The International Trade Commission has ended a Section 337 investigation on imports of laptop and desktop computers, tablet computers, streaming devices, televisions, cameras and components from Amazon and HP (ITC Inv. No. 337-TA-1380), it said in a notice to be published April 29. Complainant Nokia initially alleged in 2023 that Amazon and HP were importing various electronics that infringe seven of Nokia's patents covering motion compensated prediction inventions, improvements to video decoding techniques, encoding and decoding, and video compression (see 2311030010).
A domestic producer recently filed a petition with the Commerce Department and the International Trade Commission requesting new antidumping and countervailing duties on silicon metal from Angola, Australia, Laos, Norway, and Thailand. Commerce now will decide whether to begin AD/CVD investigations, which could result in the imposition of permanent AD/CVD orders and the assessment of AD and CVD on importers. Mississippi Silicon and Ferroglobe requested the investigation.
The Commerce Department issued its final determination in its countervailing duty investigation of certain alkyl phosphate esters from China (C-570-169), finding countervailable subsidization of producers and exporters. Suspension of liquidation is currently not in effect for entries on or after Feb. 1, 2025 and Commerce will require cash deposits of estimated CVD on future entries only if it issues a CVD order.
The Commerce Department issued its final determination in its antidumping duty investigation of certain alkyl phosphate esters from China (A-570-168). Changes to cash deposit requirements set in this final determination take effect April 25, the date they were published in the Federal Register.
On April 25, the FDA posted new and revised versions of the following Import Alerts on the detention without physical examination of:
A listing of recent Commerce Department antidumping and countervailing duty messages posted on CBP's website April 25, 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.
U.S. Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins is threatening to restrict animal imports originating or transiting Mexico starting on April 30 if the country doesn't follow through with plans to work with the U.S. government to eradicate the New World screwworm, a pest that can infest livestock, according to an April 26 letter published on USDA's website.
The House Homeland Security Committee released its budget reconciliation recommendations, part of the process to extend Trump tax cuts and possibly, add new tax cuts. That committee, however, is adding spending, both for screening cargo and hiring CBP Office of Field Operations officers.
Correction: Former CBP Executive Director of Trade Relations George Bogden was forced to resign because of his “ties” to Miles Taylor (see 2504250035), according to a report from the Washington Post. Someone in the administration started circulating Facebook pictures of Bogden at Taylor's first wedding, the story said. That wedding was before Taylor revealed he was behind an anonymous New York Times op-ed piece, but the Post reported that an anonymous attendee said Bogden was also at Taylor’s second wedding in 2023. Earlier this month, President Donald Trump signed a presidential memorandum pulling security clearances for Taylor and any "individuals at entities associated with Taylor."
CBP has released its April 23 Customs Bulletin (Vol. 59, No. 17). While it contains no ruling notices, it does include one Court of International Trade slip opinion.