Federal Maritime Commissioner Louis Sola is “confident” Panama will take needed steps to minimize future disruptions to the Panama Canal after a drought lowered water levels and impacted supply chains in recent months (see 2401180050), Sola said in a press release this week. Sola, who recently visited with Panamanian officials alongside FMC Chair Daniel Maffei (see 2407290041), said there will “always” be supply chain challenges but that he is “optimistic that continuing collaboration between the FMC and key officials in Panama will result in improving the efficiencies of this critical global trade route,” the release said.
Texas-based freight forwarder Sealink International (SLI) illegally sold the cargo of California-based exporter Triple L Global (TLG) to an unknown buyer without permission and without the required 10-day written notice, TLG alleged in a complaint filed with the Federal Maritime Commission this week.
New EU guidance released this week offers insight into how the bloc will implement its sweeping new corporate sustainability due diligence rules, including how member states should decide whether traders do enough to collect required supply chain information.
The Commerce Department published notices in the Federal Register Aug. 7 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 Agricultural Marketing Service renewed the status of 47 substances on its National List of Allowed and Prohibited Substances for use in organic crop production and foods labeled as organic, it said in a notice released Aug. 7. As a result, these substances will retain their current status -- either allowed or prohibited in organic production, depending on the substance – until 2030, AMS said. See the notice for the full list.
The Foreign-Trade Zones Board issued the following notices on Aug. 7:
A bill recently introduced by Sen. Maria Cantwell, D-Wash., would renew the Generalized System of Preferences benefitsprogram through the end of 2029, while adding new eligibility criteria related to the environment, women’s and human rights, rule of law and digital trade barriers, according to a final text of the bill provided by her office. The bill, S-4915, is the same as a proposal that was passed by the Senate in 2021 as an amendment to the U.S. Innovation and Competition Act of 2021 but never made it into law (see 2207190059).
A listing of recent Commerce Department antidumping and countervailing duty messages posted on CBP's website Aug. 6, 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 issued the following releases on commercial trade and related matters:
Chinese seller Jinxiang Lunong Agricultural Trading's sale of dehydrated garlic to U.S. importer Green Food Ingredients isn't “bona fide” first sale that can be used to appraise a transaction, CBP ruled on May 29. This is partly because of how the transaction was structured and invoiced, the agency said.