On December 2, 2020, Commerce announced in the Federal Register  the opportunity to request an annual administrative review for products that are currently subject to antidumping and countervailing duties. In addition to administrative reviews, Commerce has included an opportunity to request a new suspension agreement proceeding pertaining to sugar from Mexico.

The products and countries that have been listed in the Federal Register notice are the following:

AD

  • Brazil: Carbon Steel Butt-Weld Pipe Fittings
  • Chile: Certain Preserved Mushrooms
  • Germany: Non-Oriented Electrical Steel
  • India: Carbazole Violet Pigment 23, Certain Hot-Rolled Carbon Steel Flat Products, Commodity Matchbooks, Stainless Steel Wire Rod
  • Indonesia: Certain Hot-Rolled Carbon Steel Flat Products
  • Japan: Prestressed Concrete Steel Wire Strand, Non-Oriented Electrical Steel, Welded Large Diameter Line Pipe
  • Oman: Circular Welded Carbon-Quality Steel Pipe
  • Pakistan: Circular Welded Carbon-Quality Steel Pipe
  • Republic of Korea: Non-Oriented Electrical Steel, Welded ASTM A-312 Stainless Steel Pipe, Welded Line Pipe
  • Russia: Certain Hot-Rolled Flat-Rolled Carbon Quality Steel Products
  • Singapore: Acetone
  • Socialist Republic of Vietnam: Uncovered Innerspring Units
  • South Africa: Uncovered Innerspring Units
  • Spain: Acetone
  • Sweden: Non-Orientated Electrical Steel
  • Taiwan: Carbon Steel Butt-Weld Pipe Fittings, Non-Oriented Electrical Steel, Steel Wire Garment Hangers, Welded ASTM A-312 Stainless Steel Pipe
  • Thailand: Carbon and Alloy Steel Threaded Rod
  • China: Aluminum Wire, Carbazole Violet Pigment 23, Cased Pencils, Crystalline Silicon Photovoltaic Cells, Hand Trucks, Honey, Malleable Cast Iron Pipe Fittings, Mattresses, Melamine, Multilayered Wood Flooring, Non-Orientated Electrical Steel, Porcelain On-Steel Cooking Ware, Refillable Stainless Steel Kegs, Silicomanganese, Vertical Metal File Cabinets
  • Turkey: Welded Line Pipe
  • United Arab Emirates: Circular Welded Carbon-Quality Steel Pipe

CVD

  • India: Carbazole Violet Pigment 23, Certain Hot-Rolled Carbon Steel Flat Products, Commodity Matchbooks
  • Indonesia Certain Hot-Rolled Carbon Steel Flat Products
  • Taiwan: Non-Oriented Electrical Steel
  • Thailand: Certain Hot-Rolled Carbon Steel Flat Products
  • China: Aluminum Wire and Cable, Crystalline Silicon Photovoltaic Cells, Melamine, Non-Oriented Electrical Steel, Multilayered Wood Flooring, Refillable Stainless Steel Kegs, Vertical Metal File Cabinets
  • Turkey: Welded Line Pipe

As part of this annual review process, Commerce intends to select respondents based on an analysis of U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) data for U.S. imports during the period of review which is released only to legal counsel for interested parties.  Any party wishing to participate in the antidumping and countervailing duty review process, or who may be affected by duties on the products identified in the Federal Register notice, should file a request for review no later than December 31, 2020.  In order to be eligible to participate in the review, a party must either be an exporter or importer of the specific products during the specific time periods identified in the Federal Register notice.

If your company or your suppliers are affected by these reviews, please contact Husch Blackwell’s International Trade and Supply Chain group for assistance.