The International Trade Administration and the International Trade Commission initiated the five-year Sunset Review of the antidumping and countervailing duty orders on light-walled rectangular pipe and tube from China, Korea, Mexico, and Turkey (A-570-914 / C-570-915, A-580-859, A-201-836, A-489-815); and the AD/CV duty orders on polyethylene terephthlate (PET) film from India and Taiwan (A-533-824 / C-533-825, A-583-837).

The International Trade Administration published notices in the March 29 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 granted the Diamond Sawblades Manufacturing Coalition’s request for a preliminary injunction to prevent liquidation of entries of diamond sawblades from China produced and/or exported by Advanced Technology & Materials Co., Ltd., but denied the coalition’s request for an injunction against revocation of the antidumping duty order for the company.

The International Trade Administration published notices in the March 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 International Trade Administration is partially revoking antidumping duty orders on diamond sawblades (A-570-900) and frozen warmwater shrimp from China (A-570-893) as part of a Section 129 determination to implement the June 2012 findings of a World Trade Organization panel. The WTO panel had found against the ITA’s use of zeroing in the respective antidumping duty investigations (see 12060830). Effective March 22, the ITA is revoking the AD duty order on frozen warmwater shrimp from China for Allied Pacific Group, Yelin Enterprise, and Shantou Red Garden. The ITA also intends to revoke the AD duty order on diamond sawblades from China for Advanced Technology & Materials, but is currently prevented from doing so by court order.

The Federal Maritime Commission said the following have filed applications for a license as a Non-Vessel-Operating Common Carrier (NVO) and/or Ocean Freight Forwarder (OFF)-Ocean Transportation Intermediary (OTI) pursuant to section 19 of the Shipping Act of 1984. The FMC also gave notice of the filing of applications to amend an existing OTI license or the qualifying individual for a license. Interested persons may contact the Office of Transportation Intermediaries, Federal Maritime Commission, Washington, D.C. 20573, at 202-523-5843 or at OTI@fmc.gov.

The International Trade Administration published notices in the March 19 Federal Register on the following AD/CV 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 International Trade Administration posted to its website the final results of the antidumping duty administrative review and new shipper reviews of frozen fish fillets from Vietnam (A-552-801). The new shipper reviews covered three companies: An Phu Seafood, Docifish, and An Phat Import-Export Seafood / Godaco Seafood. Two companies requested company-specific revocation -- Vinh Hoan and QVD Food Company -- but the ITA declined to revoke because neither company received three consecutive zero or de minimis AD rates. The effective date of the AD cash deposit rates calculated in these final results will be the date of publication in the Federal Register, which is as yet unknown.

The International Trade Administration is revoking its antidumping and countervailing duty orders on corrosion-resistant carbon steel flat products from South Korea (A-580-816 / C-580-818), and the antidumping duty order on the same product from Germany (A-428-815). The revocations, which are effective Feb. 14, 2012, result from the International Trade Commission’s unanimous finding of no injury to U.S. industry in the sunset reviews of the three AD/CV duty orders (see 13021531). The ITA will instruct CBP to end suspension of liquidation for merchandise subject to the orders, stop collection of cash deposits, and refund all cash deposits collected after Feb. 14, 2012, with interest.

The U.S. Trade Representative is seeking comments on potential changes to competitive need limitations under the Generalized System of Preferences program. Comments can be submitted on: