The Commerce Department looks set to recognize an Indian company’s name change and corporate reorganization for the purposes of antidumping duties on frozen warmwater shrimp from India (A-533-840). The agency preliminarily found Elque Ventures Private Limited (EVPL) is the successor-in-interest to Elque & Co., in the preliminary results of a changed circumstances review. The agency preliminarily found Elque & Co. became part of Elque Ventures Private Limited when EVPL took over the assets of Elque & Co. under an agreement between the two entities. EVLP demonstrated that the combined company continues to operate as the same business entity, with the same board and same production facilities, as when it was Elque & Co.
The Consumer Product Safety Commission announced the following voluntary recalls Jan. 18:
On Jan. 18, the FDA posted new and revised versions of the following Import Alerts on the detention without physical examination of:
USDA's Commodity Credit Corporation announced Jan. 18 that Special Import Quota #14 for upland cotton will be established Jan. 25, allowing importation of 6,199,761 kilograms (28,475 bales) of upland cotton, the same as the previous quota period. The quota will apply to upland cotton purchased not later than April 23, 2024, and entered into the U.S. by July 22, 2024. The quota is equivalent to one week's consumption of cotton by domestic mills at the seasonally adjusted average rate for the September through November 2023 period, the most recent three months for which data is available.
The Foreign-Trade Zones Board issued the following notices on Jan. 19:
The House Homeland Security Committee and the House Select Committee on China have asked a U.S. executive from Europe-based ABB to testify about how the firm secures the software and hardware it provides for ship-to-shore cranes built by China’s Shanghai Zhenhua Heavy Industries Company Limited (ZPMC).
The House Ways and Means Committee plans to consider how best to renew the African Growth and Opportunity Act, including whether any reforms are needed, the panel's leaders said on Jan. 18.
The Court of International Trade on Jan. 19 granted a joint motion that results in duty-free treatment for swimsuits reimported by SGS Sports under Harmonized Tariff Schedule subheading 9801.00.20. The ruling avoids a bench trial over whether the swimsuits qualify for the subheading as U.S. goods returned to the country.
A listing of recent Commerce Department antidumping and countervailing duty messages posted on CBP's website Jan. 18, along with the case number(s) and CBP message number, is provided below. The messages are available by searching for the listed CBP message number at CBP's ADCVD Search page.
More than 80% of cargo is now moving around the Cape of Good Hope due to Houthi rebel attacks in the Red Sea and low Panama Canal water levels (see 2312200045), Nathan Strang, a director of ocean freight at Flexport, said during a Jan. 18 company webinar.