International Trade Administration 2014 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

On December 13, 2013, the United States Court of Appeals for Federal Circuit (CAFC), issued its decision in AMS Associates, Inc. v. United States, 737 F.3d 1338 (CAFC 2013) (AMS II), affirming the Court of International Trade's (CIT) decision in AMS Associates, Inc. v. United States, 881 F. Supp. 2d 1374 (CIT 2012) (AMS I). In AMS I, the CIT held that the Department of Commerce (the Department) exceeded its authority under 19 CFR 351.225(l) by retroactively suspending liquidation of entries of laminated woven sacks (LWS) produced in the People's Republic of China (PRC) using fabric imported from third- countries. Accordingly, the CIT remanded the case and ordered the Department to issue instructions to U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to lift the suspension of liquidation and liquidate the affected entries without regard to duties. Consistent with the decision of the CAFC in Timken,\1\ as clarified by Diamond Sawblades,\2\ the Department is notifying the public that the final judgment in this case is not in harmony with the Department's AR2 Final Results,\3\ that it will liquidate the entries at issue in AMS I and AMS II without regard to duties, and that it is amending the effective date of its country of origin determination regarding LWS produced in the PRC from imported fabric.

The Department of Commerce (the ``Department'') has determined that revocation of the antidumping duty (``AD'') order on circular welded carbon quality steel line pipe from the People's Republic of China (``PRC'') would likely lead to continuation or recurrence of dumping, and that revocation of the countervailing duty (``CVD'') order on circular welded carbon quality steel line pipe from the PRC would likely lead to continuation or recurrence of a countervailable subsidy. The U.S. International Trade Commission (the ``USITC'') has also determined that revocation of these AD and CVD orders would likely lead to a continuation or recurrence of material injury to an industry in the United States. The Department is publishing this notice of the continuation of these AD and CVD orders.

The Department of Commerce (the Department) is rescinding the administrative review of the antidumping duty order on polyethylene terephthalate film, sheet, and strip (PET film) from Brazil for the period November 1, 2012 through October 31, 2013.

On August 10, 2012, the Department of Commerce (``Department'') initiated a changed circumstances review of the antidumping duty order on certain pasta from Italy in order to determine whether Delverde Industrie Ailimentari S.p.A. (``Delverde'') is the successor-in-interest to Del Verde S.p.A., a company excluded from the order.\1\ We preliminarily determine that Delverde is not the successor-in-interest to Del Verde S.p.A. Interested parties are invited to comment on these preliminary results.

On March 3, 2014, the Department of Commerce (``the Department'') initiated the sunset review of the antidumping duty order on frontseating service valves from the People's Republic of China (``PRC'').\1\ Because no domestic interested party filed a notice of intent to participate in response to the Initiation Notice by the applicable deadline, the Department is revoking the antidumping duty order on frontseating service valves from the PRC.

The Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Advisory Committee (RE&EEAC) will meet via conference call on May 15, 2014. The RE&EEAC agenda is now amended. The Committee will hear updates from four subcommittees: trade policy, finance, trade promotion, and U.S. Competiveness. The Committee will offer edits and suggestions on potential recommendations to each subcommittee in preparation for a future RE&EEAC meeting.

The Department of Commerce (the Department) is rescinding the administrative review of the countervailing duty (CVD) order on lightweight thermal paper (LWTP) from the People's Republic of China (PRC) for the period January 1, 2012, through December 31, 2012.

The U.S. Department of Commerce issued an amended Export Trade Certificate of Review to California Almond Export Association, LLC on May 1, 2014.

The Department of Commerce (the Department) preliminarily determines that grain-oriented electrical steel (GOES) from Germany, Japan, Poland, and the Russian Federation (Russia) is being, or is likely to be, sold in the United States at less than fair value (LTFV), as provided in section 733(b) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act). The period of investigation (POI) is July 1, 2012, through June 30, 2013. The estimated dumping margins of sales at LTFV are listed in the ``Preliminary Determinations'' section of this notice. Interested parties are invited to comment on these preliminary determinations.

