Certain types of wheel studs will now be exempt from antidumping duties on alloy and certain carbon steel threaded rod from China (A-570-104) and countervailing duties on carbon and alloy steel threaded rod from China (C-570-105), the Commerce Department said in the final results of a changed circumstances review. The new exemption takes effect for unliquidated entries since the beginning of 2022.
CBP has updated guidance further defining who is responsible for ensuring the truthfulness of origin documents such as origin declarations, origin statements and certification of origin documents.
The U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission, in its annual report to Congress, said that ending de minimis for all e-commerce is one of its top 10 recommendations, and said that if Congress passes such a law, it should provide CBP adequate resources to implement and enforce the change.
The Commerce Department is amending the final results, published Oct. 17, of its antidumping duty administrative review on certain new pneumatic off-the-road tires from India (A-533-869) to correct a ministerial error in the calculation of the duty rates for a mandatory respondent and for 12 companies not selected for individual review. The agency calculated new AD cash deposit rates for the 13 companies, with slight changes to the original final calculations. These final results, effective Nov. 18, will be used to set final assessments of AD on importers for entries March 1, 2022, through Feb. 28, 2023.
In addition to tariff hikes expected in 2025, trade experts are also thinking about the 2026 review of USMCA, and the investment and supply chain planning uncertainty that is likely to follow.
The Consumer Product Safety Commission announced the following voluntary recalls Nov. 14:
The Federal Maritime Commission is asking the parties to a West Coast ocean shipping and port agreement to provide more information about their alliance before an updated version takes effect, it said in a notice released this week.
House Select Committee on China Chairman Rep. John Moolenaar, R-Mich., proposes increasing tariffs on nearly all Chinese goods to at least 35% and raising tariffs on "strategic goods" to 100%, with exceptions only for goods that are currently sourced only from China.
The Commerce Department is amending the Oct. 25, 2021, final determination in an antidumping duty investigation on polyester textured yarn from Indonesia (A-560-838), based on the final decision, handed down last month in an Oct. 11 Court of International Trade case challenging those final results. Commerce calculated a revised antidumping duty rate for one respondent, PT. Asia Pacific Fibers Tbk, changing it from 26.07% to 9.2%. This rate change also affected the "all-others" rate in the investigation, which moved higher, from 7.47% to 8.72%.
CBP issued an Enforce and Protect Act determination, finding VY Industries evaded antidumping duties by transshipping wire coated coil nails from China through India, according to a recent agency notice.