Work gloves manufactured by Shanghai Select Products Company, and its subsidiaries Select (Nantong) Safety Products Co. Limited and Select Protective Technology (HK) Limited, cannot enter the U.S. because CBP says it has information that reasonably indicates the gloves were made with convict labor.
A bill that directs the Biden administration to promulgate rules within 18 months to require data submissions for de minimis importers was introduced April 9 by Sens. Mike Braun, R-Ind., and Tammy Baldwin, D-Wis., called the Ensure Accountability in De Minimis Act.
The Court of International Trade on April 10 said that neither the U.S. nor importer Blue Sky the Color of Imagination properly classified entries of four types of notebooks with calendars, ultimately finding that the products fit under Harmonized Tariff Schedule subheading 4820.10.20.10 as "diaries." Judge Jane Restani said that the Harmonized System should be interpreted to provide "conformity" between the French and English versions of the HS. As a result, the judge looked to the French and English definitions of the term "diary," which both describe as a notebook to write what one proposes or remembers what to do.
Greta Peisch, former general counsel for the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative, has joined Wiley Rein as a partner in the International Trade Practice, the firm announced. At USTR, Peisch led the office's "enforcement agenda," including World Trade Organization and trade agreement disputes and Section 201 and Section 301 proceedings, the firm said. Before joining USTR, Peisch served as senior international trade counsel for the Senate Finance Committee.
The International Trade Commission published notices in the April 9 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 9 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 published the preliminary results of its countervailing duty administrative review on granular polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) resin from India (C-533-900). The agency calculated a preliminary rate of 4.7% for Gujarat Fluorochemicals Limited (and its cross-owned affiliate Inox Leasing and Finance Limited), the only company under review, for 2022, and 4.89% for the portion of the review period that occurs in 2021. If those rates are finalized in the final results of this review, the 4.7% CVD rate would apply for cash deposit purposes, and for the purposes of assessments for entries from Gujarat Jan. 1, 2022, through Dec. 31, 2022, with the 4.89% rate applying for cash deposit purposes to entries July 6, 2021, through Dec. 31, 2021. Changes to Gujarat's cash deposit rate would take effect beginning on the date of publication of the final results in the Federal Register.
The Commerce Department is amending the final results of the antidumping duty administrative review on certain hot-rolled steel flat products from Japan (A-588-874), covering the period Oct. 1, 2020, through Sept. 30, 2021, based on the March 26 final decision in a court case challenging those final results. Commerce calculated a revised AD rate for Tokyo Steel Manufacturing Co., Ltd. of 5.2%, down from 7.72% in the original final results (see 2305030088). That new rate is applicable April 6.
The Commerce Department has published the final results of the antidumping duty administrative review on certain oil country tubular goods (OCTG) from South Korea (A-580-870). These final results will be used to set final assessments of AD duties on importers for subject merchandise from 16 companies under review entered Sept. 1, 2021, through Aug. 31, 2022.
The Commerce Department has published the final results of the antidumping duty administrative review on heavy walled rectangular welded steel pipes and tubes from Mexico (A-201-847). 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.