The Commerce Department has released the final results of its countervailing duty administrative review on large diameter welded pipe from South Korea (C-580-898). These final results will be used to set final assessments of CVD on importers for subject merchandise entered during calendar year 2022.
On Nov. 5, the FDA posted new and revised versions of the following Import Alerts on the detention without physical examination of:
The Foreign-Trade Zones Board issued the following notices on Nov. 6:
A listing of recent Commerce Department antidumping and countervailing duty messages posted on CBP's website Nov. 4, 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:
As Donald Trump returns to the White House in January, a short-term spike in import volumes at U.S. ports is inevitable, given the president-elect's strident stance on tariffs, some logistics experts say.
President-elect Donald Trump's love of tariffs was the through line of his campaigns and his first administration, but a consultant and a think tank scholar say that how exactly he will hike duties next year -- on what products, from which countries and how high -- are unknowable.
Maros Sefcovic of Slovakia, the EU’s candidate for trade and economic security commissioner, said this week he would “double down” on defending European industry against “increasingly widespread” unfair practices.
The International Trade Commission published notices in the Nov. 5 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 International Trade Commission is beginning a Section 337 investigation on allegations that Tunnel Oxide Passivated Contact (TOPCon) solar cells, modules, panels imported by Runergy and Adani infringe patents held by Trina Solar (ITC Inv. No. 337-TA-1422), the ITC said in a notice Nov. 5. Trina had in a complaint filed in September (see 2410080041) said that Runergy USA Inc. and its affiliates Runergy Alabama Inc. and Jiangsu Runergy New Energy Technology Co., Ltd., as well as Adani Solar USA Inc. and its affiliate Adani Green Energy Ltd, are importing infringing TOPCon cells, modules and panels that copy Trina’s patents related to the “structure and method of manufacturing a solar cell with features designed to improve efficiency and reliability.” The ITC will consider a limited exclusion order and cease and desist orders against those five companies. Trina Solar also recently filed a Section 337 complaint against TOPCon solar cells from Canadian Solar (see 2410300034).