The Department of Commerce, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on proposed and/or continuing information collections, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.

On November 25, 2013, the Department of Commerce (``the Department'') published its Preliminary Results of the 2011-2012 administrative review of the antidumping duty order on multilayered wood flooring (``MLWF'') from the People's Republic of China (``the PRC'').\1\ This review covers 76 companies. The mandatory respondents in this review are: (1) Armstrong Wood Products (Kunshan) Co., Ltd. (``Armstrong''); (2) Fine Furniture (Shanghai) Limited (``Fine Furniture''); and (3) Nanjing Minglin Wooden Industry Co. Ltd. (``Minglin''). The period of review (``POR'') is May 26, 2011, through November 30, 2012. We invited interested parties to comment on our Preliminary Results. Based on our analysis of the comments received, we made changes to the margin calculations for these final results of the antidumping duty administrative review. The final dumping margins are listed below in the ``Final Results'' section of this notice.

The Department of Commerce (Department) preliminarily determines that monosodium glutamate (MSG) from the Republic of Indonesia (Indonesia) is being, or is likely to be, sold in the United States at less than fair value (LTFV), as provided in the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act). The period of investigation is July 1, 2012, through June 30, 2013. The estimated weighted-average dumping margins of sales at LTFV are shown in the ``Preliminary Determination'' section of this notice. We invite interested parties to comment on this preliminary determination. The final determination will be issued not later than 135 days after publication of this preliminary determination in the Federal Register.

The Department of Commerce (``the Department'') is rescinding the administrative review of the antidumping duty order on steel wire garment hangers from the Socialist Republic of Vietnam (``Vietnam'') for the period August 2, 2012, through January 31, 2014.

Pursuant to the Order of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) Binational Panel dated March 18, 2014, the panel review of the Department of Commerce's final determination regarding Bottom Mount Combination Refrigerator-Freezers from Mexico was completed on May 1, 2014.

On October 23, 2013, the Department of Commerce (the Department) published in the Federal Register the Preliminary Results of the antidumping duty administrative review of certain lined paper products from India (CLPP), and gave interested parties an opportunity to comment on the Preliminary Results.\1\ The review covers two companies, Navneet Publications (India) Ltd. (Navneet) and AR Printing & Packaging (India) Pvt. Ltd. (AR Printing).\2\ The period of review (POR) is September 1, 2011, through August 31, 2012. As a result of our analysis of the comments and information received, these final results differ from the Preliminary Results.

As a result of this sunset review, the Department of Commerce (the Department) finds that revocation of the antidumping duty order on refined brown aluminum oxide (RBAO) from the People's Republic of China (PRC) would be likely to lead to continuation or recurrence of dumping. The magnitude of the dumping margins likely to prevail is indicated in the ``Final Results of Sunset Review'' section of this notice.

This notice sets forth the schedule and proposed agenda of a meeting of the Environmental Technologies Trade Advisory Committee (ETTAC)Environmental Trade Working Group (ETWG).

The Department of Commerce (the Department) determines that imports of prestressed concrete steel rail tie wire (PC tie wire) from Mexico are likely to be sold in the United States at less than fair value, as provided in section 735 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act). The final weighted-average dumping margins are listed below in the section entitled ``Final Determination Margins.''

The Department of Commerce (the Department) determines that imports of prestressed concrete steel rail tie wire (PC tie wire) from Thailand are not being, nor are likely to be, sold in the United States at less than fair value, as provided in section 735 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act). The final weighted-average dumping margin is listed below in the section entitled ``Final Determination Margins.''

Based on a request from Techcraft Manufacturing, Inc. (``Techcraft''), the Department of Commerce (the ``Department'') is initiating a changed circumstances review to consider the possible revocation, in part, of the antidumping duty (``AD'') order on wooden bedroom furniture from the People's Republic of China (``PRC'') with respect to certain wall bed systems.