Husch Blackwell Trade Team

On August 3, 2021, the U.S. Department of Commerce published a notice initiating new administrative reviews for antidumping duty (AD) and countervailing duty (CVD) orders with June anniversary dates. Listed below are the countries and products named in the notice:

  1. Germany
    • Certain Cold-Drawn Mechanical Tubing of Carbon and Alloy Steel (A–428–845)
  2. India
    • Certain Cold-Drawn Mechanical

On August 2, 2021, the Department of Commerce (“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. The products and countries that have been listed in the Federal Register notice are the following:

AD

  • Canada: Utility Scale Wind Towers

In Husch Blackwell’s June 2021 Trade Law Newsletter, you’ll learn about the following updates in international trade and supply chain law:

  • Biden Administration took recent actions related to products from China’s Xinjiang region
  • US-EU announced a cooperative framework suspending Large Civil Aircraft tariffs and addressing non-market practices in the civil aircraft sector
  • White House

On July 6, 2021, the U.S. Department of Commerce published a notice initiating new administrative reviews for antidumping duty (AD) and countervailing duty (CVD) orders with May anniversary dates. Listed below are the countries and products named in the notice:

  1. Belgium
    • Certain Carbon and Alloy Steel Cut-to-Length Plate (A-423-812)
  2. Canada
    • Large Diameter Welded Pipe (A-122-863)

On July 1, 2021, the Department of Commerce (“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. The products and countries that have been listed in the Federal Register notice are the following:

AD

  • Belgium: Citric Acid and Certain

On June 30, 2021, Zeon Chemicals L.P. and Zeon GP, LLC (“Petitioners”), filed a petition for the imposition of antidumping duties on imports of non-latex, non-hydrogenated acrylonitrile-butadiene rubber from France, Mexico, and South Korea.

SCOPE OF THE INVESTIGATION

The product covered by this investigation is commonly referred to as acrylonitrile butadiene rubber or nitrile rubber

On June 30, 2021, CF Industries Nitrogen, LLC and its subsidiaries, Terra Nitrogen, Limited Partnership and Terra International (Oklahoma) LLC (“Petitioners”), filed a petition for the imposition of antidumping and countervailing duties on imports of certain urea ammonium nitrate solutions from Russia and the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago.

SCOPE OF THE INVESTIGATION

The merchandise

The Biden Administration has taken new actions related to forced labor in the Xinjiang region that may affect the supply for material critical for solar panels: U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) issued a Withhold Release Order (WRO), the Department of Commerce (Commerce) updated its Entity List, and the Department of Labor (Labor) updated its “List of Goods Produced by Child Labor or Forced Labor.”  These updates are part of an increased emphasis on both forced labor issues and a crackdown on goods from China’s Xinjiang province, and come on the heels of the G7 Summit that was held in mid-June.  The White House indicated that the Administration’s actions are a “translation” of the commitments made at the G7 denouncing forced labor in the Xinjiang region.