Imports from China of electric vehicles, EV batteries, solar cells and wafers, face masks, needles and syringes, critical minerals and steel and aluminum will all be hiked Sept. 27, the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative announced Sept. 13, as part of a longer-term modification of Section 301 duties.

Tariffs on imports from China of electric vehicles, EV batteries, solar cells and wafers, face masks, needles and syringes, critical minerals and steel and aluminum will go up Sept. 27, with more Section 301 tariff hikes planned for Jan. 1, 2025, and Jan. 1, 2026.

The International Trade Commission published notices in the Sept. 12 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. 12 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 has released the preliminary results of its antidumping duty administrative review on polyethylene retail carrier bags from Malaysia (A-557-813). The agency preliminarily calculated a zero percent AD rate for the only company under review, Euro SME Sdn. Bhd. and affiliate Euro Nature Green Sdn. Bhd. If the agency's finding is continued in the final results, importers of subject merchandise from Euro SME entered Aug. 1, 2022, through July 31, 2023, won't be assessed AD. Any changes to rates for Euro SME would take effect on the date of publication in the Federal Register of the final results of this review, currently due in January.

The Commerce Department has released the preliminary results of its antidumping duty administrative review on carbazole violet pigment 23 from India (A-533-838). The agency preliminarily calculated a zero percent AD rate for three companies under review, Gharda Chemicals, Ltd., Meghmani Pigments, and Navpad Pigments Pvt. Ltd. If the agency's finding is continued in the final results, importers of subject merchandise from the three companies entered Dec. 1, 2022, through Nov. 30, 2023, will not be assessed AD, and future entries from them will not be subject to an AD cash deposit requirement until further notice. Any changes to rates for the three under review would take effect on the date of publication in the Federal Register of the final results of this review, which are due in January.

The Commerce Department is setting new countervailing duty cash deposit requirements for imports of epoxy resin from China (C-570-167), India (C-533-927) and Taiwan (C-583-877), after finding countervailable subsidization of producers and exporters in the four countries in the preliminary determinations of its CV duty investigations. Suspension of liquidation and cash deposit requirements will take effect Sept. 13, 2024, for entries of subject merchandise from India, South Korea and Taiwan, and will take retroactive effect for entries from China as of June 15, 2024.

The Commerce Department has released the preliminary results of its antidumping duty administrative review on steel nails from China (A-570-909). In the final results of this review, Commerce will set assessment rates for subject merchandise from 11 companies under review entered August 2022 through July 2023.

The Commerce Department is setting new countervailing duty cash deposit requirements for imports of 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid, also known as 2,4-D, from China (C-570-161) and India (C-533-923), after finding countervailable subsidization of producers and exporters in the two countries in the preliminary determinations of its CV duty investigations. Suspension of liquidation and cash deposit requirements are set to take effect Sept. 13, the date that the preliminary determinations are scheduled to be published in the Federal Register.

On Sept. 11, 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: