The Commerce Department has released the final results of the antidumping duty administrative review on large diameter welded pipe South Korea (A-580-897). These final results will be used to set final assessments of antidumping duties on importers for subject merchandise from 23 companies under review entered May 1, 2022, through April 30, 2023.
The Commerce Department has published the final results of the antidumping duty administrative review on polyethylene terephthalate resin from Oman (A-523-810). Commerce calculated an AD rate of zero percent for OCTAL SAOC FZC, the only company under review. Commerce won't assess AD for subject merchandise from OCTAL entered May 1, 2022, through April 30, 2023, it said. The new zero percent AD cash deposit rate for OCTAL takes effect Dec. 11, the date that these final results were published in the Federal Register.
The Commerce Department has released the final results of the antidumping duty administrative review on glycine from Japan (A-588-878). These final results will be used to set final assessments of AD duties on importers for subject merchandise entered June 1, 2022, through May 31, 2023.
The Consumer Product Safety Commission announced the following voluntary recalls Dec. 12:
On Dec. 12, the FDA posted new and revised versions of the following Import Alerts on the detention without physical examination of:
The National Marine Fisheries Service is finalizing a rule that revises current regulations in order to "improve the uniformity and reliability of seafood inspection services," according to a notice. This rule would compel the NMFS Office of International Affairs, Trade and Commerce to adopt recognized best practices for inspection. The notice said that the existing regulations have not been significantly updated since they were first issued in 1971. "NMFS anticipates that these revisions will benefit the seafood industry by streamlining seafood inspection services and providing improved, more accurate inspection results," NMFS said. The rule is effective Jan. 15. NMFS had sought comments on the proposed rule in April (see 2404240025).
Sen. Mike Rounds, R-S.D., asked Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack to make sure that the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service doesn't prematurely end its ban on livestock imports from Mexico.
President Joe Biden called for the creation of a new task force to counter foreign economic coercion, which he said will help the U.S. better respond to coercive measures by “countries of concern,” including China.
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. 12, 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.