introduced by former Rep. Sean Duffy, R-Wis., in 2019 (see 1901160012) along with a Senate companion bill by Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., and former Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia (see 1908090034).
Rep. Greg Murphy, R-N.C., reintroduced a bill to disallow the use of de minimis entry for packages that include goods subject to Section 301 tariffs. The bill passed the House Ways and Means Committee in 2024 (see 2404180068). Murphy said in a Jan. 28 news release that two-thirds of de minimis imports are from China. "By updating our De Minimis law, we are creating a fairer playing field for American businesses to compete and ending abuse by Chinese companies," he said.
A listing of recent Commerce Department antidumping and countervailing duty messages posted on CBP's website Jan. 28, 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:
Commerce secretary nominee Howard Lutnick vigorously defended the prospect of imposing tariffs on all goods from places like the EU, Japan or South Korea during his confirmation hearing Jan. 29, saying those countries deserve it, as they either use food safety rules to protect their farmers, put up barriers to American car imports, or undercut American manufacturing with their exports of manufactured goods.
Nicholas Czajkowski, a former trade analyst for the Commerce Department, has joined Schagrin Associates, the firm announced. Czajkowski worked at Commerce for over 20 years, conducting various trade remedy investigations, administrative reviews and new shipper reviews.