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U.S. Supply Chain

On June 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.

The products and countries that have June anniversary months are the following:

  • Cold Drawn Mechanical Tubing from Germany, India, Italy, Korea, Switzerland and China
  • Glycine from

In Husch Blackwell’s May 2020 Trade Law Newsletter, you’ll learn about the following updates in international trade and supply chain law:

  • Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) announces opportunities to submit comments in the Section 232 investigations on imports of mobile cranes and steel for electrical transformers
  • White House issues Executive Order providing federal

On May 26, 2020, MTD Products, Inc. (“Petitioner”), filed a petition for the imposition of antidumping duties on certain walk-behind lawn mowers from the People’s Republic of China and Vietnam. In addition, the petition alleges that imports of walk-behind lawn mowers from China are unfairly subsidized and requests the imposition of countervailing duties.

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On May 8, 2020, the International Trade Commission voted that there was reasonable indication that dumped and illegally subsidized imports of non-refillable steel cylinders from China are injuring U.S. industry, according to the ITC’s press release.  The affirmative injury vote means that the investigations will continue at the Department of Commerce.  Commerce is scheduled

On May 13, 2020, United Steel, Paper and Foresty, Rubber, Manufacturing, Energy, Allied Industrial and Service Workers International Union, AFL-CIO, CLC (“Petitioners”), filed a petition for the imposition of antidumping duties on passenger vehicle and light truck tires (“PVLT tires”) from Korea, Taiwan, Thailand, and Vietnam. In addition, the petition alleges that imports of PVLT

On May 12, 2020, the Department of Commerce (“Commerce”) announced its affirmative final determination in the CVD investigation of imports of certain glass containers from China.  See the fact sheet for a summary of the final cash deposit rates and margins.

Commerce calculated and assigned subsidy rates of 27.10% and 25.46% to mandatory respondents Guangdong

On May 6, 2020, the U.S. Department of Commerce published a notice initiating new Administrative Reviews for antidumping duty (AD) and countervailing duty (CVD) orders with March anniversary dates. Listed below are the countries and products named in the notice:

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  1. Brazil: Certain Uncoated Paper (A-351-842)
  2. Portugal: Uncoated Paper (A-471-807)
  3. Thailand: Circular Welded Carbon Steel

On April 30, 2020, the International Trade Commission voted that dumped and illegally subsidized imports of ceramic tile from China are injuring U.S. industry, the ITC said in a press release.  The affirmative injury vote means that Commerce will issue AD/CVD orders on Chinese ceramic tile, and will begin conducting annual administrative reviews, if

The Department of Justice (“DOJ”) filed comments in the U.S. International Trade Commission’s (“ITC”) investigation on whether imports of mattresses from multiple countries are causing injury to the domestic mattress industry.  The petition was filed on March 31, 2020, and the Commerce Department initiated the investigations on April 22, 2020.  In an unusual step, the