Canada, Mexico and Argentina recently announced antidumping duty and countervailing duty actions and decisions on certain products from mainland China, the Hong Kong Trade Development Council reported April 26. Canada recently announced the impending expiration of its AD and CVD orders on certain Chinese fabricated industrial steel components, HKTDC said. Canada didn’t receive any submissions in support of the expiry review or the continuation of the measures, the report, and they are expected to expire May 24.

The EU issued a correction April 25 to its implementing regulation that in effect exempted three Taiwanese companies from antidumping duties imposed on imports of certain tube and pipe fittings, of iron or steel, originating in China and extended to the same products originating in Taiwan, because they were found not to be circumventing AD measures. But a second regulation had repealed the exemption for two of the companies -- Chup Hsin Enterprise and Niang Hong Pipe Fittings. This meant that the implementing regulation, as worded, incorrectly still exempted imports made by Chup Hsin and Niang Hong. The correction removes those two companies from the list of exempted companies, leaving only the third, Rigid Industries Co. Ltd., with effect from Jan. 26, 2022, from which date there will be retroactive collection of AD on imports of the fittings produced by Chup Hsin and Niang Hong. The extension also covers similar goods from Indonesia, Sri Lanka and the Philippines, whether declared as originating from these countries or not.

The World Trade Organization published the agenda for the April 27 meeting of the Dispute Settlement Body. It includes U.S. status reports on the implementation of recommendations adopted by the DSB on: antidumping measures on certain hot-rolled steel products from Japan; antidumping and countervailing measures on large residential washers from South Korea; certain methodologies and their application to antidumping proceedings involving China; and Section 110(5) of the U.S. Copyright Act. A status report is also expected from Indonesia on measures relating to the import of horticultural products, animals and animal products; and from the EU on measures affecting the approval and marketing of biotech products. Further, numerous countries, excluding the U.S., will propose nominations for a list of governmental and nongovernmental panelists to serve on the DSB.

The EU launched a partial review of the antidumping duty order on open mesh fabrics of glass fibers from China extended to imports from India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Taiwan and Thailand, whether declared as originating from these countries or not, for the purposes of granting an exemption to one Indian exporter, the European Commission said April 21. Urja Products Private Ltd. requested an exemption from the duties, alleging it didn't export the product during the review period, April 1, 2012, to March 31, 2013, used in the investigation that led to the extended measures.

The EU initiated an expiry review of the antidumping measures into continuous filament glass fiber products from China, the European Commission announced April 21. The European Glass Fibre Producers Association requested the review, which covers "chopped glass fibre strands, of a length of not more than 50 mm; glass fibre rovings, excluding glass fibre rovings which are impregnated and coated and have a loss on ignition of more than 3 % (as determined by the ISO Standard 1887); and mats made of glass fibre filaments excluding mats of glass wool." The review will cover entries from Jan. 1, 2021, to Dec. 31, 2021.

The EU terminated the partial interim review of the antidumping duties on hot-rolled flat products of iron, non-alloy or other alloy steel from Russia, it said in an April 13 notice. In a notice to the European Commission, Eurofer, the party that moved to apply for the partial review, withdrew its request for review of exporter Severstal. The commission said the review was limited in scope to examining dumping for Severstal. The duties covered "imports of certain flat-rolled products of iron, non-alloy steel or other alloy steel, whether or not in coils (including ‘cut-to-length’ and ‘narrow strip’ products), not further worked than hot-rolled, not clad, plated or coated."

Mexico, Canada and Brazil recently announced antidumping duty and countervailing duty actions and decisions on certain products from mainland China, the Hong Kong Trade Development Council reported April 11. Mexico recently renewed its AD order on Chinese children’s bicycles for five years, HKTDC said, which will face an AD duty of $13.12 per unit.

The EU published a list of cooperating exporters that weren't sampled in the antidumping duty investigation on graphite electrode systems from China. The European Commission imposed the duties April 7 with duty rates ranging from 23% to 74.9% (see 2204070004). The commission's April 12 notice lists 24 cooperating exporters subject to the 74.9% "all-other companies" rate.

The EU imposed an antidumping duty on graphite electrode systems from China, moving to definitely collect the provisional duty previously imposed on the electrode systems in an April 7 notice. The duties cover "graphite electrodes of a kind used for electric furnaces, with an apparent density of 1,5 g/cm3 or more and an electrical resistance of 7,0 μ.Ω.m or less, whether or not equipped with nipples, with a nominal diameter of more than 350 mm."

The EU imposed an antidumping duty on superabsorbent polymers from South Korea in an April 6 notice. The duties were requested by the European Superabsorbent Polymer Coalition and cover "superabsorbent polymers (‘SAP’), consisting of irregular, round-shaped or agglomerated granules, in powdered form, white in appearance and insoluble in water, resulting from a polymerization of monomer molecules with cross-linkers to form cross-linked polymer networks, with a high capacity to absorb and retain water and aqueous liquids." The following duty rates apply: 13.4% for LG Chem Ltd., and 18.8% for all other companies.