The Commerce Department has released the preliminary results of its antidumping duty administrative review on chlorinated isocyanurates from China (A-570-898). In the final results of this review, Commerce will set assessment rates for subject merchandise from the two companies under review entered June 1, 2023, through May 31, 2024.
Pharmaceutical tariffs were not applied on Oct. 1, as previously threatened by the Trump administration (see 2509250066), to give companies time to continue negotiating and begin on-shoring their manufacturing, according to recent statements by Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick.
A White House official confirmed that the Trump administration supports a one-year renewal of the African Growth and Opportunity Act. This puts the White House in line with congressional support for the program (see 2510010005), which expired Oct. 1.
A listing of recent Commerce Department antidumping and countervailing duty messages posted on CBP's website Oct. 1, 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.
CBP has released its Oct. 1 Customs Bulletin (Vol. 59, No. 40), which includes the following ruling action:
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.
Robert Palmer, former senior international trade compliance analyst at the Commerce Department, has joined boutique trade law firm Lighthill as a trade adviser, the firm announced on LinkedIn. Palmer joined Commerce in 2008, where he led antidumping duty and countervailing duty investigations across various products and countries. Palmer's LinkedIn profile says he retired from Commerce in April.
The International Trade Commission published notices in the Oct. 1 Federal Register on the following antidumping and countervailing duty injury, Section 337 patent or other trade proceedings (any notices that warrant a more detailed summary will be in another ITT article):
The Commerce Department published notices in the Federal Register Oct. 1 on the following antidumping and countervailing duty (AD/CVD) proceedings (any notices that announce changes to AD/CVD rates, scope, affected firms or effective dates will be detailed in another ITT article):
The Commerce Department is giving advance notice that in automatic five-year sunset reviews scheduled to begin in November it will consider revoking the antidumping duty and countervailing duty orders on non-oriented electrical steel from China (A-570-996/C-570-997) and Taiwan (A-583-851/C-583-852); oil country tubular goods from China (A-570-943/C-570-944); and forged steel fittings from India (A-533-891/C-533-892), as well as the antidumping duty orders on non-oriented electrical steel from Germany (A-428-843), Japan (A-588-872), South Korea (A-580-872) and Sweden (A-401-809); forged steel fittings from South Korea (A-580-904); and frozen fish fillets from Vietnam (A-552-801). These orders will be revoked, or the investigation terminated, unless Commerce finds that revocation would lead to dumping and the International Trade Commission finds that revocation would result in injury to the U.S. industry, Commerce said.