The Commerce Department published notices in the Federal Register Aug. 25 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 beginning an anti-circumvention inquiry to determine whether imports of paper plates from Cambodia and Malaysia are circumventing antidumping duties and countervailing duties on paper plates from China (A-570-164/C-570-165), it said in a notice published Aug. 22.
A final rule is going into effect on Sept. 25 that establishes a framework for how the EPA will assess the eligibility of six applications to continue to receive priority access to allowances to produce or import hydrofluorocarbons, according to a Federal Register notice.
Vice President JD Vance said that the U.S. is imposing secondary tariffs on India for buying Russian oil, and not China, because China already has high tariffs.
In a confidential opinion released Aug. 22, Court of International Trade Judge Timothy Reif vacated the Commerce Department’s pause on antidumping and countervailing duties on solar cells from Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam and Malaysia -- in place until June 6, 2024 -- after a finding that the countries' exporters were circumventing an antidumping duty on solar cells from China (Auxin Solar v. United States, CIT # 23-00274).
CBP issued the following releases on commercial trade and related matters:
A listing of recent Commerce Department antidumping and countervailing duty messages posted on CBP's website Aug. 22, 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 made available for testing in the ACE certification environment the enhancement for Automated Rejection of Insufficient Cargo Description, Shipper Name, and Consignee Name. The deployment takes place Aug. 25, 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. EDT., it said in an Aug. 25 cargo systems message.
President Donald Trump, speaking after meeting Aug. 25 with South Korea's president, said he believes the two sides have cemented the trade deal he first announced last month. "I think we have a deal done. They had some problems with it, but we stuck to our guns," Trump said. "They're going to make the deal that they agreed to make." Trump added that it's a "very big trade deal" and the "biggest deal" South Korea has "ever made by far."
A White House official, speaking on background, clarified that the investigation the president posted about last week on social media, which he said would lead to tariffs on furniture (see 2508220054), is not a new investigation that would cover an array of furniture made out of plastic, metal or wood. Rather, wooden furniture tariffs would fall under the Section 232 investigation on lumber that began at the beginning of March (see 2503030039).