AD/CV Procedures to be Revised in DOC Proposal

The International Trade Administration is proposing to modify its regulations governing procedures related to administrative protective orders and service of documents submitted in antidumping and countervailing duty proceedings. Proposed changes include (1) making permanent certain changes to service procedures that were adopted on a temporary basis due to COVID-19, (2) making clarifications and corrections to other procedural aspects of the AD/CV regulations, including updates to the scope, circumvention, and covered merchandise referral regulations, and (3) deleting two provisions invalidated by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. Comments on this proposed rule are due no later than Dec. 28.