The Commerce Department published notices in the Federal Register Jan. 12 on the following AD/CV duty proceedings (any notices that announce changes to AD/CV duty rates, scope, affected firms or effective dates will be detailed in another ITT article):
The Consumer Product Safety Commission announced the following voluntary recalls Jan. 11:
The Consumer Product Safety Commission is proposing a new children’s product safety standard for infant support cushions. If finalized, the new standard would set requirements for infant support cushions that would address suffocation, entrapment and fall hazards, as well as warning label requirements. Comments on the proposal are due March 18.
USDA's Commodity Credit Corporation announced Jan. 11 that Special Import Quota #13 for upland cotton will be established Jan. 18, 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 16, 2024, and entered into the U.S. by July 15, 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.
India and the U.S. should aim for "economically meaningful outcomes" from better customs and trade facilitation, supply chain linkages, trade in high-tech products and trade in critical minerals between the two countries, India's commerce minister and U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai said in a joint statement.
A listing of recent Commerce Department antidumping and countervailing duty messages posted on CBP's website Jan. 10, 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.
A listing of recent Commerce Department antidumping and countervailing duty messages posted on CBP's website Jan. 10, 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.
CBP issued the following releases on commercial trade and related matters:
Allowing the financing companies that own leased vehicles to claim tax credits irrespective of where electric vehicles and their batteries were made, and lengthening the timeline to cut China out of battery and critical mineral supply chains, runs contrary to the Inflation Reduction Act, argued Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee Chairman Joe Manchin, and the ranking member of the committee, Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyo.
The shorter time frame for filing type 86 entries announced by CBP Jan. 12 is likely intended to allow the agency to target de minimis shipments in advance and give it more time to complete its targeting processes, said customs brokers asked about the policy change.