A bill that directs the Biden administration to promulgate rules within 18 months to require data submissions for de minimis importers was introduced April 9 by Sens. Mike Braun, R-Ind., and Tammy Baldwin, D-Wis., called the Ensure Accountability in De Minimis Act.
The Commerce Department is amending the final results of the antidumping duty administrative review on certain hot-rolled steel flat products from Japan (A-588-874), covering the period Oct. 1, 2020, through Sept. 30, 2021, based on the March 26 final decision in a court case challenging those final results. Commerce calculated a revised AD rate for Tokyo Steel Manufacturing Co., Ltd. of 5.2%, down from 7.72% in the original final results (see 2305030088). That new rate is applicable April 6.
CBP announced a new Enforce and Protect Act investigation, saying it has reasonable suspicion that BMF Imports evaded the antidumping and countervailing duty orders on xanthan gum from China, and has enacted interim measures against the importer.
CBP announced a new Enforce and Protect Act investigation, saying it has reasonable suspicion that Guy & O’Neill evaded the antidumping and countervailing duty orders on xanthan gum from China and has enacted interim measures against the importer.
DHS announced that more companies in what it called "the high-priority textile sector" should be added to the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act's Entity List, joining the 10 already on that list -- just one item in what it's calling "a new comprehensive enforcement action plan" for textiles.
CBP announced a new Enforce and Protect Act investigation, saying it has reasonable suspicion that Lighthouse Rock Consulting, a U.S.-based importer, evaded the antidumping and countervailing duty orders on xanthan gum from China. The agency said this finding made the enactment of interim measures necessary.
In the March 27 Customs Bulletin (Vol. 58, No. 12), CBP published a proposal to revoke and modify ruling letters concerning an absorber crashbox and a ratchet and pawl cargo securing device.
The National Commodity Specialist Division's consumer products and mass merchandising branch has received 237 ruling requests relating to 312 products so far in FY 2024, Steve Mack, the NCSD's director, said at CBP's NCSD Trade Forum April 3. Seventy-six, or 32%, of the ruling requests were subject to trade remedies, while 64, or 27%, of the ruling requests involve country of origin scenarios, Mack said.
The Canadian Ombudsman for Responsible Enterprise concluded that Dynasty Gold, a mining firm headquartered in British Columbia, allowed Uyghur labor transfers to its joint venture in Xinjiang during 2017-2020, and that such forced labor "may continue to persist" at the Hatu mine in Xinjiang.
The country of origin for omega-3-acid ethyl ester capsules is Norway for the purposes of government procurement, as they don't undergo a substantial transformation when the Norwegian active pharmaceutical ingredient is combined with inactive ingredients in China, CBP said. The product's name, character or use doesn't change as a result of the processing in China, CBP said.