CBP issued the following releases on commercial trade and related matters:
A listing of recent Commerce Department antidumping and countervailing duty messages posted on CBP's website Dec. 27, 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.
Provide at least 120 days for new data requirements on Russian-caught fish, the National Customs Brokers & Forwarders Association of America asked CBP in its comments on new requirements for data submissions to help the government enforce its ban on the importation of Russian-harvested fish.
CBP created Harmonized System Update 2420 on Dec. 27, containing 5,459 Automated Broker Interface (ABI) records and 905 Harmonized Tariff Schedule Records, according to a Dec. 27 cargo systems message.
As customs brokers seek to employ artificial intelligence, expect government regulators to observe but not necessarily hand down heavy-handed guidance on using AI tools to conduct customs business, according to trade and AI experts International Trade Today interviewed.
A new Section 301 investigation on Chinese legacy chips may lead to a tariff regime that could create havoc, according to Sidley Austin's Ted Murphy, who specializes in trade and customs.
The Drug Enforcement Administration is proposing to list e 4-chloromethcathinone, a central nervous system stimulant, under Schedule I of the Controlled Substances Act, it said in a notice released Dec. 27. “If finalized, this action would impose the regulatory controls and administrative, civil, and criminal sanctions applicable to schedule I controlled substances on persons who handle (manufacture, distribute, reverse distribute, import, export, engage in research, conduct instructional activities or chemical analysis with, or possess) or propose to handle 4-chloromethcathinone.” Comments are due Jan. 29.
The Drug Enforcement Administration is extending for one more year the temporary listing of seven fentanyl-related substances -- para-chlorofentanyl, ortho-chlorofentanyl, metafluorofuranyl fentanyl, ortho-methylcyclopropyl fentanyl, beta-methylacetyl fentanyl, tetrahydrothiofuranyl fentanyl and para-fluoro valeryl fentanyl -- in Schedule I of the Controlled Substances Act, it said in a notice released Dec. 27. The fentanyl-related substance, first temporarily listed in 2018 (see 1802070043), will now remain listed in Schedule I until Dec. 31, 2025. DEA also released a proposed rule to permanently list these fentanyl-related substances in Schedule I, with comments due Jan. 29.
The International Trade Commission published notices in the Dec. 27 Federal Register on the following 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 is leaving in place the agreement suspending antidumping duties on fresh tomatoes from Mexico (A-201-820), it said in the final results of an administrative review released Dec. 27. Mexican exporters remained in compliance with the suspension agreements for the period Sept. 1, 2021, through Aug. 31, 2022, "except for certain instances of inadvertent or inconsequential noncompliance," Commerce said.