A domestic producer recently filed petitions with the Commerce Department and the International Trade Commission requesting new antidumping and countervailing duties on hard empty capsules from Brazil, China, India and Vietnam. Commerce will now decide whether to begin AD/CVD investigations, which could result in the imposition of permanent AD/CVD orders and the assessment of AD and CVD on importers. Lonza Greenwood requested the investigation.
On Oct. 28, the FDA posted new and revised versions of the following Import Alerts (after not having posted new ones for a number of days) on the detention without physical examination of:
Four Democratic senators are asking the Treasury Department to end de minimis treatment for all e-commerce shipments, arguing that the regulations under development to restrict de minimis would not go far enough to curtail fentanyl smuggling.
The following lawsuits were filed at the Court of International Trade during the week of Oct. 21-27:
The Court of International Trade on Oct. 28 denied importer Retractable Technologies' motion for a temporary restraining order and preliminary injunction against the collection of certain Section 301 tariffs, though the court granted the company's motion for a preliminary injunction enjoining liquidation of its entries during the course of litigation. Judge Claire Kelly issued the confidential decision, giving the parties until Nov. 1 to review any confidential information in the opinion (Retractable Technologies v. U.S., CIT # 24-00185).
A listing of recent Commerce Department antidumping and countervailing duty messages posted on CBP's website Oct. 28, 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 issued the following releases on commercial trade and related matters:
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Automakers, chipmakers and broad business groups asked the Bureau of Industry and Security to give their industries more time to adjust to new requirements to move supply chains out of China and report on what companies are in their connected vehicle supply chains.
Trade compliance firm Besso hired Michiel Kalverkamp, Amazon's former head of global trade services for Europe, the Middle East and Africa, as its chief customer officer, the company announced in an email. Switzerland-based Besso uses AI to address global trade compliance issues.