The official proclamation implementing an announcement in mid-May on changes to the 14.25% tariffs on imported solar panels and the tariff rate quotas on imported cells was issued by the White House on June 21.
A "back to basics" webinar on de minimis presented by CBP, which was watched by more than 1,900 in the trade community, didn't elaborate on the suspensions of customs brokers from Type 86, though CBP official Felicia Pullam said the agency has heard "a lot of concern in the trade community about this enforcement."
USDA has determined the total amounts of WTO tariff-rate quotas for raw cane sugar and certain sugars for FY 2025. The agency established that from Oct. 1, 2024, to Sept. 30, 2025, the in-quota aggregate quantity of raw cane sugar will be at 1,117,195 metric tons raw value (MTRV), while the FY 2025 in-quota aggregate quantity of certain molasses (or refined sugar) will be at 232,000 MTRV. USDA's notice will be effective on June 14, the date that it will be published in the Federal Register.
CBP created Harmonized System Update (HSU) 2406 on June 12, containing 7 Automated Broker Interface (ABI) records and 2 Harmonized Tariff Schedule records. The update includes an update to the Partner Government Agency (PGA) flag indicator (FD3) for FDA in support of the PGA message set, and it includes new Section 301 exclusions under subheading 9903.88.69 for articles of China that were extended from June 15, 2024, through May 31, 2025.
The Commerce Department issued notices in the Federal Register on its recently initiated antidumping and countervailing duty investigations on disposable aluminum containers, pans, trays, and lids from China (A-570-170/C-570-171). The CVD investigation covers entries Jan. 1 - Dec. 31, 2023. The AD investigation covers entries Oct. 1, 2023 - March 31, 2024.
The following lawsuits were filed at the Court of International Trade during the week of June 3-9:
Americans for Free Trade, a coalition of more than 100 trade groups, asked the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative to extend a public comment period to respond to proposed changes to the Section 301 tariffs and a new product exclusion process limited to industrial machinery. They said another 30 days would be in the public interest.
A U.S. producer seeks the imposition of new antidumping and countervailing duties on imports of vanillin from China, it said in petitions filed June 5 with the Commerce Department and the International Trade Commission. Commerce will now decide whether to begin AD/CVD investigations, which could result in the imposition of permanent AD/CVD orders on vanillin. Solvay USA requested the investigations.
False consignee addresses and vague descriptions of products are beginning to be flagged by CBP, as the agency tries to wrap its arms around the flood de minimis packages -- and CBP's insistence on better labeling is spreading to other modes of entry as well, Flexport customs experts said.
Electrolux filed petitions May 30 with the Commerce Department and the International Trade Commission requesting new antidumping duties on large top mount combination refrigerator-freezers from Thailand. Commerce will now decide whether to begin AD investigations.