In the April 12 issue of the CBP Customs Bulletin (Vol. 51, No. 15) (here), CBP published notices that propose to revoke or modify rulings and similar treatment for sleep sacks and football girdles and pants.
CBP released the April 12 Customs Bulletin (Vol. 51, No. 15), which contains the following ruling actions (here):
The Commerce Department published notice in the April 5 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):
Some solar panels incorporated into battery charging units are now exempt from antidumping and countervailing duties on crystalline silicon photovoltaic products from China and Taiwan (A-570-010/C-570-011, A-583-853), the Commerce Department said in the final results of a changed circumstances review (here). PulseTech Products had requested the exemption, and the original petitioner for the AD/CV duty orders on solar products, SolarWorld Americas, said it agreed with the new exemption (see 1611090020). As a result, Commerce is adding the following language to the scope of these AD/CV duty orders:
The Commerce Department is giving advance notice that next month it will consider revoking the antidumping duty orders on foundry coke from China (A-570-862), high pressure steel cylinders from China (A-570-977) and tin mill products from China (A-570-854), as well as the countervailing duty order on high pressure steel cylinders from China (C-570-978), in automatic five-year sunset reviews scheduled to begin in May (here). These orders will be revoked unless Commerce finds that revocation would lead to a continuation or recurrence of dumping and the International Trade Commission finds that revocation would result in continuation or recurrence of material injury to a U.S. industry.
The Commerce Department and the International Trade Commission began five-year sunset reviews of the antidumping duty orders on fresh garlic from China (A-570-831), stilbenic optical brightening agents from China and Taiwan (A-570-972, A-583-848) and steel nails from the United Arab Emirates (A-520-804).
The Trump administration is considering a push for new World Trade Organization trade facilitation commitments as part of NAFTA renegotiations, according to a draft notice from Acting U.S. Trade Representative Stephen Vaughn (here). That would mean new rules requiring NAFTA countries to conduct "customs operations with transparency, efficiency, and predictability, and that customs laws, regulations, decisions, and rulings are not applied in a manner that would create unwarranted procedural obstacles to international trade," it said. Those commitments were included in a list of three main "customs matters" in the draft. Congress earlier this week (see 1703290038) received the draft, which, once finalized, would formally initiate a consultation period ahead of NAFTA discussions.
A listing of recent antidumping and countervailing duty messages from the Commerce Department posted to CBP's website March 20, 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 http://adcvd.cbp.dhs.gov/adcvdweb.
The Commerce Department is giving advance notice that next month it will consider revoking the antidumping duty orders on fresh garlic from China (A-570-831), stilbenic optical brightening agents from China and Taiwan (A-570-972, A-583-848), and steel nails from the United Arab Emirates (A-520-804), in automatic five-year sunset reviews scheduled to begin in April (here). These orders will be revoked unless Commerce finds that revocation would lead to a continuation or recurrence of dumping and the International Trade Commission finds that revocation would result in continuation or recurrence of material injury to a U.S. industry.
The International Trade Commission on March 10 unanimously voted to leave in place antidumping and countervailing duties on certain aluminum extrusions from China, finding that revocation of the AD and CV duty orders would result in resumption of injury to domestic industry (here). The agency had been considering revoking the AD/CV duty orders in a sunset review, which is required every five years. Alongside the Commerce Department's decision in August that revocation of the AD/CV duty orders would lead to the continuation or recurrence of dumping and illegal subsidization (see 1608050009), the ITC's affirmative injury vote means that AD/CV duties on aluminum extrusions from China will remain in effect.