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The Department of Commerce has determined that imports of certain uncoated paper rolls from Australia are not being completed into paper sheets in the United States. Therefore, these imports are not violating the antidumping duty order against uncoated paper products from Australia, according to the Tariff Act of 1930. The public is invited to comment on this preliminary decision, and interested parties can submit written responses following the outlined procedures. This decision is part of an inquiry investigating whether these paper rolls are being used to bypass trade restrictions.

The U.S. Department of Commerce determined that aluminum wire and cable (AWC) products completed in South Korea, using components made in China, are circumventing the existing antidumping and countervailing duty orders on AWC from China. As a result, these Korean products are being included in these orders, which are meant to protect U.S. producers from unfair competition due to underpriced imports. Importers and exporters must provide certifications to Customs and Border Protection if they want to avoid the suspension of their goods and additional duties, ensuring that their products do not contain components from China. These measures apply from October 19, 2023, onwards, to all affected products.

The Department of Commerce has preliminarily determined that imports of certain uncoated paper rolls from Brazil are circumventing existing antidumping duty orders, which are meant to protect U.S. industry from unfair foreign pricing. As a result, these imports will face suspension of liquidation, starting from specific dates, and importers will have to certify that their imports won't be further processed into paper sheets subject to duties. Importers who fail to provide this certification will be required to pay antidumping duties. The Department invites comments on this preliminary decision and has notified the U.S. International Trade Commission about the findings.

The U.S. Department of Commerce has preliminarily determined that imports of monosodium glutamate (MSG) from Malaysia, made using glutamic acid from China, are circumventing antidumping duties on MSG from China. As a result, they have decided to suspend liquidation and require cash deposits for these imports. Importers and exporters must submit certifications demonstrating that MSG from Malaysia does not use Chinese glutamic acid to avoid these duties. Public comments and requests for a hearing are invited, and the findings will be verified before a final decision is made.

The U.S. Department of Commerce determined that aluminum wire and cable completed in Vietnam using materials from China are not subject to antidumping and countervailing duty orders from China. However, they found that these imports are circumventions of those orders. Consequently, the Commerce Department has ordered that any such imports from Vietnam will face suspension of liquidation and cash deposits for duties. Certain companies, like Tanghenam, are precluded from certifying goods as free of Chinese inputs, and failure to properly certify may result in duties being applied.

The U.S. Copyright Office is planning to hold public hearings as part of the eighth triennial rulemaking proceeding under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA). These hearings will discuss potential exemptions to the DMCA's rules against bypassing technological controls that safeguard access to copyrighted works. Scheduled to take place remotely via Zoom in April 2021, the hearings will give individuals a chance to speak about different proposed classes of exemptions. Interested parties must submit a request to testify by February 24, 2021, providing specific details about their intended testimony.

The Department of Commerce has announced preliminary findings that certain uncoated paper rolls imported from Indonesia are circumventing trade duties placed on uncoated paper. These rolls are being brought into the U.S., converted into individual sheets, and then sold as products that should be under import duties. As a result, some imports will face a suspension of liquidation, meaning they cannot be sold or exported until duties are collected. Importers need to certify that rolls won't be converted into paper sheets to avoid extra duties, and comments from interested parties are welcome.