A listing of recent Commerce Department antidumping and countervailing duty messages posted on CBP's website Oct. 4, 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's Norfolk office in Virginia has seized numerous food trailers and golf carts over a three-month period starting in July.

The Court of International Trade on Oct. 7 sent a customs classification dispute on truck steps to a bench trial after finding that the undisputed facts are insufficient for conducting a principal use analysis on whether the products are "side protective attachments." Judge Jennifer Choe-Groves held that while a Section 301 exclusion for "side protective attachments" is a principal use provision, and not a provision for an individual product, the court can't at this time properly assess the imports at issue under a principal use framework.

The European Commission is proposing to delay its upcoming deforestation reporting requirements by one year to allow member states and third-country exporters to be better prepared and “fully establish the necessary due diligence systems” for all products covered by the new rules. The law is scheduled to take effect for most companies Dec. 30 and for small companies June 30, but the commission is proposing to extend those dates to Dec. 30, 2025, and June 30, 2026, respectively.

The International Trade Commission published notices in the Oct. 4 Federal Register on the following AD/CVD injury, Section 337 patent or other trade proceedings (any notices that warrant a more detailed summary will be in another ITT article):

The Commerce Department published notices in the Federal Register Oct. 4 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 said it's rescinding the administrative review of the antidumping duty order on prestressed concrete wire strand from the United Arab Emirates (A-520-809) for the period of review Feb. 1, 2023, through Jan. 31, 2024, because there were no reviewable, suspended entries of subject merchandise for the one company for which the review had been requested -- Essen Steel Industry L.L.C. -- during the review period. Commerce will instruct CBP to assess AD on all appropriate entries, at rates equal to the cash deposit of estimated AD required at the time of entry, or withdrawal from warehouse, for consumption, it said.

The International Trade Commission is issuing a general exclusion order banning imports of all blood flow restriction devices with rotatable windlasses that infringe a patent held by Composite Resources, the ITC said in an Oct. 4 notice announcing the completion of its Section 337 investigation (ITC Inv. No. 337-TA-1364).

The Commerce Department is amending the published final results of an antidumping duty administrative review on stainless steel flanges India (A-533-877), based on a settlement reached in a court case challenging those final results. Commerce calculated revised AD rates for certain exporters that were not selected for individual examination. The new rates are applicable Oct. 4, 2024.

The Commerce Department is amending the Aug. 5, 2019, final results of an antidumping duty administrative review on multilayered wood flooring from China (A-570-970) based on the final decision in a court case challenging those final results. Commerce calculated a revised AD rate for exporters that were eligible for a separate rate but not selected for individual examination, changing it from 42.57% to 31.63%. The new rate is applicable Sept. 28, 2024.