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. 4, 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.
CBP has released its Dec. 4 Customs Bulletin (Vol. 58, No. 48), which contains no ruling actions but includes a notice of the revocation of U.S. Virgin Islands-based AmSpec as a customs-accredited laboratory and customs-approved gauger. It also includes three Court of International Trade slip opinions.
Embossing and foil labeling operations don't constitute a use or materially change the goods, and such products are therefore eligible for unused merchandise drawback and in the same condition for the purpose of claiming drawback under USMCA, CBP determined in a recent ruling.
The Fish and Wildlife Service has declared the swale paintbrush (Castilleja ornata) an endangered species, according to a notice in the Federal Register. The dwale paintbrush, a flowering plant, can be found in New Mexico as well as the Mexican states of Chihuahua and Durango. The rule is effective Jan. 6.
The International Trade Commission published notices in the Dec. 4 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 published notices in the Federal Register Dec. 4 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 recognizing a Turkish company’s name change for the purposes of the antidumping and countervailing duty orders on circular welded carbon steel standard pipe and tube products (standard pipe), welded line pipe (WLP), certain oil tubular goods (OCTG), and large diameter welded pipe (LDWP) from Turkey (A-489-501/C-489-502, A-489-822/C-489-823, A-489-816/C-489-817, A-489-833/C-489-834). Commerce confirmed the preliminary results of the AD and CVD changed circumstances reviews in the final results, determining that Borusan Birlesik Boru Fabrikalari Sanayi ve Ticaret A.S. (Borusan Boru) is the successor-in-interest to Borusan Mannesmann Boru Sanayi ve Ticaret A.S. (BMB).
The Commerce Department has released the preliminary results of its antidumping duty administrative review on thermal paper from South Korea (A-580-911). The agency preliminarily calculated a zero percent AD rate for Hansol Paper Company, the only company under review. If the agency's finding is continued in the final results, importers of subject merchandise from Hansol entered between Nov. 1, 2022, and Oct. 31, 2023, won't be assessed AD, and no cash deposits would be required on merchandise from Hansol beginning on the date the final results are published in the Federal Register.
The Commerce Department has released the preliminary results of its antidumping duty administrative review on oil country tubular goods from Mexico (A-201-856). The agency preliminarily calculated a 30.38% AD rate for Tubos de Acero de Mexico, S.A. If the agency's finding is continued in the final results, importers of subject merchandise from Tubos de Acero entered May 11, 2022, through Oct. 31, 2023, will be assessed AD at importer-specific rates. Any changes to rates for Tubos de Acero would take effect on the date of publication in the Federal Register of the final results of this review, due in April.