Commerce Department, International Trade Administration Briefing 2026-05-18
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1. Certain Aluminum Foil from the Republic of Türkiye: Notice of Court Decision Not in Harmony with the Final Determination of Antidumping Investigation; Notice of Amended Final Determination
Sub: Commerce Department, International Trade Administration
Content: On May 5, 2026, the U.S. Court of International Trade (CIT) issued its final judgment in Assan Aluminyum Sanayi ve Ticaret A.S. v. United States, Consol. Court No. 21-00616, sustaining in part and dismissing in part the U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce)'s remand redeterminations pertaining to the final determination in the investigation of sales at less than fair value (LTFV) of certain aluminum foil from the Republic of T[uuml]rkiye (T[uuml]rkiye) covering the period of investigation July 1, 2019 through June 30, 2020.\1\ Commerce is notifying the public that the CIT's final judgment is not in harmony with Commerce's Final Determination, and that Commerce is amending the Final Determination and the resulting antidumping duty Order \2\ with respect to the estimated weighted-average dumping margin determined for Assan Aluminyum Sanayi ve Ticaret A.S. (Assan), Kibar Dis Ticaret A.S.; and Ispak Esnek Ambalaj Sanayi A.S. (collectively, Assan Single Entity).\3\ —————————————————————————
2. Certain Vertical Shaft Engines Between 99cc and 225cc, and Parts Thereof, From the People’s Republic of China: Affirmative Preliminary Determination of Circumvention of the Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Orders
Sub: Commerce Department, International Trade Administration
Content: The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily determines that imports of models 5C65M0 and BC70M0 vertical shaft engines produced by Chongqing Zongshen General Power Machine Co., Ltd. (Zongshen) in, and exported from, the People's Republic of China (China) constitute later-developed merchandise that circumvent the antidumping duty (AD) and countervailing duty (CVD) orders on certain vertical shaft engines between 99cc and up to 225cc, and parts thereof (small vertical shaft engines), from China.
3. Fresh Mushrooms From Canada: Preliminary Affirmative Countervailing Duty Determination and Alignment of Final Determination With Final Antidumping Duty Determination
Sub: Commerce Department, International Trade Administration
Content: The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily determines that countervailable subsidies are being provided to producers and exporters of fresh mushrooms from Canada. The period of investigation is January 1, 2024, through December 31, 2024. Interested parties are invited to comment on this preliminary determination.
4. Environmental Technologies Trade Advisory Committee
Sub: Commerce Department, International Trade Administration
Content: The Environmental Technologies Trade Advisory Committee (ETTAC) will hold a virtual meeting on Tuesday, May 26, 2026. The meeting is open to the public with registration instructions provided below. This notice sets forth the schedule and proposed topics for the meeting.
5. Certain Corrosion-Resistant Steel Products From Taiwan: Final Results of the Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2023-2024
Sub: Commerce Department, International Trade Administration
Content: The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) determines that certain corrosion-resistant steel products (CORE) from Taiwan are being sold in the United States at less than normal value during the period of review (POR), July 1, 2023, through June 30, 2024.
6. Silicomanganese From India: Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2023-2024
Sub: Commerce Department, International Trade Administration
Content: The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) determines that the sole producer and/or exporter subject to this review, Maithan Alloys Limited (MAL), made sales of subject merchandise in the United States at less than normal value during the period of review (POR), May 1, 2023, through April 30, 2024.
7. Tris(hydroxymethyl)aminomethane From the People’s Republic of China: Initiation of Countervailing Duty Investigation
Sub: Commerce Department, International Trade Administration
8. Tris(hydroxymethyl)aminomethane From the People’s Republic of China: Initiation of Less-Than-Fair-Value Investigation
Sub: Commerce Department, International Trade Administration
9. Polyethylene Terephthalate Resin From the Sultanate of Oman: Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2023-2024
Sub: Commerce Department, International Trade Administration
Content: The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) determines that the sole producer/exporter under administrative review, OCTAL SAOC FZC (OCTAL), sold subject merchandise at less than normal value during the period of review (POR), May 1, 2023, through April 30, 2024.
10. Non-Oriented Electrical Steel From Sweden, Germany, the People’s Republic of China, the Republic of Korea, Taiwan and Japan: Continuation of Antidumping Duty Orders and Countervailing Duty Orders
Sub: Commerce Department, International Trade Administration
Content: As a result of the determinations by the U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) and the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) that revocation of the antidumping duty (AD) orders and countervailing duty (CVD) orders on non-oriented electrical steel (NOES) from Sweden, Germany, the People's Republic Of China (China), the Republic of Korea (Korea), Taiwan and Japan would likely lead to the continuation or recurrence of dumping, and countervailable subsidies, and material injury to an industry in the United States, Commerce is publishing a notice of continuation of these AD and CVD orders.
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