Product Passports, an AI-informed product offered by Altana, will be part of CBP's Global Business Identifier program, the company announced Oct. 1. The product allows companies to track their products' supply chains and share that information with CBP before manufacturing or arrival at the U.S. border, Altana said. "After that, future shipments of those goods can reference the Altana Product Passport ID in their customs filings, showing they have already been validated, similar to the Global Entry program, but for products. The system leads to faster customs clearance and fewer delays for trusted traders, while also helping CBP more effectively focus its enforcement efforts," it said.
Tariff preferences for sub-Saharan African countries and two of the three tariff preference programs for Haiti ended Oct. 1. In a hallway interview at the Capitol, Senate Finance Chairman Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, said that he "would love to [renew both] retroactively."
CBP expects to continue to implement new Section 232 tariffs should the government shutdown persist past the effective date of any new tariffs, officials said on an Oct. 1 call with the trade to discuss the government shutdown. CBP also plans to implement expected tariffs, such as the ones for lumber and furniture that take effect Oct. 14, without delays.
The International Trade Commission published notices in the Sept. 30 Federal Register on the following antidumping and countervailing duty 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 Sept. 30 on the following antidumping and countervailing duty (AD/CVD) proceedings (any notices that announce changes to AD/CVD rates, scope, affected firms or effective dates will be detailed in another ITT article):
A domestic producer recently filed a petition with the Commerce Department and the International Trade Commission requesting antidumping and countervailing duties be imposed on chromic acid imported from Turkey and India. Commerce now will decide whether to begin AD/CVD investigations, which could result in the imposition of permanent AD/CVD orders and the assessment of AD and CVD on importers. American Chrome & Chemicals, Inc. requested the investigation.
The Commerce Department said it's rescinding the administrative review of the countervailing duty order on steel concrete reinforcing bar from Turkey (C-489-830) for the period of review Jan. 1, 2024, through Dec. 31, 2024, because there were no reviewable, suspended entries of subject merchandise during the review period for Habas Sinai ve Tibbi Gazlar Istihsal Endustrisi A.S, the only company for which the review was requested. The cash deposit rates won't change, and the current cash deposit requirements will remain in effect until further notice. Because the review has been rescinded in its entirety, the entries to which this administrative review pertained will be assessed CVD at rates equal to the cash deposit of estimated CVD required at the time of entry, or withdrawal from warehouse, for consumption, Commerce said.
The Commerce Department intends to create another new exemption for off-grid panels from antidumping and countervailing duties on crystalline silicon photovoltaic cells, whether or not assembled into modules, from China (A-570-979/C-570-980), it said in the preliminary results of a changed circumstances review Sept. 30. Commerce said “substantially all” U.S. producers of solar cells don't oppose Nextracker's request to create the exemption. Should Commerce finalize this determination in its final results, it will exempt the following products from the scope of AD/CVD on solar cells:
The Commerce Department made preliminary affirmative antidumping duty determinations that imports of silicon metal from Angola (A-762-001) and Laos (A-553-001) are being sold in the U.S. at less than fair value. The agency has imposed AD cash deposit requirements on entries of subject merchandise beginning Sept. 30.
The Commerce Department issued its final determinations in its countervailing duty investigations on thermoformed molded fiber products from China (C-570-183) and Vietnam (C-552-846), after finding countervailable subsidization of producers and exporters in the two countries in the preliminary determinations of its CVD investigations.