The Court of International Trade on Oct. 28 denied importer Retractable Technologies' motion for a temporary restraining order and preliminary injunction against the collection of certain Section 301 tariffs, though the court granted the company's motion for a preliminary injunction enjoining liquidation of its entries during the course of litigation. Judge Claire Kelly issued the confidential decision, giving the parties until Nov. 1 to review any confidential information in the opinion (Retractable Technologies v. U.S., CIT # 24-00185).
A listing of recent Commerce Department antidumping and countervailing duty messages posted on CBP's website Oct. 28, 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:
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Automakers, chipmakers and broad business groups asked the Bureau of Industry and Security to give their industries more time to adjust to new requirements to move supply chains out of China and report on what companies are in their connected vehicle supply chains.
Trade compliance firm Besso hired Michiel Kalverkamp, Amazon's former head of global trade services for Europe, the Middle East and Africa, as its chief customer officer, the company announced in an email. Switzerland-based Besso uses AI to address global trade compliance issues.
The Commerce Department published notices in the Federal Register Oct. 28 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 its final determinations in its countervailing duty investigations on frozen warmwater shrimp from Ecuador (C-331-806), India (C-533-921) and Vietnam (C-552-838). Suspension of liquidation is currently not in effect for entries on or after July 30, 2024, and Commerce will require cash deposits of estimated CVD on future entries only if it issues a CV duty order.
The Commerce Department has published its final affirmative determination in the antidumping duty investigation on frozen warmwater shrimp from Indonesia (A-560-842). Changes to cash deposit requirements set in the final determination take effect Oct. 28.
USDA's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is allowing, effective Oct. 29, fresh soursop fruit from Mexico, it said in a notice. Soursop fruit (Annona muricata) is also known as guanabana. "Based on findings of a pest risk analysis, which we made available to the public for review and comment through a previous notice, we have determined that the application of one or more designated phytosanitary measures will be sufficient to mitigate the risks of introducing or disseminating plant pests or noxious weeds via the importation of fresh soursop fruit from Mexico," APHIS said.