The Commerce Department has released the final results of the antidumping duty administrative review on acetone from South Korea (A-580-899). Commerce found the one company remaining under review, Kumho P&B Chemicals, Inc., did not undersell subject merchandise during the period of review, assigning it a zero percent AD rate. Subject merchandise from Kumho P&B Chemicals entered March 1, 2023, through Feb. 29, 2024, will be liquidated without any assessment of AD, and future entries of subject merchandise from the company won't be subject to AD cash deposit requirements until further notice. Cash deposit rates from these final results take effect Nov. 24, the date they are set to be published in the Federal Register.
On Nov. 20, the FDA posted new and revised versions of the following Import Alerts on the detention without physical examination of:
Sen. Jacky Rosen, D-Nev., introduced a bill called the No Tariffs on Groceries Act, which would require the assent of Congress before tariff hikes on food or agricultural products.
Sen. Raphael Warnock, D-Ga., continues to emphasize the importance of a long-term preference program for both sub-Saharan Africa and Haiti, but, in responses to questions for the record, deputy U.S. trade representative nominee Jeffrey Goettman said the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative supports a one-year renewal for both.
Correction: Only two subheadings, 3301.12.00 and 3301.90.50, which cover some fertilizers and essential oils, were listed under new exemptions for 40% additional tariffs from Brazil but aren't exempt from reciprocal tariffs. The other minor differences between the two lists account for existing tariff exemptions (see 2511210001).
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 Nov. 20, 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 has added more parties to the list of those qualified to collect and pay duties on international mail following the end of the de minimis exemption on Aug. 29, under a July 30 executive order.
As CBP ramps up enforcement, the agency often seems to be heading straight for penalties, as witnessed anecdotally by the trend to send out more notices of action, or CF-29 forms, instead of informing importers of possible errors, according to trade experts speaking on a Nov. 20 webinar hosted by logistics company Expeditors.
President Donald Trump issued an executive order Nov. 20 exempting 238 tariff schedule subheadings covering agricultural products from the 40% additional International Emergency Economic Powers Act tariff on Brazil. The new exemptions take retroactive effect Nov. 13 at 12:01 a.m ET.