Taiwan has rejected the idea of a 50-50 split in chip manufacturing recently proposed by U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick (see 2509290046).
Given the White House's focus on trade enforcement, Customs rulings have become a way for importers to ensure they are following trade regulations appropriately.
Two Colorado companies and their top executives were indicted last month for conspiring to evade tariff payments on their imports of forklifts, DOJ announced on Sept. 30. The companies, Endless Sales and Octane Forklifts; current executives Brian Firkins and Jeffrey Blasdel; and former executive J.R. Antczak allegedly conspired to undervalue the forklifts from China at entry, then hide their Chinese origin and sell them to federal government agencies by declaring them to be made in the U.S.
A listing of recent Commerce Department antidumping and countervailing duty messages posted on CBP's website Sept. 30, along with the case number(s) and CBP message number, is provided below. The messages are available by searching for the listed CBP message number at CBP's ADCVD Search page.
Product Passports, an AI-informed product offered by Altana, will be part of CBP's Global Business Identifier program, the company announced Oct. 1. The product allows companies to track their products' supply chains and share that information with CBP before manufacturing or arrival at the U.S. border, Altana said. "After that, future shipments of those goods can reference the Altana Product Passport ID in their customs filings, showing they have already been validated, similar to the Global Entry program, but for products. The system leads to faster customs clearance and fewer delays for trusted traders, while also helping CBP more effectively focus its enforcement efforts," it said.
The U.S. opened a customs penalty suit last week against wire garment hanger importer LGA Trading and its director, Galo Goya, at the Court of International Trade, seeking over $3.1 million as a penalty for negligence and over $1.9 million in unpaid duties (United States v. LGA Trading, CIT # 25-00214).
The Commerce Department is amending the final results of an antidumping duty administrative review on multilayered wood flooring from China (A-570-970) based on the final decision in a Court of International Trade case challenging those final results.
CBP issued the following releases on commercial trade and related matters:
The case against the lists 3 and 4A tariffs is unlikely to be heard by the Supreme Court or the full U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, and the recent decision from the Federal Circuit upholding the tariffs likely gives the Trump administration greater confidence in using tariff authorities other than the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, various attorneys told us.
CBP issued the following releases on commercial trade and related matters: