Petitioners in an antidumping duty investigation of seamless carbon and alloy steel standard, line, and pressure pipe from Ukraine recently filed briefs opposing a Ukrainian exporter’s proposal to negotiate a suspension agreement in the ongoing investigation. Tenaris USA, a domestic manufacturer that supports the petition, says a suspension agreement proposed by Interpipe “will not be effective, and that an antidumping duty order would better discipline Interpipe’s dumping of SSLPP in the United States,” in a filing April 27 with the Commerce Department.

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

Window wall kits imported by Reflection Window + Wall are not subject to antidumping and countervailing duties on aluminum extrusions from China (A-570-967/C-570-968), the Commerce Department said in a scope ruling issued April 26. The window wall kits qualify for the finished goods kit exemption, and are distinct from curtain wall units ineligible for exemptions from aluminum extrusions duties, Commerce said.

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

The Commerce Department on April 27 issued antidumping duty orders on common alloy aluminum sheet from Bahrain (A-525-001), Brazil (A-351-854), Croatia (A-891-001), Egypt (A-729-803), Germany (A-428-849), India (A-533-895), Indonesia (A-560-835), Italy (A-475-842), Oman (A-523-814), Romania (A-485-809), Serbia (A-801-001), Slovenia (A-856-001), South Africa (A-791-825), Spain (A-469-820), Taiwan (A-583-867) and Turkey (A-489-839), and countervailing duty orders on common alloy aluminum sheet from Bahrain (C-525-002), India (C-533-896) and Turkey (C-489-840). The International Trade Commission published its final injury determination April 26.

The Commerce Department and the International Trade Commission April 23 released the following notices, set for Federal Register publication April 26, on AD/CV duty proceedings:

The Department of Homeland Security recently posted CBP reports on antidumping and countervailing duty enforcement actions for fiscal years 2019 and 2018. DHS posted both reports April 15, though the FY 2019 report is dated Nov. 13, 2020, and the FY 2018 report is dated Dec. 12, 2019.

The Commerce Department on April 23 released an antidumping duty order on seamless carbon and alloy steel standard, line and pressure pipe from the Czech Republic (A-851-804). AD duty rates were unchanged from Commerce’s final determinations, ranging from 51.07% to 51.7%. The 51.7% rate for both mandatory respondents was based on adverse facts available because of the mandatory respondents’ lack of participation, and the all-others rate based on a simple average of the dumping margins alleged in the petition. The order details a short three-day gap period, with the provisional measures period running four months from the Dec. 21 AD duty preliminary determination (unextended to six months). The International Trade Commission also published its final injury determination April 23.

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

Two Chinese exporters are set to face a high 541.94% countervailing duty rate based on their alleged lack of cooperation, said the Commerce Department in the preliminary results of an administrative review on solar cells from China published April 23. Solarchina did not cooperate in the review, and Taichang did not obtain a full questionnaire response from its parent company, causing Commerce to set a CV duty rate for the two companies as if they benefited from every program examined for all respondents during the administrative review.