The European Union initiated an antidumping proceeding on imports of aluminum road wheels from Morocco, following an Oct. 4 complaint from the Association of European Wheel Manufacturers, the European Commission said. The commission will look into "aluminium road wheels of the motor vehicles of headings 8701 to 8705, whether or not with their accessories and whether or not fitted with tyres." Scope comments are due by Nov. 27. The investigation will cover the period Oct. 1, 2020, to Sept. 30, 2021. Comments on the complaint are due within 37 days of the publication of the notice.

The World Trade Organization and the Asian Development Bank, along with three other institutions, released a new report Nov. 16 looking into the state of global value chain resilience, finding that GVCs have shown to be resilient in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic, the WTO said Nov. 16. Identifying recent GVC trends, the report notes the increasing role of services and intellectual property and GVCs' importance in the global economic recovery.

The European Union imposed a definitive antidumping duty on mono ethylene glycol from the U.S. and Saudi Arabia, in a Nov. 15 regulation, following up on provisional measures enacted in May. Preliminary AD rates on subject merchandise were applied in June (see 2106140015). The measures apply to mono ethylene glycol that falls under CN code ex 2905 31 00. The following rates for the U.S. apply: 3% for Lotte Chemical Louisiana LLC, 46.7% for MEGlobal Americas Inc., 10.3% for other cooperating companies listed in the notice's first Annex, and 60.1% for all other American companies. The Saudi Arabia 7.7% rate applies for Saudi Kayan Petrochemical Co., Yanbu National Petrochemical Co., Eastern Petrochemical Co., Saudi Yanbu Petrochemical Co., Arabian Petrochemical Co. and Jubail United Petrochemical Co.

The European Union imposed a definitive antidumping duty on imports of birch plywood from Russia, the European Commission said Nov. 9. The commission kicked off the investigation in October 2020 following a complaint from the Woodstock Consortium, which led to provisional measures taking effect in June 2021. The Nov. 9 update locks in those provisional measures. The duties cover "imports of plywood consisting solely of sheets of wood, each ply not exceeding 6 mm thickness, with outer plies of wood specified under subheading 4412 33, with at least one outer ply of birch wood, whether or not coated," from Russia.

Canada recently made preliminary affirmative determinations in its antidumping and countervailing duty investigations of mainland Chinese container chassis, the Hong Kong Trade Development Council reported Nov. 2. Canada will preliminarily assess both AD and CV duties for chassis classified under Harmonized System codes 8716.39.3090, 8706.00.9090, 8716.39.9090, 8716.40.0000, 8716.80.2090, 8716.90.3000, 8716.90.9910 and 8716.90.9990. Chassis from mainland China will be subject to a 151.8% combined duty rate, while chassis from Dongguan CIMC Vehicle Co. Ltd. will be subject to a 59.1% combined duty rate. The Canadian International Trade Tribunal will hold a Jan. 17 hearing to determine whether the dumping and subsidization of Chinese chassis “has caused injury or retardation or is threatening to cause injury to the domestic industry,” HKTDC said, and a final determination is expected in February.

Forty-five members notified the World Trade Organization's Committee on Anti-Dumping Practices of new antidumping measures they imposed during the first six months of 2021, while 14 reported no new AD duties in this period, the WTO said. Delegates at the committee's Oct. 27 meeting also reviewed notifications of new legislation from Colombia, India and the United Kingdom, while continuing to review legislation from Cameroon, Ghana, Kenya, Liberia, Peru, and Saint Kitts and Nevis. The WTO's Anti-Dumping Agreement requires members to submit notifications of all preliminary and final antidumping actions that were taken Jan. 1-June 30. Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, the Dominican Republic, the EU, India, Indonesia, Japan, Kazakhstan, South Korea, Kyrgyzstan, Mexico, New Zealand, Pakistan, Philippines, Russia, South Africa, Taiwan, Turkey, Ukraine, the U.K. and the U.S. submitted notifications, the WTO said. Committee Chair Ahmed Al-Sulaiti of Qatar pointed to the updated handbook as a guide for members' notification obligations under the AD agreement. along with technical assistance available through the WTO Secretariat.

The World Trade Organization's Dispute Settlement Body agreed at its Oct. 26 meeting to set up a dispute panel to look into China's antidumping and countervailing duties on Australian wine, the WTO said. China blocked Australia's panel request at the Sept. 27 DSB meeting. China voiced its regret that Australia went back for a second panel request while also saying that it will vigorously defend its legitimate measures in the panel proceedings, the WTO said. China remains confident that its measures are consistent with WTO rules. Canada, Japan, Brazil, the U.S., the United Kingdom, Ukraine, Turkey, Taiwan, New Zealand, Norway, Switzerland, India, Singapore, Russia, the European Union and Vietnam reserved their third-party rights to participate in the proceedings, the WTO said.

The United Kingdom carried over another five antidumping and countervailing duties from the European Union in a flurry of trade remedy notices following the U.K.'s departure from the EU:

The United Kingdom carried over 15 antidumping and countervailing duties from the European Union in a flurry of trade remedy notices following the U.K.'s departure from the EU:

Malaysia recently introduced new antidumping duties on certain steel imports from China, South Korea and Vietnam, the Hong Kong Trade Development Council reported Oct. 25. The measures, which will remain in place until Oct 8, 2026, impose antidumping duties ranging from 7.42% to 42.08% on imports of certain cold‑rolled coils of alloy and non‑alloy steel, the report said. The duties will vary among companies, with China’s BX Steel POSCO Cold Rolled Sheet Co. assessed at 35.89% and other mainland firms, including Bengang Steel Plates Co. and the Jiangsu Shagang International Trade Co., at 42.08%. Duties will be 11.55% for subject goods from South Korea’s Hyundai Steel Co. and 33.70% from Vietnam’s China Steel Sumikin Viet Nam Joint Stock Co. Imports of “tin mill black plate and related automotive‑use items” will be exempt, the report said.