The following lawsuits were filed at the Court of International Trade during the week of Sept. 23-29:
A listing of recent Commerce Department antidumping and countervailing duty messages posted on CBP's website Sept. 30, 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 is extending its deadline for rejecting vague cargo descriptions in Air Cargo Advance Screening filings until Nov. 12, the National Customs Brokers & Forwarders Association of America said in an alert emailed to its members Oct. 1. The agency had previously said it would reject vague cargo descriptions beginning Oct. 7, but is delaying “to give the industry additional time to work toward full compliance," the NCBFAA said, adding that “there will be no further extensions.” CBP didn’t immediately comment.
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Questions about how to define date of arrival and when the 15-day window to file a cargo release dominated CBP’s Oct. 1 call with the trade on issues related to the labor strike at U.S. East Coast and Gulf Coast ports.
A labor strike at U.S. East Coast and Gulf Coast ports appears poised to occur just after midnight on Oct. 1, despite any last-ditch efforts as of press time to prevent the strike from occurring.
The International Trade Commission published notices in the Sept. 30 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 Sept. 30 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 announced the opportunity to request administrative reviews by Oct. 31 for producers and exporters subject to 22 antidumping duty orders, five countervailing duty orders and two suspension agreements with October anniversary dates, in a Federal Register notice.
The Commerce Department is giving advance notice that in automatic five-year sunset reviews scheduled to begin in November it will consider revoking the antidumping duty and countervailing orders on aluminum wire and cable from China (A-570-095/C-570-096); carbon and alloy steel threaded rod from China (A-570-104/C-570-105) and India (A-533-887/C-533-888); vertical metal file cabinets from China (A-570-110/C-570-111); and welded stainless steel pressure pipe from China (A-570-930/C-570-931). It also will consider revoking the antidumping duty orders on acetone from Belgium (A-423-814), South Korea (A-580-899), Singapore (A-559-808), South Africa (A-791-824) and Spain (A-469-819); carbon and alloy steel threaded rod from Taiwan (A-583-865) and Thailand (A-549-840); malleable iron pipe fittings from China (A-570-881); mattresses from China (A-570-092); steel nails from China (A-570-909); and welded stainless steel pressure pipe from Malaysia (A-557-815), Thailand (A-549-830) and Vietnam (A-552-816). These orders will be revoked unless Commerce finds that revocation would lead to dumping and the International Trade Commission finds that revocation would result in injury to U.S. industry, Commerce said.