CBP has released its Aug. 14 Customs Bulletin (Vol. 58, No. 32), which includes the following ruling actions:
The International Trade Commission will recommend a tariff-rate quota on imports of polyester staple fiber, as well as an absolute quota on temporary imports under bond of the product -- starting at zero -- as Section 201 safeguard remedies to be considered by President Joe Biden.
Nigel Cory, former associate director of trade policy at the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation, has joined Crowell & Moring as a director, the firm announced. Cory will aid attorneys in the firm's international trade practices and other areas, the firm said.
The State Department this week is publishing a final version of a rule to expand its regulatory definition of activities that don’t need a license because they don’t qualify as exports, reexports, retransfers or temporary imports. The rule, effective Sept. 16, is largely consistent with the proposed version, though the agency made changes to narrow its scope and make sure certain temporary imports will still require a license.
Former President Donald Trump said Aug. 14 that he wants to impose a 10% to 20% tariff on “foreign countries that have been ripping us off for years,” making what seems to be a slight change to the 10% tariff on all U.S. imports that he proposed last year (see 2308290005).
The International Trade Commission published notices in the Aug. 14 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. 22 on another Section 337 complaint filed by HydraFacial seeking to ban imports of hydrodermabrasion systems that allegedly infringe on its patents, the ITC said Aug. 14. This time, in a complaint filed Aug. 8, HydraFacial says Germany-based MirAmedtech and its Polish and U.S. affiliates are manufacturing and importing the Cleopatra and MIRApeel systems, which infringe on patents related to HydroFacial’s Syndeo hydrodermabrasion system. The complaint also targets Medical Purchasing Resource (MPR), which distributes the Cleopatra system, as well as Clarion, Luvo and Healthcare Markets (d/b/a Powered by MRP), which distribute Eunsung’s Bela MD hydrodermabrasion system. Eunsung isn’t named in the complaint, though it’s the subject of a Section 337 investigation the ITC began in July (see 2407170007), also at HydroFacial’s request (see 2406130048).
The Commerce Department published notices in the Federal Register Aug. 14 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 Aug. 14 published a notice announcing the beginning of administrative reviews for certain firms subject to antidumping and countervailing duty orders with July anniversary dates. Producers and exporters subject to any of these administrative reviews on China or Vietnam must submit their separate rate certifications or applications by Sept. 13 to avoid being assigned high China-wide or Vietnam-wide rates.
The Commerce Department has published the preliminary results of its antidumping duty new shipper review on stainless steel bar from India (A-533-810) covering Welspun Specialty Solutions Limited. The agency calculated a zero percent AD rate for subject merchandise both produced and exported by Welspun. If this finding is confirmed in the final results, Commerce will not require AD cash deposits for subject merchandise produced and exported by Welspun until further notice. For now, such merchandise from Welspun will continue to enter at the 12.45% all-others rate.