Commerce, ITC Consider Ending AD/CV Duties on Hot-Rolled Steel, Tires, Raw Flexible Magnets
The Commerce Department and the International Trade Commission began five-year sunset reviews of the antidumping and countervailing duty orders on hot-rolled carbon steel flat products from India, Indonesia and Thailand (A-533-820/C-533-821, A-560-812/C-560-813, A-549-817/C-549-818); new pneumatic off-the-road tires from China (A-570-912/C-570-913); and raw flexible magnets from China (A-570-922/C-570-923), as well as the antidumping duty orders on hot-rolled carbon steel flat products from China, Taiwan and Ukraine (A-570-865, A-583-835, A-823-811); non-malleable cast iron pipe fittings from China (A-570-975); raw flexible magnets from China and Taiwan (A-570-922, A-583-842); and sodium nitrite from China and Germany (A-570-925, A-428-841).
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Sunset Review Is an Opportunity for Revocation of Order
The Uruguay Round Agreements Act (URAA) requires that AD and CV duty orders be revoked after sunset reviews held every five years unless it's found that revocation would likely lead to both (1) a continuation or recurrence of dumping or a countervailable subsidy and (2) material injury to a U.S. industry within a reasonably foreseeable time. As a result, a negative determination either by Commerce with respect to (1) or by the ITC with respect to (2) results in a revocation of the AD or CV duty order(s).
Commerce Sunset Review Deadlines
Commerce said domestic interested parties (as defined in certain sections of the Tariff Act of 1930 and 19 CFR 351.102(b)) wishing to participate in the sunset reviews must respond by filing a notice of intent to participate by 15 days after the publication of this notice, i.e., on or about Feb. 20.
If it does not receive a notice of intent to participate from at least one domestic interested party by the deadline, Commerce will automatically revoke the AD/CV duty order(s) without further review. However, if it does receive an order-specific notice of intent to participate from a domestic interested party, then all parties wishing to participate in the sunset reviews must file complete substantive responses not later than 30 days after publication of this notice, i.e., on or about March 7.
ITC Sunset Review Deadlines
Despite some delayed deadlines due to the recently ended partial federal government shutdown, the ITC said interested parties must respond to its notice by Feb. 6. The ITC said it will assess the adequacy of interested party responses to the notices of institution to determine whether to conduct full or expedited reviews. Comments on the adequacy of responses may be filed by March 8.
The ITC notice on hot-rolled carbon steel flat products (Federal Register 01/02/19) is (here).
The ITC notice on new pneumatic off-the-road tires (Federal Register 01/02/19) is (here).
The ITC notice on non-malleable cast iron pipe fittings (Federal Register 01/02/19) is (here).
The ITC notice on raw flexible magnets (Federal Register 01/02/19) is (here).
The ITC notice on new sodium nitrite (Federal Register 01/02/19) is (here).
The Commerce Department notice (Federal Register 02/05/19) is (here).