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.
CBP is adding an administrative protective order process for companies involved in Enforce and Protect Act investigations to access business confidential information of other "interested parties," so the companies can have full access to CBP's decision-making in a duty evasion investigation, the agency said.
The Drug Enforcement Administration permanently placed 2-methyl AP-237, a synthetic drug that acts like an opioid, in Schedule I of the Controlled Substances Act, in a final rule released March 14. New registration, labeling, record-keeping, and import and export requirements under the final rule take effect April 15.
The International Trade Commission published notices in the March 14 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):
Retroactive suspension of liquidation and antidumping and countervailing duty cash deposit requirements take effect for unthreaded pins of alloy steel rod from China entered on or after July 12, 2023, the Commerce Department said in the preliminary determination of an anti-circumvention inquiry.