The Commerce Department is amending countervailing duty rates set in its original CVD investigations on forged steel fluid end blocks from Germany (C-428-848) originally published Dec. 11, 2020, to align with the final decision in a court case that challenged the way the CVD rates were calculated.
The Commerce Department is amending the Jan. 10, 2022, final results of a review of the antidumping duty order on tapered roller bearings and parts thereof, finished and unfinished, from China (A-570-601) based on the final decision, issued Dec. 18, 2024, in a court case challenging those final results. Commerce calculated a revised AD rate for three exporters -- Shanghai Tainai Bearing Co., Ltd. (Tainai), Xinchang Newsun Xintianlong Precision Bearing Manufacturing Co., Ltd, (Xintianlong), and Hebei Xintai Bearing Forging Co., Ltd, (Xintai) -- changing it from 538.79% to 76.58%. The new rate is applicable Dec. 28, 2024:
The Commerce Department has published amended final results of the countervailing duty administrative review on crystalline silicon photovoltaic cells, whether or not assembled into modules, from China (C-570-980), originally published July 11, 2023, to align with the final decision in a court case that challenged a rate in those results.
The Border Trade Alliance released a Dec. 30 letter it sent to the Mexican Embassy asking that nation to pause its regulatory changes that end tariff-free treatment of apparel and textile home goods that are imported into Mexico but destined for U.S. consumers. The same change also increased the tariffs on 121 apparel goods from China to 35% (see 2412240009).
On Dec. 30, the FDA posted new and revised versions of the following Import Alerts on the detention without physical examination of:
The following lawsuits were filed at the Court of International Trade during the weeks of Dec. 16-22 and 23-29:
The Commerce Department has terminated its antidumping duty investigation on glass wine bottles from Chile based on the petitioner's withdrawal of its petition.
The Southern Shrimp Alliance again requested that Chinese company Rongcheng Sanyue Foodstuff Co., Ltd., be added to the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act’s Entity List, in a letter sent Dec. 30 to DHS' Forced Labor Enforcement Task Force.
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.