Crushed glass products imported by SMA Surfaces do not qualify for an exemption for crushed glass surface products from antidumping and countervailing duties on quartz surface products from China (A-570-084/C-570-085), the Commerce Department said in a scope ruling issued July 15. Though SMA argued to the contrary, Commerce affirmed that the exclusion requires that products have one-centimeter-wide pieces within three inches of each other to qualify.

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

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

The Commerce Department and the International Trade Commission published the following Federal Register notices July 16 on AD/CV duty proceedings:

The Commerce Department and the International Trade Commission published the following Federal Register notices July 15 on AD/CV duty proceedings:

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

Steel wheels imported by Rimco for passenger vehicle and light truck use are not subject to antidumping and countervailing duties on steel wheels 12 to 16.5 inches in diameter from China (A-570-090/C-570-091), the Commerce Department said in a July 9 scope ruling. There is no indication that the wheels are meant for trailer applications, which the AD/CVD orders are intended to cover, the agency said. And Rimco’s wheels, though 16 inches in diameter, “can be differentiated from subject merchandise by examining hub bore size, offset, and load rating,” it said. “This reflects differences between trailer wheels and passenger vehicle/light truck wheels noted in the Petition and the underlying investigations of the Orders.”

Lisa Wang has been chosen by the Biden administration for the role of assistant secretary for enforcement and compliance at the Commerce Department. Wang specializes in trade policy and antidumping and countervailing duty litigation at Picard, Kentz and Rowe, where she is a partner. She also was a senior attorney in the Office of the Chief Counsel for Trade Enforcement and Compliance at Commerce before going to the private sector, and worked as assistant general counsel in the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative. She also worked as senior import administration officer at the U.S. Embassy in Beijing. Wang graduated from Georgetown University Law Center and from Cornell University. Her nomination was announced July 13.

The Commerce Department and the International Trade Commission published the following Federal Register notices July 13-14 on AD/CV duty proceedings:

The Commerce Department and the International Trade Commission published the following Federal Register notices July 13 on AD/CV duty proceedings: