The European Commission implemented provisional antidumping duties on imports of mono ethylene glycol from the U.S. and Saudi Arabia, according to a June 11 notification. The duties range from 8.5% to 52%, with the U.S. companies receiving the higher antidumping rates. The following is a list of the companies, their provisional dumping duties, country of origin and TARIC code.

The European Commission imposed a provisional antidumping duty on imports of birch plywood from Russia, according to a June 11 regulation notification. The duties range from 15% to 15.9%. The Sveza Group, made up of seven exporting manufacturers, received a rate of 15.9%; Syktyvkar Plywood Mill Ltd., 15%; and Zheshartsky LPK, 15.3%. The rate is 15.7% for other cooperating companies and 15.9% for all other companies.

The European Commission in a June 11 notice announced the impending expiration of antidumping duty measures on certain graphite electrode systems from India unless a review of the duties is initiated. European Union manufacturers can submit a written request for a review up to three months before the duty's March 11, 2022, expiration date.

The Commercial Customs Operations Advisory Committee (COAC) for CBP will next meet remotely June 23, CBP said in a notice. Comments are due in writing by June 22.

Argentina and Brazil recently made antidumping duty decisions on products from China, the Hong Kong Trade Development Council reported June 3. Argentina renewed for five years an antidumping duty on certain mainland Chinese “new pneumatic rubber tyres” used on bicycles. The goods will be subject to a minimum free on board export price of $7.03/kg.

The European Commission in a May 31 notice announced the impending expiration of antidumping duty measures on certain heavy plate of non-alloy or other alloy steel from China unless a review of the duties is initiated. Without this review started by EU producers of the product, the measures will expire March 1, 2022. The EU manufacturers can submit a written request for a review up to three months before the duty's expiration date.

The European Commission in a May 31 notice announced the impending expiration of antidumping duty measures on high tenacity yarn of polyesters from China unless a review of the duties is initiated. Without this review started by EU producers of the product, the measures will expire Feb. 26, 2022. The EU manufacturers can submit a written request for a review up to three months before the duty's expiration date.

The European Commission initiated an investigation into the alleged circumvention of the countervailing duty measures on imports of certain woven and/or stitched glass fiber fabrics originating in China and Egypt but consigned from Morocco, “whether declared as originating in Morocco or not,” the commission said in a May 31 notice. Under review for circumvention are “fabrics of woven, and/or stitched continuous filament glass fibre rovings and/or yarns with or without other elements, excluding products which are impregnated or preimpregnated (pre-preg), and excluding open mesh fabrics with cells with a size of more than 1,8 mm in both length and width and weighing more than 35 g/m.” Interested parties may make written submissions via TRON.tdi within 37 days from the date of the publication notice.

China’s antidumping and countervailing duties against Australian barley have “effectively stopped” Australian barley trade with China, Australia’s trade minister said May 28. The country recently asked the World Trade Organization to establish a dispute settlement panel to address the duties (see 2104280050) but said it “remains open to further discussions with China with a view to resolving this issue.” Australia also said it will “vigorously defend the interests of Australian barley producers” through the WTO.

The European Commission is partially reopening an antidumping investigation into woven and/or stitched glass fiber fabrics originating in China and Egypt to determine whether the antidumping duties apply to the subject products being brought in significant quantities to "an artificial island, a fixed or floating installation or any other structure in the continental shelf of a Member State or the exclusive economic zone [CS/EEZ] declared by a Member State pursuant" to the United Nations Convention for the Law of the Sea. The EU received sufficient evidence to show that the glass fiber fabrics were being brought in to the bloc to be processed into wind blades, then exported to offshore wind parks in the CS/EEZ, a process that would injure European Union industry, the EU said May 27. The reopening of the investigation will finish within 13 months, and written comments on the reopening can be submitted to the EU for the next 20 days.