A listing of recent Commerce Department antidumping and countervailing duty messages posted on CBP's website Feb. 28, 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 posted the following documents ahead of the March 6 Commercial Customs Operations Advisory Committee (COAC) meeting, which begins at 1 p.m. EST:
CBP has released its Feb. 28 Customs Bulletin (Vol. 58, No. 8). While it contains recent court decisions, no customs rulings are included.
The new Customs Trade Partnership Against Terrorism portal will only need a few more weeks before it can get back to where CTPAT was in terms of functionality before the creation of the new portal, said Mark Isaacson, CBP's CTPAT field director in Buffalo, New York. Isaacson said that CBP has a dedicated team working toward making the portal "very user-friendly," which has resulted in a lot of updates.
CBP reminded members of the trade community that starting March 1 the agency will require self-certification statements to be uploaded to the Automated Commercial Environment (ACE) for non-industrial diamonds with a weight of 1.0 carat or greater, diamond jewelry and unsorted diamonds, in a CSMS message on Feb. 29. The Office of Foreign Assets Control banned Russian diamonds of those types in February to comply with an executive order signed in December that prohibits the importation of diamonds, fish and seafood if they were produced "wholly or in part" in Russia, CBP said (see 2402080081 and 2312260061).
The Court of International Trade on Feb. 27 ruled that Chinese exporter Ninestar Corp. wasn't required to exhaust its administrative remedies by appealing to the Forced Labor Enforcement Task Force before challenging its placement on the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act Entity List "under the particular facts of this case." But Judge Gary Katzmann denied the exporter's motion for a preliminary injunction against its placement on the Entity List, finding that the company was unlikely to succeed on three of its four claims against its listing.
President Joe Biden said a regulatory effort from the Commerce Department to curtail the use of software, sensors and cameras in automobiles made by Chinese firms is one of the actions the administration is taking "to make sure the future of the auto industry will be made here in America with American workers."
Mexican Economy Secretary Raquel Buenrostro said in Mexico this week that if the U.S. reimposes 25% tariffs on Mexican steel exports over alleged surges, Mexico will retaliate. Mexico's steel exports are only 2.5% of the U.S. market, and U.S. steel exports are 14% of the Mexican market, so the U.S. has more to lose if Section 232 tariffs on Mexican steel return, she said.
The International Trade Commission published notices in the Feb. 28 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):
Nano Fire and Defender Safety seek a Section 337 investigation on alleged infringement by imports of products with their patented aerosol fire extinguishing technology, the ITC said in a notice Feb. 28. Nano Fire, which licenses the technology to Defender Safety, said Halma and its affiliate Halma Holdings, as well as FirePro Systems and Hochiki America are importing fire extinguishing devices that infringe on its patented fire extinguishing composition that needs no pressure storage. Nano Fire and Defender Safety seek a limited exclusion order and cease and desist orders against Halma, FirePro and Hochiki America. Comments are due to the ITC by March 7.