The U.S. and Vietnam agreed to resolve a long-running dispute on U.S. antidumping duty proceedings on fish fillets from Vietnam. The dispute was originally brought in 2018 to challenge the proceedings as being in violation of the WTO antidumping agreement. In particular, Vietnam challenged the U.S. government's imposition of AD cash deposit requirements in the fifth, sixth and seventh reviews of the AD order, covering entries in 2007-2010. Vietnam claimed that the U.S, should have revoked the order following the seventh review and that the U.S. unlawfully used a country-wide AD rate based on adverse facts available against respondents that were not individually investigated.
The European Commission imposed definitive antidumping duties on sweetener erythritol from China on Jan. 16, the Directorate-General for Trade announced. The duties range from 34.4% to 233.3% and will be collected retroactively to June 7, 2024, at the level of provisional duties the commission imposed in July last year. The commission said the duties are needed due to the injury caused by Chinese erythritol imports to the EU industry, which was "forced to halt its erythritol production towards the end of 2022."
China pushed back this week against the Biden administration’s latest round of semiconductor-related export controls (see 2501130026 and 2501150040) and Entity Listings (see 2501150016), saying they risk further straining trade ties between the two countries. Beijing also added four more U.S. defense companies to its so-called unreliable entity list and said it’s reviewing whether U.S. subsidies for the American chip industry are unfairly propping up U.S. exports of legacy semiconductors.
The European Commission on Jan. 10 imposed antidumping duties on polyvinyl chloride from Egypt and the U.S., the Directorate-General for Trade announced. The duties range from 74.2% to 100.1% for imports from Egypt and 58% to 77% for imports from the U.S. Polyvinyl chloride is a "thermoplastic polymer used in the manufacturing of various products including pipes and fittings, films and foils, injection moulding and blow moulding, for example in the construction industry," the commission said.
The European Commission imposed antidumping duties on titanium dioxide and mobile access equipment from China on Jan. 9.
China will impose security deposits on imported cypermethrin from India with respect to an antidumping duty investigation on the product, effective Jan. 8, according to an unofficial translation of a Ministry of Commerce notice. The investigation authority preliminarily determined that the domestic cypermethrin industry is harmed by dumped imports from India. Imports from Indian companies will be subject to a deposit rate based on the “dutiable price approved by the customs,” China said. The ministry said cypermethrin is used in agricultural insecticides.
China renewed its antidumping duties on n-butanol imports from the U.S., Taiwan and Malaysia for another five years after finding they are necessary to prevent damage to its domestic n-butanol industry, the country’s Ministry of Commerce said, according to an unofficial translation of a Dec. 27 notice. The duties, effective Dec. 29, include import duties ranging from 52.2% to 139.3% for American companies; 6% to 56.1% for Taiwanese companies; and 12.7% to 26.7% for Malaysian companies. N-butanol is an organic chemical used to make paints, adhesives, plasticizers and other products, according to China Daily, a state-run news outlet.
China’s Ministry of Commerce is extending the investigation period for its antidumping duty probe on brandy from the EU until April 5, according to an unofficial translation of a Dec. 25 notice. China previously said it expected to conclude its investigation by Jan. 5 (see 2401050068), but it needs more time “in view of the complexity of this case.” Beijing imposed temporary duties on EU brandy in October (see 2410080021), and the EU soon after formally requested dispute settlement talks at the World Trade Organization (see 2411250014).
The U.K. transitioned an EU countervailing duty on biodiesel from Indonesia to its own trade remedies authority on Nov. 28. The move maintains the CVD rates on shipments of fatty-acid mono-alkyl esters or paraffini gasoils obtained from synthesis or hydro-treatment and of non-fossil origin in pure or blended form. The duties range from 8% to 18%.
A new set of U.S. export controls announced this week target a range of semiconductor manufacturing equipment, chip software tools, high-bandwidth memory and more, including by introducing new license obligations on certain foreign-made tools that the Bureau of Industry and Security said can be used by China to make advanced chips for its military. BIS also added more than 100 entities to the Entity List, most based in China, for aiding Beijing's military technology goals.