On Nov. 15, the FDA posted new and revised versions of the following Import Alerts on the detention without physical examination of:
Outgoing Senate Finance Committee Chairman Ron Wyden, D-Ore., last week formally introduced a bill restricting de minimis eligibility for textiles and apparel from anywhere in the world, as well as goods subject to Section 301 tariffs (see 2408020031). The bipartisan bill goes beyond the version that passed the House Ways and Means Committee, in that it adds apparel to the list of restricted items, and it would levy a $2 fee on de minimis packages, to help CBP fund its inspections of the low-value packages. The Biden administration is planning to issue a proposed rule before Jan. 20 that would remove Section 301 goods from de minimis, but it can't add the fee through rulemaking.
Correction: Tasha Reid Hippolyte, DHS deputy assistant secretary for trade and economic competitiveness, said (see 2411130036) that she is asking other decisionmakers in DHS to publish Chinese-language names of Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act Entity List firms, or the addresses of companies that have been added to the UFLPA Entity List. She said the easiest request to fulfill, "the one that I'm pushing," is to provide the Chinese-language names.
A listing of recent Commerce Department antidumping and countervailing duty messages posted on CBP's website Nov. 15, 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 and the Canada Border Services Agency plan to adjust the hours of operation for 38 ports of entry on the U.S.-Canada border as part of a broader effort to use resources more efficiently. The adjustments will be effective at midnight on Jan. 6.
CBP's Trade Regulatory Audit Directorate now has an office up and running in Laredo, Texas, according to a Nov. 15 agency announcement.
In addition to tariff hikes expected in 2025, trade experts are also thinking about the 2026 review of USMCA, and the investment and supply chain planning uncertainty that is likely to follow.
The International Trade Commission is beginning a Section 337 investigation on allegations that electronic eyewear products, components and charging apparatuses imported by ByteDance, Qingdao Chuangjian Weilai Technology, Funnico, PICO Immersive, HTC Corporation, Meta Platforms, and Valve infringe patents held by Igeniospec (ITC Inv. No. 337-TA-1423), the agency said in a notice to be published Nov. 18.
The Commerce Department published notices in the Federal Register Nov. 15 on the following AD/CV duty proceedings (any notices that announce changes to AD/CV duty rates, scope, affected firms or effective dates will be detailed in another ITT article):
The Commerce Department has published the preliminary results of its antidumping duty administrative review on carbon and alloy steel wire rod from Mexico (A-201-830). In the final results of this review, Commerce may set assessment rates for subject merchandise from two companies entered October 2022 through September 2023.