CBP provided guidance on the 25% import duty for all imports of steel articles and derivative steel articles from all countries via a March 7 cargo systems message. This import duty is effective on 12:01 a.m. EDT on March 12 (see 2503030054).
CBP provided guidance on the 25% import duty for all imports of aluminum articles and derivative aluminum articles from all countries via a March 7 cargo systems message. This import duty is effective on 12:01 a.m. on March 12 (see 2503030054).
A listing of recent Commerce Department antidumping and countervailing duty messages posted on CBP's website March 7, 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.
Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick said the tariffs that the president threatened over Canadian trade policies for dairy and lumber won't come this week, as the president had said two days earlier.
Canadians and New Englanders, brought together by the New England-Canada Business Council, expressed bewilderment at the trade war directed at Canada, but said that President Donald Trump's actions will not be easily overcome as the two countries start to talk about how to change the NAFTA successor agreement in its sunset review.
The International Trade Commission published notices in the March 7 Federal Register on the following antidumping and countervailing duty (AD/CVD) 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 March 7 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):
Custom-made steel pods imported by Ledvance aren’t covered by antidumping duty and countervailing duty orders on boltless steel shelving units, the Commerce Department said in a Feb. 28 scope ruling. The pods were previously found not to be covered by duties on steel racks (see 2501310067).
Powdered sugar processed and packaged in Mexico using U.S.-origin refined sugar imported by Batory Foods and Rafi Industries is not subject to the agreements suspending antidumping and countervailing duties on sugar from Mexico (A-201-845/C-201-846), the Commerce Department announced in a Feb. 28 scope ruling. The department also recommended imposing a certification requirement for the imported sugar.
Suspension of liquidation and countervailing duty cash deposit requirements take effect March 7 for imports of hexamethylenetetramine (aka hexamine) from China (C-570-181) and India (C-533-933), after the Commerce Department found countervailable subsidization in preliminary determinations in its ongoing CVD investigations.