A bill that was recommended by the House Transportation Committee in May is now ready for a vote by the full House, if leadership chooses to do so, as the committee's report was completed this week.
Brandon Chen, who took the April 2022 customs broker license exam, appealed the final results of his exam to the Court of International Trade, contesting 11 questions that CBP denied him credit for. Filing a complaint at the trade court on Nov. 25, Chen noted that he is only two correct answers away from a passing score of 75% (Brandon Chen v. U.S., CIT # 24-00208).
A listing of recent Commerce Department antidumping and countervailing duty messages posted on CBP's website Nov. 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.
In the Nov. 27 Customs Bulletin (Vol. 58, No. 47), CBP published proposals to revoke ruling letters concerning forklift accessories.
CBP upheld its decision that China as the country of origin for an unnamed company's stainless steel sinks, according to a recent ruling.
The International Trade Commission published notices in the Nov. 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):
A domestic producer recently filed a petition with the Commerce Department and the International Trade Commission requesting new antidumping and countervailing duties on sol gel alumina-based ceramic abrasive grains from China. Commerce will now 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. Saint-Gobain Ceramics and Plastics requested the investigation.
The Commerce Department issued notices in the Federal Register on its recently initiated antidumping and countervailing duty investigations on overhead door counterbalance torsion springs from China and India (A-570-186/C-570-187, A-533-936/C-533-937). The CVD investigations cover entries for the calendar year 2023. The AD investigation on India covers entries Oct. 1, 2023, through Sept. 30, 2024, and the AD investigation on China covers entries April 1, 2024, through Sept. 30, 2024.
The Commerce Department soon will suspend liquidation and impose countervailing duty cash deposit requirements on imports of low-speed personal transportation vehicles from China, it said in a fact sheet issued Nov. 26. Commerce set CVD rates ranging from 21.23% to 515.37% for Chinese exporters, the agency said as it announced its preliminary determinations in its ongoing CVD investigations. Suspension of liquidation and cash deposit requirements will take effect for entries on or after the date of publication of the preliminary determinations in the Federal Register, which should occur in the coming days.
The Commerce Department has released the preliminary determination in its antidumping investigation on ceramic tile from India (A-533-928). The agency said ceramic tile from India "is not being, or is not likely to be, sold in the United States at less than fair value." Commerce determined a dumping margin of zero, it said in a Nov. 25 fact sheet.