CBP has launched an investigation under the Enforce and Protect Act (EAPA) on Thompson Aluminum Casting Company Inc.’s alleged evasion of antidumping and countervailing duties by importing magnesium metal from China via Turkey.
As USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service prepares for the Dec. 1 enforcement of the seventh phase of Lacey Act import declaration requirements (see 2405300052), officials already are eyeing the challenges that may come in implementing Phase VIII.
Republican attorneys general from 21 states are asking Temu how it certifies that products sold on its website "are not made with slave labor," among other questions about Americans' consumer data.
The International Trade Commission published notices in the Aug. 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 comments by Aug. 29 on a request from Balanced Body for a general exclusion order banning all imports of exercise equipment that infringe on its patents, the ITC said in a notice released Aug. 20. A Section 337 complaint filed by Balanced Body Aug. 15 said several companies are importing aluminum reformers, which are stationary equipment used in pilates exercises, that copy its Allegro 2 and other product lines. In addition to the general exclusion order, Balanced Body also seeks cease and desist orders against the companies named in its complaint: Guangzhou Oasis, d/b/a trysauna.com, Ciga Pilates, Shandong Tmax Machinery Technology Co. Ltd., Shandong VOG Sports Products Co. Ltd., Dezhou Bodi Fitness Equipment Co. and Suzhou Selfcipline Sports Goods Co., Ltd.
The Commerce Department published notices in the Federal Register Aug. 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 final results of the antidumping duty administrative review on large diameter welded pipe from Turkey (A-489-833). These final results will be used to set final assessments of antidumping duties on importers for subject merchandise from three companies under review entered May 1, 2022, and April 30, 2023.
The Commerce Department is amending the final results of an antidumping duty administrative review on xanthan gum from China (A-570-985) to align its revised results with the final decision in a court case that challenged rate calculations in those results. In that review, covering subject merchandise entered July 1, 2019, through June 30, 2020, one company, Neimenggu Fufeng Biotechnologies Co., Ltd. and several affiliates, was given a zero percent AD rate, and three other companies were given rates above de minimis.
The Commerce Department has published amended final results of the countervailing duty administrative review on narrow woven ribbons with woven selvedge from China (C-570-953) originally published Feb. 25, 2020, to align with the final decision in a court case that challenged a rate in those results.
The Commerce Department has published the final results of the antidumping duty administrative review on tapered roller bearings and parts thereof from China (A-570-601). In these final results, Commerce upheld its preliminary finding that Shanghai Tainai Bearing Co., Ltd. (Tainai) had no shipments during the review period. Commerce said therefore Tainai's AD cash deposit rate won't change as a result of this review, and any entries under its case number during the period June 1, 2022, through May 31, 2023 will be liquidated at the all-others rate of 92.84%.