The Consumer Product Safety Commission announced the following voluntary recalls Aug. 1:
Senate Finance Committee Chairman Ron Wyden, D-Ore., is sharing draft text with the trade of a bill that would remove goods subject to Section 301 tariffs from the de minimis entry lane, along with any categories deemed "import sensitive" in the Generalized System of Preferences benefits program legislation.
The Commerce Committee passed the Illegal Red Snapper Enforcement Act, which would require the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to develop a standard methodology for identifying the country of origin of red snapper imported into the United States.
CBP has released its July 31 Customs Bulletin (Vol 58, No. 30), which includes the following ruling actions:
CBP issued an Enforce and Protect Act determination, finding xanthan gum importer ADI ChemTech evaded antidumping duties by transshipping xanthan gum from China through India, according to a recent agency release.
The Court of International Trade on July 30 stayed Chinese printer cartridge exporter Ninestar Corp.'s lawsuit challenging its placement on the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act Entity List for four months or until the Forced Labor Enforcement Task Force issues a final decision in the exporter's delisting request before the task force (Ninestar Corp. v. U.S., CIT # 23-00182).
CBP is investigating whether four companies evaded antidumping duties when importing monosodium glutamate (MSG) from China or Indonesia, and is imposing interim measures in the form of suspension of liquidation and the collection of antidumping and countervailing duty cash deposits, among other things, according to a July 29 announcement.
Higher or new Section 301 tariffs on lithium-ion batteries for EVs, lead-acid battery parts, golf-cart like EVs, electric cars, vans and buses, plug-in hybrids, ship-to-shore cranes, solar cells, solar panels, syringes, needles, three categories of disposable masks, 26 critical minerals, more than 100 HTS codes covering iron and steel products, and 31 aluminum HTS codes, all on imports from China, will not go up on Aug. 1, as originally announced two months ago (see 2405220072).
Members of the Federal Maritime Commission are traveling to the Panama Canal this week to examine the supply chain aftereffects from a recent drought (see 2401180050). The FMC also will review the measures the Panamanian government and the Panama Canal Authority “have identified to improve the infrastructure of the Canal and make it more resilient to any future disruptions, particularly droughts.”
Canadian traders should prepare for increased scrutiny from the country’s customs agents for a range of imports in the coming months, and should consider conducting an “internal compliance review” to make sure they’re complying with all duties and trade laws, Baker McKenzie said in a July 25 client alert.