The Commerce Department and the International Trade Commission began five-year sunset reviews of the antidumping duty orders on steel concrete reinforcing bars from Belarus, China, Indonesia, Latvia, Moldova, Poland and Ukraine (A-822-804, A-570-860, A-560-811, A-449-804, A-841-804, A-455-803, A-823-809), sodium hexametaphosphate from China (A-570-908) and xanthan gum from China (A-570-985).

The Commerce Department published notice in the May 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):

In the May 16 Customs Bulletin (Vol. 52, No. 20), CBP published notices that propose to revoke rulings and similar treatment for wireless speakers and pipe fittings.

The Commerce Department is amending an exemption for low-melt fiber in the scope of its antidumping duty orders on polyester staple fiber from South Korea and Taiwan (A-580-839/A-583-833), it said in the final results of a changed circumstances review. The change, requested by domestic manufacturers, is intended to avoid overlap between these existing AD duty orders on PSF and ongoing antidumping duty investigations on low-melt polyester staple fiber, Commerce said. Commerce in February ordered suspension of liquidation and new cash deposit requirements in its preliminary AD duty determinations on low-melt polyester staple fiber (see 1802010027).

CBP released its May 16 Customs Bulletin (Vol. 52, No. 20), which includes the following ruling actions:

The Commerce Department published notice in the May 11 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 considering ending countervailing duties on supercalendered paper from Canada (C-122-854), it said in a notice initiating a changed circumstances review. The company that filed the original petition for CV duties, Verso Corporation, has “expressed a lack of interest in the enforcement or existence” of the CV duty order and requested its full revocation, Commerce said. If the order is revoked, refunds would be retroactive for unliquidated entries on or after Aug. 3, 2015.

In the May 9 Customs Bulletin (Vol. 52, No. 19), CBP published notices that propose to modify or revoke rulings and similar treatment for knife care sets and decorative pillows.

The Commerce Department will consider revoking antidumping and countervailing duties on horizontal-axis washing machines with induction motors and belt drives, it said in a notice initiating a changed circumstances review on large residential washers from Mexico and South Korea (A-201-842, A-580-868/C-580-869). The partial revocation was requested by Whirlpool, the petitioner that originally requested the AD/CV duty orders.

In the May 9 Customs Bulletin (Vol. 52, No. 19), CBP published notices that propose to modify or revoke rulings and similar treatment for media rolls on plastic reels for printers and for floppets.