Two days before the now extended pause on higher country-specific reciprocal tariffs was to end (see 2507070054), President Donald Trump shared screenshots of letters he is sending to trading partners large -- Japan, South Korea, Thailand, Indonesia and Malaysia -- and small, informing them what rates their goods will face at the border, starting Aug. 1.

President Donald Trump continued to post screenshots of his tariff letters July 7, informing Laos and Myanmar of a 40% rate for their products, Kazakhstan and Malaysia of a 25% rate, and South Africa of a 30% rate.

The Commerce Department published notices in the Federal Register July 3 on the following antidumping and countervailing duty (AD/CVD) proceedings (any notices that announce changes to AD/CVD rates, scope, affected firms or effective dates will be detailed in another ITT article):

The International Trade Commission found that imports of vanillin from China injure a U.S. industry, paving the way for antidumping duty and countervailing duty orders, the agency announced June 30. It issued this final determination following a Commerce Department finding that imports from China are sold in the U.S. at less than fair value and are subsidized by the Chinese government (see 2506050033 and 2506050035). As a result, the Commerce Department will issue an AD order and a CVD order on imports of this product from China.

On July 2, the FDA posted new and revised versions of the following Import Alerts on the detention without physical examination of:

The House of Representatives passed a tax bill, 218-214, that includes language that will end de minimis eligibility for all e-commerce, beginning July 1, 2027. The bill, which also extends individual and pass-through business tax breaks passed during the first Trump administration, now heads to the president's desk.

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit's recent ruling in a trade-related False Claims Act case likely will create more customs fraud enforcement led by private parties and should lead importers to be extra wary that they are complying with U.S. trade laws, various laws firms said. The case is Island Industries v. Sigma Corp. (9th Cir. # 22-55063).

A listing of recent Commerce Department antidumping and countervailing duty messages posted on CBP's website July 2, 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 created Harmonized System Update 2527 on July 3, containing 24 Automated Broker Interface records and six Harmonized Tariff Schedule records. It includes Partner Government Agency updates and miscellaneous tariff adjustments required by verification of the 2025 Harmonized Tariff Schedule. In support of the PGA Message Set, the AM8 AMS (Agricultural Marketing Service) tariff flag was removed from HTS subheadings 0901.11.0040, 0901.21.0020 and 0901.21.0049.

CBP has released its July 2 Customs Bulletin (Vol. 59, No. 27), which includes the following ruling actions: