Global air cargo volumes grew 5% year-over-year in July as shippers may have sought to front load goods ahead of U.S. tariff deadlines or expedite shipping amid market uncertainties, said Xeneta, a Norway-based freight rate market analytics firm. The company thinks this means "more shippers opted for the speed of airfreight to help circumvent U.S. tariffs."
The International Trade Commission published notices in the Aug. 7 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):
The International Trade Commission began a Section 337 investigation on allegations that Natus Medical Inc. and its subsidiary Excel-Tech Ltd. are importing and selling wearable electroencephalogram devices that infringe patents held by Ceribell Inc. (ITC Inv. No. 337-TA-1458), it said in an Aug. 6 fact sheet.
The Commerce Department has released the preliminary results of its antidumping duty administrative review on carbon and alloy steel threaded rod from India (A-533-887). In the final results of this review, Commerce may set assessment rates for subject merchandise entered April 1, 2023, through March 31, 2024, from the sole mandatory respondent in this review.
The Commerce Department has released the preliminary results of a countervailing duty administrative review of aluminum foil from China (C-570-054). This review covers subject merchandise from the exporters under review entered during the period Jan. 1, 2023, through Dec. 31, 2023.
The Commerce Department has released the preliminary results of its antidumping duty administrative review on common alloy aluminum foil from China (A-570-053). In the final results of this review, Commerce will set AD assessment rates for subject merchandise for the companies under review entered April 1, 2023, through March 31, 2024.
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.