The Court of International Trade on March 18 said that the U.S. waited too long to send surety firm Aegis Security Insurance Co. a bill for an unpaid customs bond on Chinese garlic imports that entered in 2004. Judge Stephen Vaden said that the government's eight-year delay in demanding the payment from Aegis "was unreasonable and a breach of contract." The court said the delay broke the "reasonable time requirement" -- an "implied contractual term."
The Department of Energy is setting new energy efficiency standards for residential clothes washers that, if they take effect as planned, will require compliance in 2028, it said in a direct final rule published March 15.
The International Trade Commission published notices in the March 15 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 International Trade Commission seeks comments by March 25 on a Section 337 complaint recently filed by Motorola Mobility, the ITC said in a notice March 15. In its complaint, filed March 11, Motorola says Ericsson and its affiliates are importing and selling cellular base station equipment that infringes on its patents, including 5G NR radio units and baseband units used by wireless carriers to build and maintain 5G cellular networks. Motorola seeks a limited exclusion order and cease and desist orders against Ericsson.
The Commerce Department published notices in the Federal Register March 15 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 Consumer Product Safety Commission announced the following voluntary recalls March 14:
On March 14, 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 March 14 that Special Import Quota #22 for upland cotton will be established March 21, allowing importation of 6,526,283 kilograms (29,975 bales) of upland cotton, the same as the previous quota period. The quota will apply to upland cotton purchased not later than June 18, 2024, and entered into the U.S. by Sept. 16, 2024. The quota is equivalent to one week's consumption of cotton by domestic mills at the seasonally adjusted average rate for the November 2023 through January 2024 period, the most recent three months for which data is available.
The Foreign-Trade Zones Board issued the following notices on March 15:
A listing of recent Commerce Department antidumping and countervailing duty messages posted on CBP's website March 14, 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.