The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit should reconsider its decision that importers have no constitutional due process right to rely on CBP rulings, said the American Association of Exporters and Importers in an amicus brief submitted to the court on Aug. 27. Finding otherwise, as the court did in a long-running case on white sauce imported by International Custom Products, “renders the customs rulings program merely advisory,” contrary to law and the intent of Congress, said AAEI.

The Commerce Department intends to end antidumping duties on purified carboxymethylcellulose from the Netherlands (A-421-811), it said in the preliminary results of a changed circumstances review (here). Ashland Specialty Ingredients, the sole U.S. manufacturer of CMC and the original requestor of the duties, recently requested revocation of the AD duty order. If Commerce decides to revoke the order in the final results of its changed circumstances review, the effective date of revocation would be July 1, 2014, it said. Commerce recently revoked an AD duty order on carboxymethylcellulose from Finland, also at Ashland's request (see 1508250026).

The Commerce Department published notices in the Aug. 26 Federal Register on the following AD/CV duty proceedings (any notices that announce changes to AD/CV duty rates, scope, affected firms, or effective dates will be detailed in another ITT article):

The Commerce Department is ending antidumping duties on purified carboxymethylcellulose from Finland (A-405-803) effective July 1, it said in the final results of a changed circumstances review (here). Ashland Specialty Ingredients, the sole U.S. manufacturer of CMC and the original requestor of the duties, requested revocation of the AD duty order. For all subject merchandise entered on or after July 1, Commerce will end suspension of liquidation and release all cash deposits collected, it said.

A listing of recent antidumping and countervailing duty messages from the Commerce Department posted to CBP's website Aug. 21-24, along with the case number(s) and CBP message number, is provided below. The messages are available by searching for the listed CBP message number at http://adcvd.cbp.dhs.gov/adcvdweb.

In the Aug. 19 issue of the CBP Customs Bulletin (Vol. 49, No. 33) (here), CBP published notices that propose to revoke or modify rulings and similar treatment for the tariff classification of lithium batteries and polyester pants.

The Commerce Department published notices in the Aug. 18 Federal Register on the following AD/CV duty proceedings (any notices that announce changes to AD/CV duty rates, scope, affected firms, or effective dates will be detailed in another ITT article):

CBP released the Aug. 19 Customs Bulletin (Vol. 49, No. 33), which contains the following ruling actions (here):

In the Aug. 12 issue of the CBP Customs Bulletin (Vol. 49, No. 32) (here), CBP published a notice that proposes to revoke rulings and similar treatment for the tariff classification of hair irons.

The Commerce Department will consider whether to reinstate antidumping duties on tapered roller bearings from China (A-570-601) exported by a company that was previously exempted from the AD duty order, it said in a notice initiating a changed circumstances review (here). Shanghai General Bearing Co., Ltd. was “partially revoked” from the AD duty order on tapered roller bearings in 1997, following three straight years of no dumping. However, the Timken Company, a domestic manufacturer, alleges the Shanghai General Bearing has since resumed underselling in the United States. According to Commerce, the 1997 partial revocation for Shanghai General Bearing was conditional on its continued lack of dumping, so the agency is beginning a changed circumstances review to examine whether the Chinese company has resumed sales at less than fair value. If Commerce finds it has, it will order the company again subject to duties and suspend liquidation effective on the date the final results of this review are published.