Commerce Department, International Trade Administration Briefing 2026-01-12

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1. Phosphate Fertilizers From the Kingdom of Morocco: Notice of Court Decision Not in Harmony With the Results of Countervailing Duty Administrative Review; Notice of Amended Final Results

Link: https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/01/12/2026-00385/phosphate-fertilizers-from-the-kingdom-of-morocco-notice-of-court-decision-not-in-harmony-with-the

Sub: Commerce Department, International Trade Administration

Content: On December 16, 2025, the U.S. Court of International Trade (CIT) issued its final judgment in The Mosaic Company v. United States, Consol. Court no. 23-00246, sustaining the U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce)'s first remand results pertaining to the administrative review of the countervailing duty order on phosphate fertilizers from the Kingdom of Morocco (Morocco) covering the period November 30, 2020, through December 31, 2021. Commerce is notifying the public that the CIT's final judgment is not in harmony with Commerce's final results of the administrative review, and that Commerce is amending the final results with respect to the countervailable subsidy rate assigned to OCP S.A. (OCP).

2. Polyethylene Terephthalate Sheet From the Republic of Korea: Final Results of Sunset Review and Revocation of Antidumping Duty Order

Link: https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/01/12/2026-00384/polyethylene-terephthalate-sheet-from-the-republic-of-korea-final-results-of-sunset-review-and

Sub: Commerce Department, International Trade Administration

Content: On August 1, 2025, the U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) initiated the first sunset review of the antidumping duty (AD) order on polyethylene terephthalate (PET) sheet from the Republic of Korea (Korea). Because no domestic party responded to the sunset review notice of initiation by the applicable deadline, consistent with section 751(c)(3)(A) of the Tarriff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act), Commerce is revoking the AD order on polyethylene terephthalate sheet from Korea.

3. Initiation of Five-Year (Sunset) Reviews; Correction

Link: https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/01/12/2026-00383/initiation-of-five-year-sunset-reviews-correction

Sub: Commerce Department, International Trade Administration

Content: The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) published notice in the Federal Register of January 2, 2026, in which Commerce announced the initiation of Five-Year (Sunset) reviews. This notice inadvertently misidentified a case number and misspelled a country name.


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