The Commerce Department should continue to apply retroactive suspension of liquidation to all non-individually examined respondents in its antidumping duty investigation on pentafluoroethane (R-125) from China, even though the agency found a mandatory respondent’s selling behavior did not warrant critical circumstances because of a seasonal sales pattern, Honeywell International, petitioner in the case, said in a brief filed Oct. 26.

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

Applications are due Nov. 22 for inclusion on a roster of potential panelists for USMCA dispute settlement cases involving antidumping duty proceedings and amendments to AD/CVD laws. USTR reviews its roster of 25 panelists annually, and this round will cover April 1, 2022, through March 31, 2023. Canada and Mexico also keep rosters of 25. Applicants should be of “good character and of high standing and repute, and are to be chosen strictly on the basis of their objectivity, reliability, sound judgment, and general familiarity with international trade law,” USTR said. Roster members may not be affiliated with any of the three USMCA governments, except for judges, who will be appointed to the roster “to the fullest extent practicable.”

The Commerce Department and the International Trade Commission published the following Federal Register notices Oct. 25 on AD/CV duty proceedings:

The following new requests for antidumping and countervailing duty scope rulings were recently filed with the Commerce Department:

The Commerce Department wrongly applied a seasonality finding to one company, rather than an entire industry, when it retroactively suspended liquidation for many companies at the preliminary stage of the antidumping and countervailing duty investigations on pentafluoroethane (R-125) from China, A-Gas Americas said in a brief filed with the Commerce Department Oct. 19.

The Commerce Department and the International Trade Commission published the following Federal Register notices Oct. 21 on AD/CV duty proceedings:

Heat-treated aluminum sheet that is made from a proprietary alloy and otherwise meets all scope requirements is covered by antidumping and countervailing duties on common alloy aluminum sheet from China (A-570-073/C-570-074), the Commerce Department said in a recent scope ruling. The “core” layer in Valeo’s clad T-series aluminum sheet is unregistered with the Aluminum Association but can be considered 3-series alloy covered by the scope based on its magnesium content, the agency said.

The Commerce Department and the International Trade Commission published the following Federal Register notices Oct. 20 on AD/CV duty proceedings:

The Commerce Department and the International Trade Commission published the following Federal Register notices Oct. 19 on AD/CV duty proceedings: