The International Trade Commission is publishing notices in the July 25 Federal Register on the following AD/CV injury, Section 337 patent, and other trade proceedings (any notices that warrant a more detailed summary will appear in another ITT article):
Russia export controls and sanctions
The use of export controls and sanctions on Russia has surged since the country's invasion of Crimea in 2014, and especially its invasion of Ukraine in in February 2022. Similar export controls and sanctions have been imposed by U.S. allies, including the EU, U.K. and Japan. The following is a listing of recent articles in Export Compliance Daily on export controls and sanctions imposed on Russia:
The World Trade Organization (WTO) posted the following notices from July 23-24 (may have to click twice on source documents for proper viewing):
Several U.S. companies and labor unions filed on July 19 petitions for antidumping duties on ferrosilicon from Russia and Venezuela (A-821-820, A-307-824). Globe Specialty Metals, CC Metals and Alloys, and the United Steel Workers (USW) and United Auto Workers (UAW) alleged dumped imports from the two countries are underselling U.S. product and harming U.S. industry. Ferrosilicon is used primarily as an alloying agent in steel and cast iron production.
The Commerce Department ruled July 17 that Italian granular polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) resin made with unfilled PTFE from Russia and China and imported by Industrial Plastics and Machine are not subject to antidumping duties on PTFE from Italy (A-478-703). According to Commerce, the Russian and Chinese raw materials do not undergo a substantial transformation in Italy, and so don’t change their country of origin. As such, they still originate in Russia and China, and aren’t subject to the PTFE from Italy order.
On July 19-22, the Foreign Agricultural Service posted the following GAIN reports:
Mexico's Diario Oficial of July 19 lists a notice from the Secretary of the Economy as follows:
On July 18, the Foreign Agricultural Service posted the following GAIN reports:
On July 15, the Foreign Agricultural Service posted the following GAIN reports:
Concerns were raised over certain trade measures by Ukraine, Russia, Brazil, Japan, Indonesia and Nigeria during the Council for Trade in Goods meeting on July 11, the World Trade Organization (WTO) said. Japan expressed serious concern over the safeguard duties on automobiles that Ukraine imposed in April, saying that the duties seriously impacted Japanese exporters. Ukraine said the duties were in response to a 78 percent decrease in domestic auto production and a 50 percent decline in employment within the sector. Ukraine also said that the duty measures are temporary and are intended to help domestic producers adjust to global competition, the WTO said. The WTO reported that the European Union (EU), Australia, the Russian Federation and the U.S. raised additional concerns regarding Ukraine’s import quota on coking coal. However, Ukraine said this measure was also temporary and would end in December, according to the report. In regards to Ukraine’s Article XXVIII notification, the U.S. urged Ukraine to “heed the views of many WTO members to abandon its renegotiation of its bound tariffs, which Ukraine said should not be seen as a “protectionist measure,” the WTO said.
On July 12, the Foreign Agricultural Service posted the following GAIN reports: