NEW YORK -- Brian Hoxie, director of CBP's Forced Labor Division, told an apparel industry conference audience this week that DHS has been hearing their pleas for more transparency in forced labor enforcement.
Restrictive trade measures from 20 of the world's leading economies "significantly increased" over the past year, the World Trade Organization found in its 31st Trade Monitoring Report. While the Group of 20 countries also imposed 141 trade facilitating measures, the report said that from October 2023 to October 2024, G20 nations imposed 91 new trade-restrictive measures covering around $828.9 billion worth of goods, up from about $246 billion worth of goods in the last report, which covered restrictions imposed from mid-May to mid-October 2023.
The Commerce Department published notices in the Federal Register Nov. 13 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 hot-rolled steel flat products from Japan (A-588-874). Rates calculated in this review will be used to set assessment rates for importers of subject merchandise from two producers and exporters that were entered Oct. 1, 2022, through Sept. 30, 2023.
The Commerce Department has published the preliminary results of a countervailing duty administrative review on stainless steel flanges from India (C-533-878). Rates set in this review will be used to assess CVD on subject merchandise from the exporters under review entered during the period Jan. 1, 2022, through Dec. 31, 2022.
The Commerce Department will begin administrative reviews for certain firms subject to antidumping and countervailing duty orders with October anniversary dates, it said in a notice. Producers and exporters subject to administrative reviews on products from China or Vietnam must submit their separate rate certifications or applications on or about Dec. 16 in order to avoid being assigned high China-wide or Vietnam-wide rates.
The Commerce Department made preliminary affirmative antidumping duty determinations that imports of 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid, also known as 2,4-D, from China (A-570-160) and India (A-533-922) are being sold in the U.S. at less than fair value. AD suspension of liquidation and cash deposit requirements take effect Nov. 14.
On Nov. 12, the FDA posted new and revised versions of the following Import Alerts on the detention without physical examination of:
The Bureau of Industry and Security is drafting an advance notice of proposed rulemaking that could lead to new import restrictions on certain drones and drone parts from China and other countries of concern.
Import quotas for polyester staple fiber under a safeguard announced Nov. 8 will start at zero in year one, then go to 453,592 in the second year, 907,185 in the third and 1,360,777 in the fourth and last year the safeguard is planned to be in effect, according to an annex to President Joe Biden's proclamation released Nov. 13 ahead of its publication in the Federal Register. The quotas and associated adjustments to the Harmonized Tariff Schedule take effect on Nov. 23 for imports of polyester staple fiber admitted temporarily free of duty under bond that are entered under subheading 9813.00.0520 (see 2411120039).