The Footwear Distributors and Retailers of America told President Joe Biden that removing tariffs on shoes doesn't require public policy reviews but "just the stroke of your pen to help lower shoe prices."
Two subsidiaries of a U.S.-based cleaning product supplier voluntarily dismissed their charge complaint against major ocean carrier Mediterranean Shipping Co., telling the Federal Maritime Commission April 10 that the companies have agreed to reach a “resolution of this matter outside of” FMC proceedings. Impact Products and Safety Zone, subsidiaries of Supply Source, accused MSC in February of issuing unfair detention and demurrage and committing other violations of U.S. shipping laws, leading to over $200,000 in financial damages (see 2402140014).
The Commerce Department published notices in the Federal Register April 12 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 has released the final results of the antidumping duty administrative review on lined paper products from India (A-533-843). These final results will be used to set final assessments of AD duties on importers for subject merchandise entered Sept. 1, 2021, through Aug. 31, 2022.
The Commerce Department is amending the final results of an antidumping duty administrative review on passenger vehicle and light truck tires from China (A-570-016), to correct a ministerial error in its calculation for the AD rate for entries of subject merchandise from the one mandatory respondent, the Giti Tire group of companies, during the period Aug. 1, 2021, through July 31, 2022.
The Consumer Product Safety Commission announced the following voluntary recalls April 11:
On April 11, 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 11 that Special Import Quota #26 for upland cotton will be established April 18, 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 16, 2024, and entered into the U.S. by Oct. 14, 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.
The Foreign-Trade Zones Board issued the following notices on April 12:
Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, wrote to President Joe Biden saying that he should "take bold, aggressive action and to permanently ban" electric vehicles "produced by Chinese companies or whatever subsidiaries they establish to conceal their origins."