CBP issued the following releases on commercial trade and related matters:
U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai said she will be bringing up China's overproduction of electric vehicles as part of the 2026 USMCA review process, implying that she expects Mexico to reject Chinese investment in its auto manufacturing sector.
John Leonard, deputy executive assistant commissioner at CBP's Office of Trade, will retire in April, acting CBP Commissioner Troy Miller said at the March 6 meeting of the Commercial Customs Operations Advisory Committee. The agency didn't comment further.
The Wall Street Journal reported that a LAN transformer that allows cars to communicate to networks, made by Sichuan Jingweida Technology, was the reason Audis and Porsches couldn't enter the U.S. until that part was replaced. That firm is on the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act's entity list.
The International Trade Commission published notices in the March 6 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 March 6 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 International Trade Commission is beginning a Section 337 investigation on allegations that imports of hemp and cannabis oil vaporizing devices from ALD and Stiiizy are infringing patents held by Pax Labs (ITC Inv. No. 337-TA-1392), the ITC said in a notice March 6. In a complaint filed in January (see 2402020037), Pax said Stiiizy and ALD, as well as their subsidiaries, are copying Pax’s patented technologies for managing condensation and leakage from hemp and cannabis oil vaporizers. The ITC will consider whether to issue a limited exclusion order and cease and desist orders against Stiiizy, ALD and their subsidiaries.
The Commerce Department has published the preliminary results of its antidumping duty administrative review on circular welded carbon steel pipes and tubes from Thailand (A-549-502). In the final results of this review, Commerce may set assessment rates for subject merchandise from mandatory respondent Saha Thai Steel Pipe Public Co., Ltd. and Thai Premium Pipe Co., Ltd., the two mandatory respondents, entered March 1, 2022, through Feb. 28, 2023.
The Commerce Department has released the final results of a countervailing duty administrative review of stainless steel flanges from India (C-533-878). The review covered subject merchandise from the exporters under review entered during the period Jan. 1, 2021, through Dec. 31, 2021.
The Commerce Department soon will suspend liquidation and impose countervailing duty cash deposit requirements on imports of aluminum extrusions from China, Indonesia, Mexico and Turkey, it said in a fact sheet issued March 5. Commerce set CVD rates ranging from 15.41% to 169.66% for Chinese exporters (on additional products excluded from existing CVD orders on China); zero to 43.56% for Indonesian exporters; zero to 77.82% for Mexican exporters; and zero to 147.53% for Turkish exporters, the agency said as it announced its preliminary determinations in its ongoing CVD investigations. Suspension of liquidation and cash deposit requirements will take effect for entries on or after the date of publication of the preliminary determinations in the Federal Register, which should occur in the coming days.