On Monday May 4, 2020, the Department of Commerce issued a news release announcing the start of a Section 232 investigation on imports of “Laminations and Wound Cores for Incorporation Into Transformers, Electrical Transformers, and Transformer Regulators.” This investigation is effectively an examination of whether or not to expand the current Section 232 tariffs on
USITC Finds Injury to Domestic Industry by Imports of Ceramic Tile from China
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
Opportunity to Request Administrative Review
On May 1, 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. As part of this annual review process, Commerce intends to select respondents based on U.S. Customs and Border Patrol (CBP) data for U.S. imports during the
Commerce Department Proposes New Aluminum Import Licensing System
On April 29, 2020, the Commerce Department (“Commerce”) published a notice in Federal Register announcing that it is proposing new regulations that would establish an Aluminum Import Monitoring and Analysis System. The program appears to be modeled after the Steel Import Monitoring and Analysis (“SIMA”) System which has been in place since 2005. Under the
Commerce Initiates AD and CVD Investigations of Imports of Mattresses from Multiple Countries
On April 21, 2020, the Department of Commerce (“Commerce”) announced the initiation of antidumping (“AD”) duty investigations of imports of mattresses from Cambodia, Indonesia, Malaysia, Serbia, Thailand, Turkey, and Vietnam and a countervailing duty (“CVD”) investigation of imports of mattresses from China. The petitioners in this case are Brooklyn Bedding, Corsicana Mattress Company (Dallas, TX),
Commerce Initiates AD and CVD Investigations of Imports of Non-Refillable Steel Cylinders from China
On April 17, 2020, the Department of Commerce (“Commerce”) announced the initiation of antidumping (“AD”) and countervailing (“CVD”) duty investigations of imports of non-refillable steel cylinders from the People’s Republic of China. The petitioner in this case is Worthington Industries. See our previous post summarizing the petition filed by Worthington Industries for details on the
Commerce Finds Dumping and Countervailable Subsidization of Imports of Ceramic Tile from China
On March 31, 2020, the Department of Commerce (“Commerce”) announced its affirmative final determinations in the antidumping (AD) and countervailing duty (CVD) investigations of imports of ceramic tile from China. See the fact sheet for a summary of the final cash deposit rates and margins.
In the AD investigation, Commerce calculated cash deposit rates of
Key U.S. Agencies and Federal Courts Handling International Trade and Trade-Related Matters Begin to Adjust to COVID-19 Concerns
UPDATED: April 1, 2020 – Several U.S. executive branch agencies along with federal courts are instituting significant operational changes. These changes have either already been implemented or are anticipated at the U.S. government agencies and courts which manage international trade-related concerns in the coming weeks due to personnel and public safety concerns over the COVID-19
Key U.S. Agencies and Federal Courts Handling International Trade and Trade-Related Matters Begin to Adjust to COVID-19 Concerns
UPDATED: March 25, 2020 – Several U.S. executive branch agencies along with federal courts are instituting significant operational changes. These changes have either already been implemented or are anticipated at the U.S. government agencies and courts which manage international trade-related concerns in the coming weeks due to personnel and public safety concerns over the COVID-19
The Potential Impacts of COVID-19 on Commerce
On March 23, 2020, Husch Blackwell LLP’s very own Nithya Nagarajan was quoted in Bloomberg Law’s article discussing the impacts of the COVID-19 virus on the Department of Commerce’s accuracy concerning antidumping and countervailing duties. To see the full article, please click here. Due to the travel restrictions, attorneys fear that the Department of