The Federal Maritime Commission has asked a group of major ocean shipping carriers to provide it with more information about an amendment to an agreement that would allow them to participate in the New York Shipping Exchange index governing board, “which shall discuss and agree on all aspects of the development, implementation, modification and auditing of container freight indices, as produced by NYSHEX,” the FMC said in a notice released March 14. The commission said its notice prevented “the proposed amendment to this agreement from becoming effective as originally scheduled” on March 12. The parties to the agreement are carriers CMA CGM, Hapag-Lloyd, COSCO Shipping Lines, COSCO Shipping Co., HMM, Maersk, and Ocean Network Express.
The International Trade Commission published notices in the March 14 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 is beginning a Section 337 investigation on glow fish tape systems, safety helmet systems, and their components (ITC Inv. No. 337-TA-1442) after receiving allegations filed by Klein Tools Inc. that Milwaukee Electric Tool Corp. is importing products that infringe its patents, the agency said in a March 13 press release.
The Commerce Department published notices in the Federal Register March 14 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):
The Commerce Department is amending the final results of the antidumping duty administrative review on steel concrete reinforcing bar (rebar) from Mexico (A-201-844), covering the period Nov. 1, 2019, through Oct. 31, 2020, based on a recent decision in a court case challenging those final results. Commerce calculated a revised AD rate for Grupo Simec, which affected the review average rate for Grupo Acerero S.A. de C.V. (Grupo Acerero), and Sidertul S.A. de C.V. (Sidertul). The AD rate for all of the respondents changed to zero percent.
The Commerce Department published the final results of the antidumping duty administrative review on circular welded carbon steel standard pipe and tube products from Turkey (A-489-501). These final results will be used to set final assessments of AD on importers for subject merchandise entered May 1, 2022, through April 30, 2023.
The Commerce Department is setting new countervailing duty cash deposit requirements for imports of thermoformed molded fiber products from China (C-570-183) and Vietnam (C-552-846), after finding illegal subsidization of producers in both countries in the preliminary determinations of its CVD investigations. Suspension of liquidation and cash deposit requirements take effect for Chinese companies March 14, and for Vietnamese companies they take retroactive effect Dec. 14.
The Consumer Product Safety Commission announced the following voluntary recalls March 13:
On March 13, the FDA posted new and revised versions of the following Import Alerts on the detention without physical examination of:
The Foreign-Trade Zones Board issued the following notices on March 14: