The Commerce Department published notices in the Federal Register Dec. 5 on the following AD/CV duty proceedings (any notices that announce changes to AD/CV duty rates, scope, affected firms or effective dates will be detailed in another ITT article):
The Commerce Department is setting new antidumping duty cash deposit requirements for imports of high chrome cast iron grinding media from India (A-533-930), after finding sales at less than fair value by Indian exporters in the preliminary determination of its AD investigation. Suspension of liquidation and cash deposit requirements take effect for entries on or after Dec. 6.
The Commerce Department is setting new countervailing duty cash deposit requirements for imports of low speed personal transportation vehicles from China (C-570-177), after finding subsidization of Chinese producers in the preliminary determination of a CVD investigation. Suspension of liquidation and cash deposit requirements generally take effect Dec. 6, but Commerce is making the suspension of liquidation and CVD cash deposits retroactive to Sept. 7 for some Chinese companies.
On Dec. 4, the FDA posted new and revised versions of the following Import Alerts on the detention without physical examination of:
A final rule on what kinds of purchases of information and communications technology and services (ICTS) from China or other "foreign adversaries" may be reviewed by the Bureau of Information and Security, and perhaps, banned, was released Dec. 5.
The Foreign-Trade Zones Board issued the following notices on Dec. 5:
The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative, in preparation for its April Special 301 Report on countries that don't provide adequate protection of intellectual property rights, is seeking comments as well as requests to testify at a Feb. 19 hearing.
President-elect Donald Trump is most likely to announce 25% tariffs on Canadian and Mexican goods the day he takes office, "then immediately suspend them -- with a deadline -- to allow for a negotiation," Bill Reinsch, a think tank leader who often opines on trade, wrote this week.
New Zealand conservation non-profit Maui and Hector's Dolphin Defenders NZ challenged the National Marine Fisheries Service's 2024 comparability findings on New Zealand's West Coast North Island set-net and trawl fisheries, alleging a host of analytical and legal violations committed by the agency. The group said the comparability findings fail to enforce the Marine Mammal Protection Act, further endangering the Maui dolphin -- an endangered species of which only an estimated 43 remain (Maui and Hector's Dolphin Defenders v. National Marine Fisheries Service, CIT # 24-00218).
Judges at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit on Dec. 4 questioned importer Nature's Touch Frozen Foods (West) and the government regarding the tariff classification of frozen fruit mixtures. Judge Todd Hughes led the bulk of the questioning, pushing Nature's Touch on how to classify the goods if the court finds that the mixtures aren't food preparations, as claimed by the company, and how they should be classified instead under Harmonized Tariff Schedule heading 0811, which covers certain frozen fruit (Nature's Touch Frozen Foods (West) v. U.S., Fed. Cir. # 23-2093).