The Commerce Department has released the final results of a countervailing duty administrative review of stainless steel flanges from India (C-533-878). Rates set in this review will be used to set importer assessments for subject merchandise from Pradeep Metals entered during the period Jan. 1, 2022, through Dec. 31, 2022.
Fourteen models of passenger vehicle and light truck wheels imported by Keystone Automotive Industries aren’t subject to antidumping and countervailing duty orders on steel wheels 12 to 16.5 inches in diameter from China (A-570-090/C-570-091), the Commerce Department announced in a Feb. 24 scope ruling. Keystone’s wheels can’t be used for trailers, it explained.
The Commerce Department is suspending liquidation and setting new antidumping duty cash deposit requirements on all imports of monosodium glutamate from Malaysia made from Chinese-origin glutamic acid, after preliminarily finding that the imports are circumventing AD on MSG from China (A-570-992), the agency said.
The FDA has pushed back the effective date of a final rule on food labeling in response to President Donald Trump's Jan. 20 executive order calling for a regulatory freeze.
The Foreign-Trade Zones Board issued the following notices on Feb. 24:
CBP issued the following releases on commercial trade and related matters:
CBP is extending the run of its Vessel Entrance and Clearance Automation Test by 24 months, to Feb. 21, 2027, it said in a Federal Register notice scheduled for Feb. 25 publication. CBP said the test allows participants to submit the vessel entry and clearance data required on CBP forms 26 (Report of Diversion), 226 (Record of Vessel Foreign Repair or Equipment Purchase), 1300 (Vessel Entrance or Clearance Statement), 1302 (Inward Cargo Declaration), 1303 (Ship's Stores Declaration), 1304 (Crew's Effects Declaration) and 3171 (Application-Permit-Special License Unlading-Lading-Overtime Services), and to make certain entry and clearance requests and reports, electronically through the VECS, the Vessel Entrance and Clearance System. Comments on the test or the notice may be submitted at any time during the test period.
The U.S. government is considering charging fees ranging from $500,000 to $1.5 million each time a ship docks at a U.S. port, with higher fees charged when Chinese vessels enter; South Korean or Japanese-built ships wouldn't avoid the fees, however, as the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative seems to have taken earlier criticisms into account that global shipping companies would own just as many Chinese ships but use them at other destinations.
The former chief counsel for trade enforcement strategy at the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative, who led the four-year review of Section 301 tariffs and the launch of a Section 301 investigation on mature chips, has joined DLA Piper as a partner in the national security and global trade practice. Brian Janovitz worked at USTR for more than 10 years, and also was involved in litigation, such as the biotech corn dispute, which the U.S. won.
The reciprocal tariffs the Trump administration has promised will present a challenge for CBP to enforce, trade lawyers said during a webinar presented by Baker McKenzie on Feb. 20.