The following lawsuits were filed at the Court of International Trade during the weeks of Aug. 19-25, Aug. 26 - Sept. 1, Sept. 2-8:
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 Sept. 9, 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 recently issued a fact sheet on country of origin marking requirements applicable to imported repackaged prescription medication, the agency said in a CSMS message. All repackaged medications sold to retail customers will be required to be marked with the country of origin, CBP said. In the fact sheet, the agency referenced its recent ruling on country of origin marking for prescription medications, which found a retail pharmacy still has to include country of origin on drugs it repackages before selling to the ultimate consumer (see 2408140037).
CBP will be working on a new Automated Commercial Environment enhancement that calls for a safeguard to prevent the use of a post-summary correction to change a non-quota entry to a quota entry, according to the agency's latest National Development & Deployment Schedule for ACE. The target date for the implementation of this enhancement is Sept. 23.
International Trade Today is providing readers with the top stories from last week in case they were missed. All articles can be found by searching on the titles or by clicking on the hyperlinked reference number.
House Ways and Means Trade Subcommittee Chairman Adrian Smith, R-Neb., said members of Congress have a wide range of views "of what the reaction should be" to compliance weaknesses in de minimis shipments. "But I think we need to continue the conversation and look for solutions that can generate the results we need," he said. Smith said he thinks Congress can pass a de minimis bill this year.
The chair of the Federal Maritime Commission said this week that he continues to have concerns about a new vessel-sharing agreement between major ocean carriers Maersk and Hapag-Lloyd but that the FMC can no longer legally prevent it from taking effect. The agreement officially took effect Sept. 9, the FMC said.
Canada's trade minister, Mary Ng, said Canada will challenge the conclusions of the fifth administrative reviews of the antidumping and countervailing duty orders on softwood lumber from Canada through the Canada-U.S.-Mexico Agreement, as Canada calls the NAFTA successor.
The International Trade Commission published notices in the Sept. 9 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):