🏭Request for Comments on Polysilicon Imports Security Investigation
On July 1, 2025, the Secretary of Commerce initiated an investigation to determine the effects on the national security of imports of polysilicon and its derivatives. This investigation has been initiated under section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962, as amended (Section 232). Interested parties are invited to submit written comments, data, analyses, or other information pertinent to the investigation to the Department of Commerce's (Department) Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS), Office of Strategic Industries and Economic Security. This notice identifies issues on which the Department is especially interested in obtaining the public's views.
Learn More⚙️Preliminary Determination on Countervailing Duties for Door Springs
The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily determines that critical circumstances exist, in part, with respect to imports of overhead door counterbalance torsion springs (overhead door springs) from certain producers and exporters from the People's Republic of China (China). Interested parties are invited to comment on this preliminary determination of critical circumstances.
Learn More🐟NOAA Requests Comments on Alaska Community Quota Entity Program
The Department of Commerce, in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA), invites the general public and other Federal agencies to comment on proposed, and continuing information collections, which helps us assess the impact of our information collection requirements and minimize the public's reporting burden. The purpose of this notice is to allow for 60 days of public comment preceding submission of the collection to OMB.
Learn More⚖️Preliminary Antidumping Duty Results for Acetone from Korea
The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily finds that acetone from the Republic of Korea (Korea) was sold at less than normal value (NV) during the period of review (POR) March 1, 2023, through February 29, 2024. Commerce preliminarily finds that the producer/exporter subject to this review made sales of subject merchandise at less than normal value. Interested parties are invited to comment on these preliminary results.
Learn More📦Preliminary Results on Countervailing Duties for OTR Tires from India
The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily determines that countervailable subsidies were provided to producers and/or exporters of certain new pneumatic off-the-road tires (OTR tires) from India, during the period of review (POR) January 1, 2023, through December 31, 2023. Interested parties are invited to comment on these preliminary results.
Learn More🔧Initiating Circumvention Inquiry on Engine Imports from China
In response to a circumvention inquiry request from Briggs & Stratton, LLC (Briggs & Stratton), the U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) is initiating a circumvention inquiry to determine whether certain models of vertical shaft engines exported from the People's Republic of China (China) are circumventing the antidumping duty (AD) and countervailing duty (CVD) orders on vertical shaft engines between 99cc and 225cc, and parts thereof (small vertical engines) from China.
Learn More🥡Initiation of Circumvention Inquiries for Aluminum Containers
In response to a request from the Aluminum Foil Containers Manufacturers Association (AFCMA) and the following individual members of AFCMA, Durable Packaging International; D&W Fine Pack, LLC; Handifoil Corp.; Penny Plate, LLC; Reynolds Consumer Products, LLC; Shah Foil Products, Inc.; Smart USA, Inc.; and Trinidad/Benham Corp. (collectively, the requesters), the U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) is initiating country-wide circumvention inquiries to determine whether imports of disposable aluminum containers, pans, trays, and lids (aluminum containers) completed in Thailand and the Socialist Republic of Vietnam (Vietnam) (collectively, the third countries) using aluminum foil manufactured in the People's Republic of China (China), are circumventing the antidumping duty (AD) and countervailing duty (CVD) orders on aluminum containers from China.
Learn More📦Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Review on Granular PTFE from India
The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily determines that granular polytetrafluoroethylene resin (granular PTFE) from India was sold in the United States at less than normal value (NV) during the period of review (POR) March 1, 2023, through February 29, 2024. We invite interested parties to comment on these preliminary results of review.
Learn More⚖️Final Results of Antidumping Duty Review on Steel Racks from China
The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) determines that certain exporters under review either sold certain steel racks and parts thereof (steel racks) from the People's Republic of China (China) in the United States at prices below normal value (NV) during the period of review (POR) September 1, 2022, through August 31, 2023, or have not established their eligibility for a separate rate and are part of the China-wide entity.
Learn More📈Increase in Annual Limit for Prioritized Patent Examination Requests
The Leahy-Smith America Invents Act (AIA) includes provisions for prioritized examination of patent applications. Those provisions have been implemented by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) in previous rulemakings. The AIA provides that the USPTO may not accept more than 10,000 requests for prioritization in any fiscal year (October 1 to September 30) until regulations setting another limit are prescribed. In 2019 and 2021, the USPTO published interim rules that expanded the limit on the number of requests to 12,000 and 15,000, respectively. The current final rule further expands the availability of prioritized examination by increasing the limit on the number of prioritized examination requests that may be accepted in a fiscal year to 20,000.
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