The Commerce Department issued a final affirmative determination that imports of steel cylinders with water capacities between 100 and 299 cubic inches are circumventing antidumping and countervailing duties on non-refillable steel cylinders from China (A-570-126/C-570-127), according to an agency notice released March 11. Suspension of liquidation and cash deposit requirements will remain in effect for entries on or after June 1, 2023, Commerce said. The agency found that the smaller steel cylinders covered by the anti-circumvention inquiry are “altered in form or appearance in such minor respects" from merchandise covered under the written scope of the AD/CVD orders, which had previously been limited to steel cylinders 300 cubic inches or larger, "that they should be included within the scope of the Orders."
The Commerce Department has published the final results of the antidumping and countervailing duty administrative reviews on ripe olives from Spain (A-469-817/C-469-818). These final results will be used to set final assessments of AD/CVD on importers for subject merchandise entered Aug.1, 2021, through July 31, 2022, for AD and calendar year 2021 for CVD.
The Commerce Department is amending the final results of an antidumping duty administrative review on steel nails from Oman (A-523-808) based on the final decision in a court case challenging those final results.
The Commerce Department has released the final results of a countervailing duty administrative review on utility scale wind towers from Malaysia (C-557-822). The review covered subject merchandise from the exporters under review entered during the period March 25, 2021, and Dec. 31, 2021.
The Commerce Department has published the final results of the antidumping duty administrative review on stainless steel flanges from India (A-533-877). These final results will be used to set final assessments of AD duties on importers for subject merchandise from 14 companies under review entered Oct. 1, 2021, through Sept. 30, 2022.
On March 8, the FDA posted new and revised versions of the following Import Alerts on the detention without physical examination of:
The Agricultural Marketing Service seeks comments by May 10 on a proposal to set new organic standards for mushrooms and pet food. The AMS proposed rule seeks to resolve “varying and inconsistent interpretations of the organic regulations” that have developed in the absence of organic standards specific to organic mushroom production and organic pet food handling, it said. Currently, mushrooms and pet food products are certified organic using the general organic standards, which are “an imperfect fit for both mushroom and pet food production and do not address unique aspects of either product,” AMS said.
The Foreign-Trade Zones Board issued the following notices on March 11:
The White House is requesting $239 million in funding to hire an additional 1,000 CBP officers “to stop illicit fentanyl and other contraband from entering the U.S.,” it said in a fact sheet released March 11 alongside President Joe Biden’s FY 2025 budget request. The funding had already been sought in October as part of an emergency supplemental request but had gone unmet by Congress, the fact sheet said. The budget request also seeks “$34 million" for CBP and ICE "to combat child exploitation, forced labor, and human trafficking,” the fact sheet said.
Former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez was found guilty March 8 of conspiring to import cocaine into the U.S. and of gun-related offenses, the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York announced.