Recently launched antidumping and countervailing duty investigations on solar cells from Cambodia, Malaysia, Thailand and Vietnam will continue, after the ITC found a "reasonable indication" of injury to U.S. industry in a preliminary injury determination announced June 7. The ITC preliminarily found actual injury in its AD/CVD investigations on Malaysia, Thailand and Vietnam, as well as its AD investigation on Cambodia. On the other hand, it preliminarily found a threat of injury for its CVD investigation on Cambodia. If that threat finding is continued in the final determination, the ITC will also decide whether to refund any CVD cash deposits collected on Cambodian cells prior to the issuance of the ITC's final injury determination.
The Commerce Department is beginning new antidumping and countervailing duty investigations on disposable aluminum containers, pans, trays and lids from China, it said in a fact sheet June 6. The underlying petition was filed in May (see 2405160041). The International Trade Commission is scheduled to make its preliminary injury determinations by July 1. 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.
A U.S. producer seeks the imposition of new antidumping and countervailing duties on imports of vanillin from China, it said in petitions filed June 5 with the Commerce Department and the International Trade Commission. Commerce will now decide whether to begin AD/CVD investigations, which could result in the imposition of permanent AD/CVD orders on vanillin. Solvay USA requested the investigations.
The Foreign-Trade Zones Board issued the following notices on June 7:
Trade talks between the U.S. and Argentina this week covered customs facilitation, lithium and copper, and agricultural concerns on both sides.
Four House Republicans, including the Homeland Security Committee chairman, have introduced a bill to prohibit DHS from buying batteries from Contemporary Amperex Technology Company (CATL), BYD Company, Envision Energy, EVE Energy Company, Gotion High Tech Company and Hithium Energy Storage Technology. The prohibition would begin Oct. 1, 2027, which is the same date that the Pentagon prohibition begins. The Defense Department prohibition was passed in the most recent Defense Authorization bill.
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 6, 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 has released its June 5 Customs Bulletin (Vol. 58, No. 22). While it contains recent court decisions, no new customs rulings are included -- just a correction to a previously published one.
The Commercial Customs Operations Advisory Committee (COAC) for CBP will next meet June 26 remotely and in person in Long Beach, California, CBP said in a notice. Comments are due by June 21.