The Foreign-Trade Zones Board issued the following notices on Nov. 21:
CBP issued the following releases on commercial trade and related matters:
Customs brokers must pay the annual permit user fee for FY 2025 by the end of January, CBP said in a notice. The $180.57 fee is due no later than Jan. 31. Failure to pay the fee results in the revocation of the customs broker license, CBP said. The agency assesses the fee for each permit held by a customs broker, whether an individual, partnership, association or corporation.
Although some trade attorneys have been worrying that a Trump administration will discourage a Republican Congress from bringing back Generalized System of Preferences program tariff breaks for developing countries, members of the House Ways and Means Committee did not endorse that point of view.
Todd Owen, who served as executive assistant commissioner for field operations at CBP for about five years before retiring in 2020, argued that hundreds of millions of dollars for technology upgrades, and staffing expansions, would be more helpful to catch contraband in the small package environment than removing Chinese goods or other restrictions.
The Fish and Wildlife Service is proposing to list all species of giraffes as endangered or threatened, following a 12-month study on the issue, it said in a notice.
The International Trade Commission published notices in the Nov. 20 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 International Trade Commission seeks comment by Nov. 28 on a Section 337 complaint on allegations that imports of women's flats infringe patents held by Gavrieli Brands, the ITC said in a notice. According to the complaint, Gavrieli is seeking a general exclusion order against products violating its design patents and trade dress consisting of "a blue outsole on footwear." Additionally, the complainant is seeking cease and desist orders against Kijera’s OneDrop in New York, Craze in the Philippines, and 11 Chinese companies, barring "women’s flats with colored outsoles thereof" from entry.
The Commerce Department published notices in the Federal Register Nov. 20 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 has published the preliminary results of its antidumping duty administrative review on stainless steel flanges from India (A-533-877). In the final results of this review, Commerce will set assessment rates for subject merchandise for the companies under review entered Oct. 1, 2022, through Sept. 30, 2023.