The Federal Register notice announcing an antidumping duty investigation on walk-behind lawn mowers was sufficient notification to a Chinese exporter, and Commerce’s failure to otherwise notify the exporter of the investigation did not violate the exporter’s due process rights, the agency said in an issues and decision memorandum issued May 14 alongside its final determination in the investigation.
The following new requests for antidumping and countervailing duty scope rulings were filed with the Commerce Department during the week of May 10-14:
The Commerce Department and the International Trade Commission published the following Federal Register notices May 18 on AD/CV duty proceedings:
A flooring system for pig farrowing made of a galvanized steel tribar truss floor is subject to antidumping and countervailing duties on steel grating from China (A-570-947/C-570-948), even when the flooring is imported as part of a pig farrowing crate system, the Commerce Department said in a scope ruling issued May 14.
The Commerce Department and the International Trade Commission published the following Federal Register notices May 17 on AD/CV duty proceedings:
The Commerce Department should apply adverse facts available to an exporter that initially responded that certain sales data was unavailable, but when subsequently pressed provided the information to Commerce, an attorney said during a hearing before Commerce related to an antidumping duty investigation on passenger vehicle and light truck tires from South Korea.
The Commerce Department and the International Trade Commission published the following Federal Register notices May 14 on AD/CV duty proceedings:
A New York lumber distributor sent a letter May 11 to the Commerce Department urging negotiations to begin on a new softwood lumber agreement, citing rising prices and market instability since the previous antidumping and countervailing duty suspension agreements expired in October 2015. “While this agreement is not the ultimate solution to price volatility, reenactment of the agreement will contribute to needed stability in the marketplace,” Belknap Lumber said in the letter, which was added by Commerce to the record of ongoing AD/CVD administrative reviews on softwood lumber from Canada on May 12.
The following new requests for antidumping and countervailing duty scope rulings were filed with the Commerce Department during the week of May 3-7:
The Commerce Department and the International Trade Commission published the following Federal Register notices May 12 on AD/CV duty proceedings: