The Foreign-Trade Zones Board issued the following notices on May 6:
Germany-based private airline company Hahn Air Lines and its Minnesota-based subsidiary, Hahn Air USA, will pay $26.8 million to settle allegations the companies violated the False Claims Act by "knowingly failing to remit to the United States certain travel fees" the airline collected from commercial passengers flying to or within the U.S., DOJ announced.
CBP issued the following releases on commercial trade and related matters:
A listing of recent Commerce Department antidumping and countervailing duty messages posted on CBP's website May 3, 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 will begin requiring trade community users to identify the "subject company" whenever a report is run or scheduled in ACE Reports starting on May 16, the agency said in a CSMS message May 6. There will be a phased roll-out through August. The first universe affected is the Importer Security Filing (ISF). All existing scheduled reports will need to be updated after this change has taken effect or the scheduled reports will fail, CBP said. CBP will have a pre-deployment call on May 10 at 1 p.m. EDT.
The Mediterranean Shipping Company denied allegations by the Federal Maritime Commission that it knowingly violated U.S. shipping laws, calling a proposed $63.2 million FMC penalty "excessive and unlawful.”
Automakers and their trade groups cautioned the Bureau of Industry and Security to tailor its restrictions narrowly -- and allow a phase-in -- if they want manufacturers to stop buying information technology components from China for cars with advanced features, including electric cars.
The International Trade Commission is beginning a Section 337 investigation to consider GoPro's allegations that cameras from Arashi Vision and its U.S. affiliate, which does business as Insta360, are infringing on its patents (ITC Inv. No. 337-TA-1400), the ITC said in a notice released May 3. GoPro's March 29 complaint said Insta360’s One X, One R, One R 1-inch, One X2, One RS, One RS 1-inch 360, X3, Go 3, Ace and Ace Pro copy GoPro’s patented technologies used in its Hero and Max lines of products (see 2404040013). The ITC will consider whether to issue a limited exclusion order and cease and desist orders banning importation and sale of infringing cameras from Arashi Vision and its affiliate.
The Commerce Department published notices in the Federal Register May 3 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):
When the Commerce Department published its final determination in the antidumping duty investigation on paper shopping bags from Turkey (A-489-849) on March 18 (see 2403180061), it said in a correction notice, a company was listed in the rate table for the 47.56% AD rate that shouldn't have been there: Umur Basim.