AD/CVD News: Amine Compounds, Melamine, PET Film, New Reviews, Sunset Reviews

The International Trade Administration and/or International Trade Commission have recently announced the following actions in antidumping and/or countervailing duty cases. For more information on AD/CVD issues, including how to mitigate liability, please contact STR.

Amine compounds – institution of AD/CVD injury investigations of amine compounds from China

Melamine – sunset review determination that revocation of CVD order on melamine from China would be likely to lead to continuation or recurrence of countervailable subsidies at rates of 154.0 to 156.9 percent

New reviews – initiation of administrative reviews of the following AD/CVD orders for the periods Aug. 1, 2025, through July 31, 2026 (AD) or Jan. 1 through Dec. 31, 2025 (CVD), unless otherwise noted; these reviews could result in revisions to existing AD/CVD duty rates

– boltless steel shelving units prepackaged for sale from Thailand (AD; June 1, 2025, through May 31, 2026)

– brake drums from China and Türkiye (AD, Jan. 29, 2025, through July 31, 2026; and CVD, Dec. 3, 2024, through Dec. 31, 2025)

– circular welded carbon-quality steel pipe from the United Arab Emirates (AD; Dec. 1, 2024, through Nov. 30, 2025)

– finished carbon steel flanges from India (AD/CVD) and Spain (AD)

– frozen fish fillets from Vietnam (AD)

– glycine from India (CVD)

– high-chrome cast iron grinding media from India (AD; Dec. 6, 2025, May 31, 2026)

– hydrofluorocarbon blends and components thereof from China (AD)

– laminated woven sacks from China (AD)

– large power transformers from South Korea (AD)

– light-walled rectangular pipe and tube from Mexico (AD)

– low-melt polyester staple fiber from South Korea (AD)

– low-speed personal transportation vehicles from China (AD, Nov. 1, 2024, through July 31, 2026; and CVD, Sept. 7, 2024, through Dec. 31, 2025)

– metal lockers and parts thereof from China (AD/CVD)

– paper shopping bags from Vietnam (AD; July 1, 2025, through June 30, 2026)

– passenger vehicle and light truck tires from China (AD/CVD)

– pea protein from China (AD/CVD)

– polyethylene retail carrier bags from China and Malaysia (AD)

– ripe olives from Spain (AD/CVD)

– seamless carbon and alloy steel standard, line, and pressure pipe from Ukraine (AD)

– seamless refined copper pipe and tube from Vietnam (AD)

– silicon metal from Malaysia (AD)

– steel nails from China (AD)

– steel propane cylinders from Thailand (AD)

– tin mill products from Japan (AD)

– utility-scale wind towers from Canada (AD/CVD), Indonesia (AD), Malaysia (CVD), South Korea (AD), Spain (AD), and Vietnam (AD/CVD)

PET film – dumping margin of 3.95 percent in preliminary results of administrative review of AD order on polyethylene terephthalate film, sheet, and strip from Taiwan for the period July 1, 2024, through June 30, 2025

Sunset reviews – initiation of sunset reviews of the following AD/CVD orders, which will result in either the continuation or revocation of these orders

– aluminum foil from Armenia (AD), Brazil (AD), Oman (AD/CVD), Russia (AD), and Türkiye (AD/CVD)

– magnesium from China (AD)

– thermal paper from Germany, Japan, South Korea, and Spain (AD)

– tissue paper from China (AD)