The Commerce Department published notices in the March 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 again revoking the antidumping duty orders on ball bearings from Japan and the United Kingdom (A-588-804, A-421-801), after domestic ball bearing companies declined to participate in five-year sunset reviews of the orders. Effective for entries on or after Sept. 15, 2011, Commerce will direct CBP to end suspension of liquidation and AD duty cash deposit requirements.
A listing of recent antidumping and countervailing duty messages from the Commerce Department posted to CBP's website March 14, 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 addcvd.cbp.gov. (CBP occasionally adds backdated messages without otherwise indicating which message was added. ITT will include a message date in parentheses in such cases.)
The Commerce Department published notices in the Feb. 28 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 giving advance notice that it and the International Trade Commission will next month consider revoking the antidumping duty and countervailing duty orders on citric acid from China and Canada (A-570-937/C-570-938, A-122-853) in their automatic five-year sunset reviews scheduled to begin in April. Advance notice is given because sunset reviews have short deadlines. An order will be revoked unless Commerce finds that revocation would lead to a continuation or recurrence of dumping and the ITC finds that revocation would result in continuation or recurrence of material injury to a U.S. industry. As a result, a negative determination by either Commerce or the ITC would result in the revocation of these orders.
The Commerce Department and the International Trade Commission began the five-year Sunset Reviews of the antidumping duty orders on 1-hydroxyethylidene-1, 1-diphosphonic (HEDP) Acid from China and India (A-570-934, A-533-847); frontseating service valves from China (A--570-933); malleable cast iron pipe fittings from China (A-570-881); steel threaded rod from China (A-570-932); and polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) from China, Japan, and South Korea (A-570-879, A-588-861, A-580-850).
The Feb. 26 issue of the CBP Customs Bulletin (Vol. 48, No. 8), CBP published notice of revocation of rulings and treatment regarding light emitting diode (LED) lamps.
CBP issued its Feb. 26 Customs Bulletin (Vol. 48, No. 8), which contains the following ruling actions:
The Court of International Trade on Feb. 25 again denied Best Key’s challenge to a CBP ruling revocation on its metallized yarn. Although it had dismissed the case in December, CIT reversed course on whether it could hear Best Key’s challenge. Contrary to its earlier decision, it found Best Key did not have to be a direct importer to file suit against the ruling revocation. This time, CIT heard Best Key's arguments related to CBP misconduct and the interpretation of tariff headings on metallized yarn. But the court was not convinced by Best Key’s evidence of misconduct, and found no clear error in CBP’s revocation of the rulings.
In the Feb. 19 issue of the CBP Customs Bulletin (Vol. 48, No. 9), CBP published a notice that proposed to revoke rulings and similar treatment for the tariff classification of velvet poinsettia wreaths.