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.

The EU started expiry reviews of the antidumping duties on okoume plywood and hot-rolled flat products from China, the European Commission said in two separate notices April 5, each covering entries during 2021. The European Panel Federation requested the expiry review on the okoume plywood. The review will cover "okoume plywood, defined as plywood consisting solely of sheets of wood, each ply not exceeding 6 mm thickness, with at least one outer ply of okoume not coated by a permanent film of other materials."

House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, D-Md., said it would be good if the House and Senate could name their respective conferees to the committee that will aim to hash out a compromise between the two chambers' China packages. He said the next two weeks, when Congress will not be in Washington, could be put to good use by the members. But Hoyer suggested the House will wait until the Senate passes its motion to go to conference, and gives its negotiating instructions.

The EU exempted Polish importer Firma Adam Adam Zietek from the antidumping duty on bicycle parts from China, the European Commission said in a March 30 notice. After reviewing the importer's request for exemption, the commission found the company assembled less than 60% of the total value of the parts of the bicycles, exempting the importer from the duties. The commission further announced duty suspensions of a host of other importers until the reviews of their operations is concluded. The companies are Berria Bike, Northtec, Giant Gyarto Hungary, Motokit Veiculos e Acessorios, nextbike and Propain Bicycles.

The EU imposed an antidumping duty on imports of calcium silicon from China, the European Commission said in a March 23 regulation. Following a complaint from Euroalliages, an association of European ferro-alloy producers, a commission investigation found that Chinese calcium silicon exporters were dumping subject product into the EU. The trade remedy applies to "calcium silicon, currently falling under CN codes ex 7202 99 80 and ex 2850 00 60," and consists of the following AD rates: 31.5% for Ningxia Ketong New Material Technology Co., 42.7% for Ningxia Shun Tai Smelting Co., 32.8% for Shaanxi Shenghua Metallurgy-Chemical Co., and 50.7% for all other companies.

The World Trade Organization published the agenda for the March 28 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. Status reports also are expected from the EU on measures affecting the approval and marketing of biotech products and from Indonesia on importation of horticultural products, animals and animal products.

The EU imposed a countervailing duty on imports of stainless steel cold-rolled flat products from India and Indonesia, the European Commission said in a March 16 regulation. The new duty applies to "flat-rolled products of stainless steel, not further worked than cold-rolled (cold-reduced)." The following duty rates apply to India: 4.3% for Jindal Stainless, 4.3% for Jindal Stainless Hisar, 7.5% for Chromeni Steels Private, and 7.5% for all other Indian companies. The following duty rates apply to Indonesia: 21.4% for PT. Indonesia Ruipu Nickel and Chrome Alloy, 0% for PT. Jindal Stainless Indonesia, 13.5% for non-sampled cooperating company, and 20.5% for all other Indonesian companies.

The EU said March 10 it rejected a request from a Polish bicycle parts exporter to be exempted from the antidumping duties on bicycle parts from China. In imposing the duties, the EU extended the AD on bicycle parts from China to cover essential bicycle parts. Rowerland Piotr Tokarz, based on Broszkowice, Poland, requested an exemption from these duties. The duty will be collected from Oct. 17, 2019.