As customs brokers seek to employ artificial intelligence, expect government regulators to observe but not necessarily hand down heavy-handed guidance on using AI tools to conduct customs business, according to trade and AI experts International Trade Today interviewed.
A new Section 301 investigation on Chinese legacy chips may lead to a tariff regime that could create havoc, according to Sidley Austin's Ted Murphy, who specializes in trade and customs.
Automotive components recovered from used vehicles, if they have not undergone further remanufacturing, don't qualify for preferential treatment under USMCA, according to a recent CBP ruling.
The Commerce Department is amending the final results of its countervailing duty administrative review on phosphate fertilizers from Morocco (C-714-001), published Nov. 12, to correct a ministerial error that affected the duty rate calculations for the only company under review in those final results. The new rate will be used to set final assessments of CVD on importers for entries between Jan. 1 and Dec. 31, 2022.
The Commerce Department is amending the final results of its antidumping duty administrative review on activated carbon from China (A-570-904), published Nov. 25, to correct a ministerial error that affected the duty rate calculations for some companies under review in those final results. The new rates will be used to set final assessments of AD on importers for entries between April 1, 2022, and March 31, 2023.
A bipartisan, bicameral bill would create a Maritime Security Trust Fund, into which revenues would come from tonnage fees on Chinese-owned and Chinese-flagged ships visiting U.S. ports, special tonnage taxes, light money, and tariffs and duties, including Section 301 tariffs.
The Consumer Product Safety Commission has voted to require imported consumer products regulated by the CPSC to have their certificates of compliance filed electronically.
Shein, which has made its business selling fast fashion from Chinese manufacturers in de minimis packages to American consumers, announced Dec. 19 that it has begun participating in the Section 321 Data Pilot program. The Section 321 pilot is smaller and requires less data than Type 86 filing. The company said it had been participating more than 30 days, and CBP confirmed that it was receiving all the relevant import entry information for the data pilot.
The Commerce Department has released the preliminary results of its countervailing duty administrative review on forged steel fluid end blocks from Germany (C-428-848). Commerce preliminarily calculated a CVD rate of 3.51% for BGH Edelstahl Siegen GmbH and its cross-owned affiliates, the only company still covered by the review. Any changes to BGH's cash deposit rates would take effect on the publication date of the final results of the review. Once Commerce issues its final results of this review, the agency will assess CVD for entries of subject merchandise from BGH entered Jan. 1, 2023, through Dec. 31, 2023, it said.
The Commerce Department is beginning an anti-circumvention inquiry to determine whether all imports of oil country tubular goods from Thailand made from Chinese steel billets are circumventing antidumping and countervailing duties on oil country tubular goods from China (A-570-943/C-570-944), it said Dec. 18.