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. 19, 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.
Firemount confirmed "having taken note of the Withhold Release Order" issued by CBP Nov. 18 (see 2511180038) but "categorically and unequivocally" denied "any allegation" of forced labor in its operations or supply chains, the company told International Trade Today on Nov. 20.
DHS, through CBP, soon will kick off a pilot enabling asset-based and non-asset-based third-party logistics partners, or 3PLs, to join the Customs Trade Partnership Against Terrorism program, according to a Federal Register notice.
CBP is amending its regulations for the Air Cargo Advanced Screening program, or ACAS, to collect additional data on flights carrying cargo to the U.S., according to a Federal Register notice.
Democrats on the House Small Business Committee said tariffs are leading to a decline in the manufacturing sector, with mixed reactions from the witnesses at a "How Main Street is Revitalizing Manufacturing" hearing.
Julie Ann Parks is leaving her job at RTX, where she was most recently executive director of global customs, she said on LinkedIn. Parks had been at RTX, previously known as Raytheon, since 2010. In her post, the former member of the Commercial Customs Operations Advisory Committee said she’s “stepping into a new chapter” and indicated she’d still work in trade.
A think tank says a surgical modernization of CAFTA-DR is the best approach for the future of the free trade agreement, though allowing Central American countries or the Dominican Republic to join USMCA is another option.
The International Trade Commission published notices in the Nov. 19 Federal Register on the following antidumping and countervailing duty 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 Nov. 19 on the following antidumping and countervailing duty (AD/CVD) proceedings (any notices that announce changes to AD/CVD rates, scope, affected firms or effective dates will be detailed in another ITT article):