The Commerce Department is giving advance notice that it and the International Trade Commission will next month consider revoking the antidumping duty orders on 1-hydroxyethylidene-1,1-diphosphonic Acid (HEDP) from India and China (A-533-847-930, A-570-934); the AD duty order on frontseating service valves from China (A-570-933); the AD duty order on malleable cast iron pipe fittings from China (A-570-881); the AD duty order on steel threaded rod from China (A-570-932); and the AD duty orders on polyvinyl alcohol from China and South Korea (A-570-879, A-580-850), in their automatic five-year sunset reviews scheduled to begin in March. 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 barium carbonate from China (A-570-880) and refined brown aluminum oxide from China (A-570-882), as well as the antidumping and countervailing duty orders on circular welded austenitic stainless pressure pipe from China (A-570-930/C-570-931).

A listing of recent antidumping and countervailing duty messages from the Commerce Department posted to CBP's website Jan. 30, 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.)

In the Jan. 29 issue of the CBP Customs Bulletin (Vol. 48, No. 4), CBP published two notices that propose to revoke rulings and similar treatment for the tariff classification of mink feeding vehicles and assembled multi-die products.

CBP issued its Jan. 29 Customs Bulletin (Vol. 48, No. 4), which contains the following ruling actions:

The Commerce Department published notices in the Jan. 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 Court of International Trade sustained zero percent antidumping duty rates set for POSCO and Hyundai HYSCO in the final results of the 2009-10 administrative review of corrosion-resistant carbon steel flat products from South Korea (A-580-816), in a recently released opinion dated Dec. 27. The zero rate for POSCO resulted in its exclusion from the order under the Commerce Department’s old regulation allowing partial revocation for companies that don’t dump in three consecutive administrative reviews. U.S. Steel and Nucor challenged revocation for the company, among other things, arguing market conditions during the review period, including the worldwide economic downturn, indicated that POSCO would resume dumping if duties were lifted. Absent evidence that POSCO would actually resume underselling in the absence of AD duties, such arguments were speculative, and Commerce was not required to address them, said the court.

The Treasury Department recently published its fall 2013 regulatory agenda for CBP, which lists three new items in the works, including amendments to CBP regulations that would add new notice requirements and appeal procedures for when CBP suspends or revokes an entry filer code or discontinues the ability to use immediate delivery and remote location filing (RLF) programs. The potential changes, proposed in February (see 13022521), are a major concern for the National Customs Brokers and Forwarders Association of America, which has said it would likely seek legal action if CBP were to try and revoke an entry filer code (see 13043021).

The Commerce Department published notices in the Jan. 6 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):

In the Jan. 2 issue of the CBP Customs Bulletin (Vol. 47, No. 52), CBP published two notices that propose to revoke rulings and similar treatment for the tariff classification of placemat and coaster sets and power distribution units.