The Commerce Department seeks comments by Aug. 30 on whether Russia should be considered a non-market economy country for antidumping duty purposes, it said in a notice issued as part of the AD duty investigation on urea ammonium nitrate solutions from Russia (A-821-831). The domestic producer that requested the investigation “has provided sufficient evidence” of potential NME status for Russia for Commerce to consider the issue as part of the proceeding, the agency said. Commerce has treated Russia as a market economy since 2002. NME companies subject to AD duty proceedings must prove independence from government control, or else be assigned to the country-wide entity with AD rates that can reach into the hundreds percent. Comments can be submitted by the general public, and should address issues such as the extent to which wage rates are influenced by free bargaining, the extend of government ownership and control, and government control over price and output decisions.

Rolls of label tape imported by D&F Consolidated are subject to antidumping and countervailing duties on narrow woven ribbons with woven selvedge from China (A-570-952/C-570-953), said the Commerce Department in a July 27 scope ruling. D&F claimed that only decorative ribbon is subject to the orders, but Commerce found that ribbon with a utilitarian purpose can be subject to AD/CV duties.

The Commerce Department and the International Trade Commission published the following Federal Register notices July 30 on AD/CV duty proceedings:

Quick frozen garlic imported by Trinity that undergoes a blanching process is not considered heat treated and is still subject to antidumping duties on fresh garlic from China (A-570-831), Commerce said in a July 21 scope ruling. But Trinity’s quick frozen diced garlic and garlic puree are not subject to the AD duty order, said the agency in another scope ruling issued the next day.

The Commerce Department and the International Trade Commission published the following Federal Register notices July 29 on AD/CV duty proceedings:

The Commerce Department and the International Trade Commission published the following Federal Register notices July 28 on AD/CV duty proceedings:

The Commerce Department and the International Trade Commission published the following Federal Register notices July 27 on AD/CV duty proceedings:

The Commerce Department and the International Trade Commission published the following Federal Register notices July 26 on AD/CV duty proceedings:

The Commerce Department and the International Trade Commission published the following Federal Register notices July 23 on AD/CV duty proceedings:

The Commerce Department and the International Trade Commission published the following Federal Register notices July 22 on AD/CV duty proceedings: