The Commerce Department published notices in the Federal Register May 9 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 Commerce Department issued an antidumping duty order on paper shopping bags from Turkey (A-489-849). The order sets permanent antidumping duties, which will remain in place unless revoked by Commerce in a sunset or changed circumstances review. Commerce will now begin conducting annual administrative reviews, if requested, to determine final assessments of AD on importers and make changes to cash deposit rates.
The EPA has published a final rule, effective July 8, imposing import certification and export notification requirements for methylene chloride, a chemical that has killed those using it as a paint stripper and for bathtub refinishing.
On May 8, 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. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick, D-Fla., and Rep. Jonathan Jackson, D-Ill., introduced a bill, the U.S.-Africa Strategic Trade and Investment Partnership Act of 2024, that directs the U.S. to develop a strategy to promote the African Continental Free Trade Agreement's implementaiton, and to promote trade and investment in Africa for industries where the U.S. has a comparative advantage relative to other non-African countries.
The Court of International Trade ruled May 9 that an importer would recoup 22.4% of Section 301 duties it paid on an entry of kids’ erasable e-writing tablets from China.
A listing of recent Commerce Department antidumping and countervailing duty messages posted on CBP's website May 8, 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 has released its May 8 Customs Bulletin (Vol. 58, No. 18). While it contains recent court decisions, no customs rulings are included.
CBP issued the following releases on commercial trade and related matters:
Trade groups, companies and a union that represent the aluminum and steel sectors told the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative that they need more protection from import competition, by expansion of the scope of Section 232 tariffs, and by re-negotiation of the rules of origin in both trade agreements and the Section 232 exclusion for Canada and Mexico.