The Consumer Product Safety Commission announced the following voluntary recalls April 24-25:
On April 25, the FDA posted new and revised versions of the following Import Alerts on the detention without physical examination of:
USDA's Commodity Credit Corporation announced April 25 that Special Import Quota #2 for upland cotton will be established May 2, allowing importation of 6,902,347 kilograms (31,702 bales) of upland cotton, the same as the previous quota period. The quota will apply to upland cotton purchased not later than July 30, 2024, and entered into the U.S. by Oct. 28, 2024. The quota is equivalent to one week's consumption of cotton by domestic mills at the seasonally adjusted average rate for the December 2023 through February 2024 period, the most recent three months for which data is available.
CBP issued the following releases on commercial trade and related matters:
A listing of recent Commerce Department antidumping and countervailing duty messages posted on CBP's website April 25, 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 and Canon USA announced a new partnership to help prevent counterfeit goods from entering the U.S., they said in separate news releases April 23. Canon, under CBP's Donations Acceptance Program (see 2401260026), will donate 328 verification tools to CBP cargo and mail facilities to "aid in authenticating a variety of Canon merchandise," CBP said.
Perkins Coie partner Michael House told an audience of automotive supply chain professionals that this fiscal year has seen not only a sharp increase in the number of detentions, "but even more important, in our view, is the scope of products being detained has diversified, and there's been a steady increase in detentions of merchandise that were outside those original so-called priority sectors."
The International Trade Commission published notices in the April 25 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 published notices in the Federal Register April 25 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 International Trade Commission is beginning a Section 337 investigation on allegations from US Conec that Senko and its affiliates are importing fiber-optic connectors, adapters, jump cables, patch cords and related products that infringe on its patents, the ITC said in a notice released April 25. In the investigation, the ITC will consider whether to issue a general exclusion order banning imports of infringing merchandise from all sources, as well as cease and desist orders against the following companies: