The Commerce Department has released the preliminary results of its countervailing duty administrative review on common alloy aluminum sheet from Bahrain (C-525-002). The agency calculated a preliminary rate of 4.16% for Gulf Aluminum Rolling Mill B.S.C. The CVD rate would apply for cash deposit purposes, and for the purposes of assessments for entries from GARMCO in calendar year 2023.
The Commerce Department is set to issue antidumping duty and countervailing duty orders on tungsten shot from China -- but duties collected during the agency’s investigations mostly will be refunded -- after the International Trade Commission on Aug. 6 voted that imports of the product from China are materially retarding the developing of an industry in the U.S. The ITC’s finding of “material retardation” means that, under the Tariff Act of 1930, Commerce can only impose duties after the publication date of the ITC’s final determination notice. Commerce had suspended liquidation for tungsten shot from China back to Feb. 19 for AD and Dec. 20 for CVD, so any cash deposits collected on or after that date and before the ITC’s publication date will be refunded. Commerce set the AD rate at 201.32% and CVD rates ranging from 55.64% to 292.84% for Chinese exporters in final determinations issued in July (see 2507100029 and 2507100030).
On Aug. 6, the FDA posted new and revised versions of the following Import Alerts on the detention without physical examination of:
CBP has released its Aug. 6 Customs Bulletin (Vol. 59, No. 32). While it contains no ruling notices, it includes four Court of International Trade slip opinions.
A listing of recent Commerce Department antidumping and countervailing duty messages posted on CBP's website Aug. 6, 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 Altana Technologies USG as an identity management company that participating importers and licensed customs brokers can use to input company information under what's now called the Global Business Identifier (GBI) Test program, according to a Federal Register notice.
As importers seek to comply with the many tariffs that have been introduced or modified in recent months, they will need to be mindful of entry construction if their goods are eligible for duty drawback, according to Tim Vorderstrasse, a licensed customs broker with Flexport, speaking during his company's Aug. 6 webinar on tariffs.
A 40% tariff on transshipped goods could apply to goods that include third-country content above 30%, according to Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, speaking on Fox Business Aug. 7.
Importers of automobiles and auto parts are facing a massive increase in compliance standards as the Trump administration's tariffs on automobiles force importers to reevaluate supply chains to find competitive advantage, compliance experts said during an Aug. 6 webinar.
The International Trade Commission published notices in the Aug. 6 Federal Register on the following antidumping and countervailing duty (AD/CVD) injury, Section 337 patent or other trade proceedings (any notices that warrant a more detailed summary will be in another ITT article):