International Trade Administration July 2023 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

Based on a request from SOURCE Global, PBC (SOURCE Global), the U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) is initiating changed circumstances reviews (CCR) to consider the possible revocation, in part, of the antidumping duty (AD) and countervailing duty (CVD) orders on crystalline silicon photovoltaic cells, whether or not assembled into modules (solar cells), from the People's Republic of China (China) with respect to certain off-grid small portable crystalline silicon photovoltaic (CSPV) panels as described below.

The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily determines that countervailable subsidies are being provided to producers and exporters of certain corrosion-resistant steel products (CORE) from the Republic of Korea (Korea). The period of review (POR) is January 1, 2021, through December 31, 2021. Additionally, Commerce intends to rescind the review with respect to four companies.

Based on a request from Eastman Kodak Company (Kodak), the U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) is initiating a changed circumstances review to consider the possible revocation, in part, of the antidumping duty (AD) order on common alloy aluminum sheet (CAAS) from Germany with respect to certain lithographic-grade aluminum sheet.

In response to a request from Insteel Wire Products Company, Sumiden Wire Products Corporation, and Wire Mesh Corp. (collectively, the requestors), the U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) is initiating a country-wide circumvention inquiry to determine whether imports of certain high carbon steel (HCS) wire from Mexico that are assembled or completed into prestressed concrete steel wire strand (PC strand) in the United States, are circumventing the antidumping duty order on PC strand from Mexico.

The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) is conducting an administrative review of the antidumping duty order on citric acid and certain citrate salts (citric acid) from Colombia. We preliminarily determine that Sucroal S.A. (Sucroal) sold subject merchandise in the United States at prices below normal value during the period of review (POR), July 1, 2021, through June 30, 2022. We invite interested parties to comment on these preliminary results.

Based on a request from the Committee Overseeing Action for Lumber International Trade Investigations or Negotiations (the petitioner), the U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) is initiating a changed circumstances review (CCR) of the countervailing duty (CVD) order on certain softwood lumber from Canada.

The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily determines that certain corrosion-resistant steel products (CORE) from the Republic of Korea (Korea) were not sold in the United States at less than normal value (NV) during the period of review (POR), July 1, 2021, through June 30, 2022. Interested parties are invited to comment on these preliminary results.

The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) determines that imports of aluminum sheet produced from aluminum alloy 4017 (4017 aluminum sheet) produced in the People's Republic of China (China) and exported to the United States constitutes merchandise altered in form or appearance in such minor respects that it should be included within the scope of the antidumping duty (AD) and countervailing duty (CVD) orders on common alloy aluminum sheet (CAAS) from China. As a result, 4017 aluminum sheet will be subject to suspension of liquidation effective August 26, 2022.

The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) is initiating and issuing expedited preliminary results of changed circumstances reviews (CCR) of the antidumping duty (AD) and countervailing duty (CVD) orders on certain metal lockers and parts thereof (metal lockers) from the People's Republic of China (China), to revoke the orders, in part, with respect to certain gun safes. Interested parties are invited to comment on these preliminary results.

On July 12, 2023, the U.S. Court of International Trade (CIT) issued its final judgment in Danyang Weiwang Tools Manufacturing Co., Ltd. et al. v. United States, Consol. Court No. 19-00006, sustaining the U.S. Department of Commerce's (Commerce) remand results pertaining to the antidumping duty administrative review on diamond sawblades and parts thereof from the People's Republic of China (China) covering the period of review, November 1, 2016, through October 31, 2017. Commerce is notifying the public that the CIT's final judgment is not in harmony with Commerce's final results of the administrative review, and that Commerce is amending the final results with respect to the dumping margin assigned to Danyang Weiwang Tools Manufacturing Co., Ltd., Quanzhou Zhongzhi Diamond Tool Co., Ltd., and Chengdu Huifeng New Material Technology Co., Ltd. (collectively, the Separate Rate Respondents).

The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily determines that the company subject to this countervailing duty administrative review of passenger vehicle and light truck tires (PVLT tires) from the Socialist Republic of Vietnam (Vietnam) received countervailable subsidies during the period of review (POR), November 10, 2020, through December 31, 2021. Additionally, Commerce is rescinding the review with respect to three companies. Interested parties are invited to comment on these preliminary results.

