The National Customs Brokers & Forwarders Association of America asked the Federal Maritime Commission questions on the demurrage and detention final rule (see 2402230049). The NCBFAA, in comments dated April 22, said the questions were submitted on behalf of its members and other "industry stakeholders" and raised several questions that were not addressed in the final rule.
Hugo Boss has implemented a "comprehensive risk management system" to monitor compliance with human rights within its supply chain, the company said in a statement. The statement was in response to the Canada Ombudsperson for Responsible Enterprise's forced labor complaint against the retailer (see 2404260040). CORE said it has closed the complaint review.
A "snapshot" report just released by the Government Accountability Office reminded Congress that the GAO has studied -- and made recommendations -- on many aspects of how to manage economic competition with China, including providing more resources to the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States, improving information sharing with companies to keep more counterfeits out of U.S. commerce, and improving the tariff exclusions process for steel and aluminum imports.
The International Trade Commission published notices in the April 29 Federal Register on the following AD/CVD 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 will soon impose antidumping duty cash deposit requirements on imports of aluminum lithographic printing plates from China and Japan, according to a fact sheet issued April 26. The agency said it has made its preliminary determination in its ongoing AD investigations, and will set AD on China ranging from 38.57% to 107.62% (38.56% to 107.61% as adjusted for cash deposit purposes), and on Japan ranging from 87.81% to 157.16%, when it publishes that preliminary determination in the Federal Register. Lithographic printing plates from China already are subject to suspension of liquidation and cash deposit requirements for countervailing duty purposes (see 2404050037).
The Commerce Department published notices in the Federal Register April 29 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 issued notices in the Federal Register on its recently initiated antidumping and countervailing duty investigations on 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid (2,4-D) from China and India (A-570-160/C-570-161, A-533-922/C-533-923). The CVD investigations and the AD investigation on India cover entries for the calendar year 2023. The AD investigation China covers entries July 1, 2023, through Dec. 31, 2023.
The National Customs Brokers & Forwarders Association of America's president told the U.S. trade representative that customs brokers and others in the trade community aren't "pro forced-labor, pro-pollution, pro-unsustainable environmental practices," but that too often, "‘race to the top’ objectives do not take into consideration the ability to actually implement the policies, and the costs associated with the goals."
Kitchenware retailer Williams-Sonoma agreed to pay $3.2 million in civil penalties and "stop making false and misleading claims about the origins of its products," settling a lawsuit brought in a California court, DOJ announced. The agency alleged that Williams-Sonoma violated a Federal Trade Commission administrative order barring the company from advertising wholly imported goods and goods containing "significant imported content" as being "Made in the USA" (U.S. v. Williams-Sonoma, N.D. Cal. # 24-02396).
CBP issued the following releases on commercial trade and related matters: