On April 30, the FDA posted new and revised versions of the following Import Alerts on the detention without physical examination of:
U.S. Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins announced that officials in Mexico and at USDA have reached an agreement on efforts to prevent the spread of the New World screwworm, avoiding U.S. restrictions on animal imports from Mexico (see 2504280034).
In a town hall call-in appearance April 30, President Donald Trump said that his administration has “potential” tariff deals negotiated with South Korea, Japan and India, but said they weren’t in a hurry to announce them -- “it can wait two weeks.”
A listing of recent Commerce Department antidumping and countervailing duty messages posted on CBP's website April 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 created Harmonized System Update 2517 on April 29, containing 254 Automated Broker Interface records and 58 Harmonized Tariff Schedule records. HSU 2517 includes the Section 232 auto parts updates: HTS 9903.94.05 and 9903.94.06, as well as partner government agency (PGA) updates. Additional information on the Section 232 Auto Parts Updates can be found here.
Imported automotive parts that can be filed under the free trade agreement between the U.S., Mexico and Canada will continue for now to face a 0% duty rate even as the 25% auto parts duty goes into effect for everyone else this weekend, CBP confirmed when it released guidance via a May 1 cargo systems message on the Section 232 import duties for certain auto parts.
CBP said it plans to publish by May 16 refund procedures "and any necessary updates" for imported goods that are no longer subject to tariff stacking, according to a May 1 cargo systems message.
The Senate had a tie vote, 49-49, as it took up the question of revoking the trade deficit emergency President Donald Trump declared, which underpins his decision to put 10% tariffs on every country except Canada, Mexico and China, and 125% on China.
Rep. Mike Lawler, a New York Republican who helped Republicans recapture the House majority in 2022, said Congress will seek to intervene if the administration seeks to re-implement the high country-specific reciprocal tariffs that it had planned but paused for 90 days.
The nominee to lead CBP, former Border Patrol Chief Rodney Scott, told the Senate Finance Committee that during high school in Nogales, Arizona, a lot of his friends' parents were customs brokers, so he saw the importance of free-flowing goods across borders.