The Commerce Department made a preliminary affirmative antidumping determination that truck and bus tires from Thailand (A-549-848) are being sold in the U.S. at less than fair value. The agency will impose antidumping duty cash requirements on entries of subject merchandise beginning May 20, the date this preliminary determination is scheduled to be published in the Federal Register.
The Commerce Department issued a notice in the Federal Register on its recently initiated antidumping and countervailing duty investigations on crystalline silicon photovoltaic cells, whether or not assembled into modules, from Cambodia (A-555-003/C-555-004), Malaysia (A-557-830/C-557/831), Thailand (A-549-851/C-549-852) and Vietnam (A-552-841/C-552-842). The CVD investigations cover entries for the calendar year 2023. The AD investigations on Cambodia, Malaysia and Thailand cover entries April 1, 2023, through March 31, 2024, and the AD investigation on Vietnam covers entries Oct. 1, 2023, through March 31, 2024.
The Consumer Product Safety Commission announced the following voluntary recalls May 16:
On May 16, the FDA posted new and revised versions of the following Import Alerts (after not having posted new ones for a number of days) on the detention without physical examination of:
Rep. Elise Stefanik, R-N.Y., introduced Drones for First Responders, a bill that would impose a 30% tariff on Chinese drones, with a 5% escalation annually. The bill, co-sponsored by House Select Committee on China Chairman John Moolenaar, R-Mich., along with Reps. Rob Wittman, R-Va., Ashley Hinson, R-Iowa, and Jim Banks, R-Ind., would use the revenue to help farmers, first responders and critical infrastructure facilities to purchase drones made in the U.S. or by allies. The bill also would require that drones imported in 2030 or later not contain certain components made in China.
A listing of recent Commerce Department antidumping and countervailing duty messages posted on CBP's website May 16, 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:
The Bureau of Industry and Security is eliminating 12 general approved exclusions from Section 232 tariffs on steel and aluminum, it said in a final rule released May 17.
Many importers who were hit with Section 301 tariffs six years ago expected they would be rolled back in 18 months or two or three years, said Nicole Bivens Collinson, director of Sandler Travis's international trade and government relations practice. Then, once that didn't happen, they thought they'd see what happened in the Biden administration.
The Senate on May 14 retroactively confirmed the ongoing terms of Daniel Maffei as chair of the Federal Maritime Commission and Rebecca Dye as FMC commissioner. Maffei's term expires June 2027 and Dye's term expires June 2025. Neither FMC official had their appointment confirmed by the Senate at the beginning of their current terms.