The Commerce Department issued notices in the Federal Register on its recently initiated antidumping duty investigations on corrosion-resistant steel products from Australia (A-602-812), Brazil (A-351-862), Canada (A-122-871), Mexico (A-201-863), the Netherlands (A-421-818), South Africa (A-791-829), Taiwan (A-583-878), Turkey (A-489-855), the United Arab Emirates (A-520-811) and Vietnam (A-552-843), as well as its countervailing duty investigations on corrosion-resistant steel products from Brazil (C-351-863), Canada (C-122-872), Mexico (C-201-864) and Vietnam (C-552-844). The CVD investigations cover entries for the calendar year 2023. The AD investigations on Australia, Brazil, Canada, Mexico, the Netherlands, South Africa, Taiwan, Turkey and the United Arab Emirates cover entries July 1, 2023, through June 30, 2024, and the AD investigation on Vietnam covers entries Jan. 1, 2024, through June 30, 2024.
The Commerce Department has published the preliminary results of its antidumping duty administrative review on low-melt polyester staple fiber from South Korea (A-580-895). The agency set an AD rate of 2.46% for Toray Advanced Materials Korea, Inc. Any changes to Toray's cash deposit rate would take effect on the publication date of the final results of this review, currently due in early February. If Commerce finalizes these preliminary results, the agency will assess AD at importer-specific rates for entries from Toray entered Aug. 1, 2022, through July 31, 2023.
On Sept. 30, the FDA posted new and revised versions of the following Import Alerts on the detention without physical examination of:
The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative said that negotiators from its office and those from Kenya had a productive round of talks Sept. 16-30, with discussion of text covering "administrative matters; agriculture; customs, trade facilitation, and enforcement; environment; good regulatory practices; inclusivity; and workers’ rights and protections."
The following lawsuits were filed at the Court of International Trade during the week of Sept. 23-29:
A listing of recent Commerce Department antidumping and countervailing duty messages posted on CBP's website Sept. 30, 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 is extending its deadline for rejecting vague cargo descriptions in Air Cargo Advance Screening filings until Nov. 12, the National Customs Brokers & Forwarders Association of America said in an alert emailed to its members Oct. 1. The agency had previously said it would reject vague cargo descriptions beginning Oct. 7, but is delaying “to give the industry additional time to work toward full compliance," the NCBFAA said, adding that “there will be no further extensions.” CBP didn’t immediately comment.
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Questions about how to define date of arrival and when the 15-day window to file a cargo release dominated CBP’s Oct. 1 call with the trade on issues related to the labor strike at U.S. East Coast and Gulf Coast ports.
A labor strike at U.S. East Coast and Gulf Coast ports appears poised to occur just after midnight on Oct. 1, despite any last-ditch efforts as of press time to prevent the strike from occurring.