The Commerce Department intends to end antidumping duties on polyethylene terephthalate (PET) sheet from the Sultanate of Oman (A-523-813), it said in the preliminary results of a changed circumstances review. Advanced Extrusion, Inc., Good Natured Products and Multi-Plastics Extrusions, original petitions for the AD order, requested the revocation in October. If Commerce decides to revoke the order in the final results of its changed circumstances review, it will "liquidate without regard to antidumping and countervailing duties" and "refund any estimated deposits of those duties, on all unliquidated entries of the merchandise ... that are not covered by the final results of an administrative review or automatic liquidation," it said.

The Commerce Department published notices in the Federal Register Dec. 22 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 revoking antidumping duties on hot-rolled steel flat products from Brazil (A-351-845/C-351-846), after the ITC in October found revocation of the orders would not lead to a resumption of injury to domestic industry (see 2210210058), Commerce said in a notice. Effective for entries on or after Oct. 3, 2021, Commerce will direct CBP to end suspension of liquidation and collection of AD/CVD cash deposits in connection with the now defunct AD/CVD orders, which had been in place since 2016. Entries before Oct. 3, 2021, will remain subject to suspension of liquidation and AD/CVD cash deposit requirements and assessments, Commerce said.

The Commerce Department is giving advance notice that in automatic five-year sunset reviews scheduled to begin in January it will consider revoking the antidumping duty orders on circular welded carbon steel pipes and tubes from Taiwan, India and Thailand (A-583-008, A-533-502, A-549-502); circular welded non-alloy steel pipe from South Korea, Mexico, Taiwan and Brazil (A-580-809, A-201-805, A-583-814, A-351-809); cold drawn mechanical tubing from Germany, Italy, South Korea and Switzerland (A-428-845, A-475-838, A-580-892, A-441-801); and seamless line and pressure pipe from Germany (A-428-820), as well as the antidumping and countervailing duty orders on circular welded carbon steel pipes and tubes from Turkey (A-489-501/C-489-502); and cold drawn mechanical tubing from China and India (A-570-058/C-570-059, A-533-873/C-533-874). These orders will be revoked unless Commerce finds that revocation would lead to dumping and the International Trade Commission finds that revocation would result in injury to U.S. industry, Commerce said.

The Commerce Department and the International Trade Commission began five-year sunset reviews of the antidumping duty orders on carbon and certain alloy steel wire rod from Belarus, South Korea, Russia, South Africa, Spain, Ukraine, the United Arab Emirates and the U.K. (A-822-806, A-580-891, A-821-824, A-791-823, A-469-816, A-823-816, A-520-808, A-412-826) and tool chests and cabinets from Vietnam (A-552-821), as well as the antidumping and countervailing duty orders on biodiesel from Argentina and Indonesia (A-357-820/C-357-821, A-560-830/C-560-831), carbon and certain alloy steel wire rod from Italy and Turkey (A-475-836/C-475-837, A-489-831/C-489-832), softwood lumber from Canada (A-122-857/C-122-858), hardwood plywood from China (A-570-051/C-570-052), multilayered wood flooring from China (A-570-970/C-570-971) and tool chests and cabinets from China (A-570-056/C-570-057), Commerce said in a notice released Nov. 30.

The Commerce Department published notices in the Federal Register Nov. 18 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 will consider the possible revocation of the antidumping duty order on polyethylene terephthalate (PET) sheet from the Sultanate of Oman (A-523-813), based on a request from the three companies that originally requested the duties, it said in a notice initiating a changed circumstances review, released Nov. 17. Advanced Extrusion, Inc., Good Natured Products, IL (dba Ex-Tech Inc.) and Multi-Plastics Extrusions, Inc. requested the revocation on Oct. 26. Commerce said it determined that the information submitted by the petitioners -- their statement of no interest in the continued maintenance of the AD order -- constitutes a sufficient basis to conduct a changed circumstances review. The petitioners said that they were the sole petitioners in the original investigation, but that they did not know whether they account for substantially all of the U.S. production of the domestic like product covered by the AD order, Commerce said. As such, Commerce will proceed with a review but isn't making a preliminary determination concurrent with this notice. Commerce will accept comments from interested parties on the review, including comments on industry support, through Nov. 28.

CBP released its Nov. 9 Customs Bulletin (Vol. 56, No. 44), which includes the following ruling action:

In the Nov. 9 Customs Bulletin (Vol. 56, No. 44), CBP published a proposal to revoke rulings on wireless headphone sets.

The Commerce Department is giving advance notice that in automatic five-year sunset reviews scheduled to begin in December it will consider revoking the antidumping duty orders on carbon and certain alloy steel wire rod from Belarus, South Korea, Russia, South Africa, Spain, Ukraine, the United Arab Emirates and the U.K. (A-822-806, A-580-891, A-821-824, A-791-823, A-469-816, A-823-816, A-520-808, A-412-826) and tool chests and cabinets from Vietnam (A-552-821), as well as the antidumping and countervailing duty orders on biodiesel from Argentina and Indonesia (A-357-820/C-357-821, A-560-830/C-560-831), carbon and certain alloy steel wire rod from Italy and Turkey (A-475-836/C-475-837, A-489-831/C-489-832), softwood lumber from Canada (A-122-857/C-122-858), hardwood plywood from China (A-570-051/C-570-052), multilayered wood flooring from China (A-570-970/C-570-971) and tool chests and cabinets from China (A-570-056/C-570-057). These orders will be revoked unless Commerce finds that revocation would lead to dumping and the International Trade Commission finds that revocation would result in injury to U.S. industry, Commerce said.