CBP issued the following releases on commercial trade and related matters:
Former trade negotiators said the removal of reciprocal tariffs on agricultural goods not grown at scale in the U.S. is a harbinger of things to come, as the administration starts to recognize that tariffs are politically unpopular.
The Court of International Trade on Nov. 26 granted the government's motion for rehearing in a customs dispute on the classification of certain radial, web and chordal segments imported by Honeywell and used in airplane brakes, changing the classification of the parts to "fabrics" under Harmonized Tariff Schedule heading 6307. Judge Mark Barnett reversed his previous holding that the goods are "parts of an aircraft" under heading 8803, subjecting the items at issue to a 7% duty under subheading 6307.90.98.
CBP's regulations regarding the notice provided to importers subject to Enforce and Protect Act investigations and when CBP must initiate those investigations violated an importer's due process rights, the Court of International Trade held on Nov. 26.
The International Trade Commission published notices in the Nov. 25 Federal Register on the following antidumping and countervailing duty injury, Section 337 patent or other trade proceedings (any notices that warrant a more detailed summary will be in another ITT article):
The Commerce Department is amending the final results of two separate countervailing duty administrative reviews on steel reinforcing bar from Turkey (C-489-819) based on the final decision in a U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit case that consolidated the findings from Court of International Trade cases challenging those final results.
The FDA has added nine imported cookware products to a list of cooking and food storage products that could leach "significant levels of lead" into food, according to a Nov. 24 notice meant to alert retailers and consumers. "Some types of imported cookware products made from aluminum, brass, and aluminum alloys known as Hindalium/Hindolium or Indalium/Indolium have been tested by FDA and state partners, and have demonstrated the potential to leach lead under conditions designed to mimic their use in contact with food," the FDA said.
The Foreign-Trade Zones Board issued the following notices Nov. 25:
Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick, R-Pa., said Nov. 21 that he plans to file a discharge petition to force a House vote on a bill to impose additional sanctions on Russia and new tariffs on countries that buy its oil and gas.
Rep. Jill Tokuda, D-Hawaii, introduced a bill that would eliminate reciprocal tariffs on 40 countries, including Vietnam, Japan, South Korea, India, Indonesia, the Philippines, Taiwan, Australia, Cambodia, Malaysia, Bangladesh, New Zealand, Thailand and others in Asia.