House Ways and Means Trade Subcommittee Chairman Adrian Smith, R-Neb., said members of Congress have a wide range of views "of what the reaction should be" to compliance weaknesses in de minimis shipments. "But I think we need to continue the conversation and look for solutions that can generate the results we need," he said. Smith said he thinks Congress can pass a de minimis bill this year.
The chair of the Federal Maritime Commission said this week that he continues to have concerns about a new vessel-sharing agreement between major ocean carriers Maersk and Hapag-Lloyd but that the FMC can no longer legally prevent it from taking effect. The agreement officially took effect Sept. 9, the FMC said.
Canada's trade minister, Mary Ng, said Canada will challenge the conclusions of the fifth administrative reviews of the antidumping and countervailing duty orders on softwood lumber from Canada through the Canada-U.S.-Mexico Agreement, as Canada calls the NAFTA successor.
The International Trade Commission published notices in the Sept. 9 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. 9 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 looks set to recognize 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). In the preliminary results of the AD and CVD changed circumstances reviews, the agency preliminarily found Borusan Birleşik 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 published the final results of a countervailing duty administrative review on granular polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) resin from India (C-533-900). The review covered subject merchandise from the exporters under review entered during the period July 6, 2021, through Dec. 31, 2022.
The Consumer Product Safety Commission is seeking comments on whether ASTM's revised voluntary standard for soft infant and toddler carriers improves the safety of soft infant and toddler carriers, according to a notice in the Federal Register released Sept. 9. CPSC is accepting comments through Sept. 24.
The Consumer Product Safety Commission said there will be no import delays should there be eFiling errors in the commission's PGA message set pilot, according to a Federal Register notice.
On Sept. 6, the FDA posted new and revised versions of the following Import Alerts on the detention without physical examination of: