The Commerce Department is ending antidumping duties on mattresses from Indonesia (C-560-836), after a recent Court of International Trade decision caused rates from the final determination of Commerce's investigation to fall to zero for Indonesian exporters. Zero rates in a final determination result in termination of an investigation and no resulting order. The AD order that was at the center of the court case was published May 14, 2021.
The Consumer Product Safety Commission announced the following voluntary recalls March 6:
On March 6, the FDA posted new and revised versions of the following Import Alerts on the detention without physical examination of:
President Donald Trump said on social media he is "strongly considering large-scale" sanctions and tariffs on Russia "until a Cease Fire and FINAL SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT ON PEACE IS REACHED."
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 March 6, 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 created Harmonized System Update 2509 on March 7, containing 651 Automated Broker Interface (ABI) records and 217 Harmonized Tariff Schedule records. HSU 2509 includes the recent Canada and Mexico tariff updates.
CBP has provided guidance on tariff updates related to executive orders that set an exemption for goods from Canada and Mexico that qualify for USMCA..
CBP has postponed indefinitely an enhancement within ACE that would withhold the release of de minimis shipments that exceed the $800 per person/per day threshold, according to the February development and deployment schedule released last week.
President Donald Trump told reporters that a 250% tariff on dairy products imported into Canada makes it impossible to sell U.S. dairy there, and that "a tremendously high tariff" on lumber in Canada also makes it impossible to export that product to Canada. He called U.S. exports to Canada in those two categories "almost nonexistent." He said he is going to set U.S. tariffs at the same levels.