CBP expects to start enforcing regulations requiring retail pharmacies to disclose the country of origin on the bottles of prescription medication meant for private individuals, according to comments made during the agency’s April 15 webinar on marking prescription medications.
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U.S. domestic lumber companies are delighted that President Donald Trump is considering imposing Section 232 tariffs on imports of lumber and its derivative products, but U.S. domestic manufactures expressed concern and foreign countries pleaded for exemptions in public comments to the Bureau of Industry and Security.
Five importers challenging the constitutionality of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act as a source of tariff-setting authority plan to file a motion for a preliminary injunction in the coming days, counsel for the companies told us. Jeffrey Schwab, senior counsel at the Liberty Justice Center, said the PI bid will request an injunction on the collection of all tariffs issued under the IEEPA.
President Donald Trump on April 15 ordered a Section 232 investigation that could result in the imposition of tariffs on processed critical minerals and their derivatives.
The International Trade Commission published notices in the April 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 Commerce Department published notices in the Federal Register April 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 said it's rescinding the administrative review of the antidumping duty order on melamine from China (A-570-020) for the period of review Dec. 1, 2023, through Nov. 30, 2024, because there were no reviewable, suspended entries of subject merchandise during the review period for the two companies under review, Sichuan Aolaite Chemical Co. Ltd. and Xinji Jiuyuan. As a result, no cash deposit rates will change, and the current cash deposit requirements will remain in effect until further notice. Commerce will instruct CBP to assess AD on all appropriate entries, at rates equal to the cash deposit of estimated AD required at the time of entry, or withdrawal from warehouse, for consumption, it said.
A domestic producer recently filed a petition with the Commerce Department and the International Trade Commission requesting new antidumping and countervailing duties on lattice-boom crawler cranes imported from Japan. 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. The Manitowoc Company requested the investigation.
The Commerce Department recently initiated an antidumping duty and a countervailing duty investigation on fiberglass door panels from China ( A-570-201/C-570-202). The AD investigation period is July 1, 2024, through Dec. 31, 2024. The CVD investigation period is calendar year 2024.