2013 was a big year for new AD/CVD cases.

A section 701 (countervailing duty) & 731 (antidumping duty) petition was filed on the last day of 2013 (12/31/2013) on Crystalline Silicon Photovoltaic Products from People’s Republic of China (AD & CVD) and Taiwan (AD) by Wiley Rein LLP on behalf of SolarWorld Industries America Inc.

In total 77.8 percent of all reviews have gone affirmative while only 22.2 percent have gone negative. With each subsequent review cycle, the percentage of cases going affirmative has increased; specifically, 75.4 percent, 78.6 percent, and 89.2 percent of reviews have gone affirmative in the first, second, and third reviews of cases respectively.

According to official data, the U.S. aerospace industry generated a trade surplus of $56.4 billion in 2012, the largest of any manufacturing industry. Exports are important to the domestic industry, with almost half of all domestic aerospace production exported. In addition, the Commerce Department found that the aerospace industry supports more jobs through exports than any other industry.

The U.S. International Trade Commission voted unanimously on Dec. 12 that the U.S. industry producing silica bricks was not injured by imports from China. Therefore, there will be no anti-dumping duties imposed.

The government of China has decided to assist domestic shipbuilders by subsidizing the purchase of new ships to the tune of 1,500 yuan per gross ton (approximately $241*) until the end of 2015

When a U.S. control number or “CONNUM” is the same as the comparison market CONNUM the USDOC determines the products to be identical. However, when the identical comparison market CONNUM was not sold, how does the USDOC’s SAS computer programming go about identifying the “most similar” comparison market match?