The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily determines that critical circumstances exist, in part, with respect to imports of tin mill products from one exporter/producer of tin mill products in the countervailing duty (CVD) investigation of tin mill products from the People's Republic of China (China).

Based upon the timely withdrawal of all review requests, the Department of Commerce (Commerce) is rescinding the administrative reviews covering the periods of review and the antidumping duty (AD) and countervailing duty (CVD) orders identified in the table below.

The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily determines that countervailable subsidies are being provided to certain producers and exporters of certain pasta (pasta) from Italy during the period of review (POR) January 1, 2021, through December 31, 2021. Additionally, Commerce is rescinding the review with respect to two companies. Interested parties are invited to comment on these preliminary results.

The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) determines that the sole producer and/or exporter subject to this review, Teh Fong Ming International Co., Ltd. (TFM), made sales of subject merchandise in the United States at less than normal value during the period of review (POR), May 1, 2021, through April 30, 2022.

Based on affirmative final determinations by the U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) and the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC), Commerce is issuing a countervailing duty (CVD) order on certain freight rail couplers and parts thereof (freight rail couplers) from the People's Republic of China (China).

As a result of the determinations by the U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) and the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) that revocation of the antidumping duty (AD) and countervailing duty (CVD) orders on multilayered wood flooring from the People's Republic of China (China) would likely lead to the continuation or recurrence of dumping and countervailable subsidies, and material injury to an industry in the United States, Commerce is publishing a notice of continuation of these AD and CVD orders.

A Request for Panel Review was filed on behalf of Grupo Acerero S.A. de C.V. with the United States Section of the USMCA Secretariat on July 6, 2023, pursuant to USMCA Article 10.12. Panel Review is requested of the U.S. International Trade Administration's Final Results in the 2020-2021 Antidumping Administrative Review of Steel Concrete Reinforcing Bar from Mexico, which was published in the Federal Register on June 9, 2023. The USMCA Secretariat has assigned case number USA-MEX-2023-10.12-01 to this request.

The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) has received requests to conduct administrative reviews of various antidumping duty (AD) and countervailing duty (CVD) orders with May anniversary dates. In accordance with Commerce's regulations, we are initiating those administrative reviews.

On March 18, 2022, the United States Department of Commerce notified the public of Announcement of Winter 2022 Approved International Trade Administration Trade Missions, including a Clinical Waste Management Mission to Indonesia and Malaysia, September 11-15, 2023. The International Trade Administration has cancelled this Trade Mission.

The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) determines that countervailable subsidies were provided to certain exporters/producers of truck and bus tires from the People's Republic of China (China) during the period of review (POR) January 1, 2021, through December 31, 2021. Commerce is also rescinding the review with respect to one company that had no reviewable entries during the POR.

The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) determines that countervailable subsides are being provided to producers and exporters of certain passenger vehicle and light truck tires (PVLT tires) from the People's Republic of China (China) during the period of review (POR) of January 1, 2021, through December 31, 2021.

The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) determines that the Agreement Suspending the Antidumping Duty Investigation on Sugar from Mexico, as amended (AD Agreement) met the statutory requirements during the period of review (POR) from December 1, 2020, through November 30, 2021. Commerce also determines that the respondents selected for individual examination, Ingenio Tala S.A. de C.V. and its affiliates (collectively, GAM Group) and Ingenio Tamazula S.A. de C.V. and its affiliates (Tamazula) (collectively, respondents) were in compliance with the terms of the AD Agreement during the POR. However, we determine that the respondents did not comply with the requirement to eliminate at least 85 percent of the dumping found in the investigation during the POR. Furthermore, we consider the respondents' noncompliant behavior to be serious and in need of remediation, and we will implement certain steps to address their noncompliance.

The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily determines that RZBC Group Co., Ltd., RZBC Co., Ltd., RZBC Import & Export Co., Ltd., and RZBC (Juxian) Co., Ltd. (collectively, RZBC) did not make sales of citric acid and certain citrate salts (citric acid) from the People's Republic of China (China) at less than normal value during the period of review (POR) May 1, 2021, through April 30, 2022.

The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily determines that producers or exporters of finished carbon steel flanges (flanges) from Spain subject to this review made sales of subject merchandise at less than normal value during the period of review (POR) June 1, 2021, through May 31, 2022. We invite interested parties to comment on these preliminary results.