CBP is asking solar companies about their corporate structure, overall supply chain, entries, accounting and financial practices, production, sales and sales and production reconciliations, law firm Morgan Lewis said in a March 13 blog post. The agency began sending the questionnaires in February to solar companies asking how they're guarding against the use of forced labor in their supply chains with the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act top of mind for the agency (see 2402270061).
CBP ruled that the fallback method was appropriate for appraising several pharmaceutical products being imported for use in clinical trials. The ruling, dated Feb. 28, looked at three different valuation scenarios, each for pharmaceutical products that were provided to the importer conducting the clinical trial by related companies but were not actually sold.
The U.S. ambassador to Canada and the Canadian ambassador to the U.S. said trade cooperation between the two countries -- each is the other's top trading partner -- is crucial, but their tone on the NAFTA replacement was slightly different.
The Department of Energy is setting new energy efficiency standards for consumer clothes dryers that will require compliance in 2028, it said in a direct final rule published March 12.
The International Trade Commission published notices in the March 13 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 13 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 Commerce Department has released the final results of the antidumping duty administrative review on frozen fish fillets from Vietnam (A-552-801). These final results will be used to set final assessments of AD duties on importers for subject merchandise entered August 2021 through July 2022.
The Consumer Product Safety Commission released a direct final rule March 13 amending its safety standard for automatic residential garage door openers to incorporate the latest revisions to the entrapment protection provisions in the UL voluntary industry standard UL 325, it said. The changes are effective May 13, unless CPSC receives a “significant adverse” comment by April 15.
On March 12, the FDA posted new and revised versions of the following Import Alerts on the detention without physical examination of:
The Food Safety and Inspection Service will soon issue its new regulations on voluntary “Product of USA” or “Made in USA” labeling for meat, poultry and egg products, USDA said in a March 11 news release. Under the final rule, establishments using U.S.-origin claims will need to comply with the new requirements by Jan. 1, 2026.