A listing of recent Commerce Department antidumping and countervailing duty messages posted on CBP's website Sept. 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.
CBP has a "reasonable suspicion" that Fort Lauderdale-based JBS Trading is evading antidumping duties on xanthan gum from China ( A-570-985), it said as it annnounced that the company is under an Enforce and Protect Act investigation. The agency alleges that when JBS Trading imported China-origin xanthan gum into the U.S., it undervalued them at the time of entry, thereby failing to pay adequate cash deposits associated with the AD order, according to a Sept. 13 release.
The Biden administration will issue a notice of proposed rulemaking to forbid all goods subject to major trade actions, including Section 301 tariffs, from de minimis entry, the White House announced. It will also issue a notice of proposed rulemaking to require information submissions for de minimis packages, including the 10-digit HTS code and the person receiving the goods.
The administration rebranded two pending rulemaking processes and revived one that was abandoned in 2021 to address the compliance risks of de minimis shipments as well as shrink the volume of direct-to-consumer imports.
Imports from China of electric vehicles, EV batteries, solar cells and wafers, face masks, needles and syringes, critical minerals and steel and aluminum will all be hiked Sept. 27, the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative announced Sept. 13, as part of a longer-term modification of Section 301 duties.
Tariffs on imports from China of electric vehicles, EV batteries, solar cells and wafers, face masks, needles and syringes, critical minerals and steel and aluminum will go up Sept. 27, with more Section 301 tariff hikes planned for Jan. 1, 2025, and Jan. 1, 2026.
The International Trade Commission published notices in the Sept. 12 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 Sept. 12 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 released the preliminary results of its antidumping duty administrative review on polyethylene retail carrier bags from Malaysia (A-557-813). The agency preliminarily calculated a zero percent AD rate for the only company under review, Euro SME Sdn. Bhd. and affiliate Euro Nature Green Sdn. Bhd. If the agency's finding is continued in the final results, importers of subject merchandise from Euro SME entered Aug. 1, 2022, through July 31, 2023, won't be assessed AD. Any changes to rates for Euro SME would take effect on the date of publication in the Federal Register of the final results of this review, currently due in January.
The Commerce Department has released the preliminary results of its antidumping duty administrative review on carbazole violet pigment 23 from India (A-533-838). The agency preliminarily calculated a zero percent AD rate for three companies under review, Gharda Chemicals, Ltd., Meghmani Pigments, and Navpad Pigments Pvt. Ltd. If the agency's finding is continued in the final results, importers of subject merchandise from the three companies entered Dec. 1, 2022, through Nov. 30, 2023, will not be assessed AD, and future entries from them will not be subject to an AD cash deposit requirement until further notice. Any changes to rates for the three under review would take effect on the date of publication in the Federal Register of the final results of this review, which are due in January.