In the July 31 Customs Bulletin (Vol. 58, No. 30), CBP published proposals to revoke ruling letters concerning cheetah Squishmallows and paper wine bottle carriers from China.
CBP plans to expand its presence in Laredo, Texas, by opening a Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism (C-TPAT) office, according to Peter Touhy, director of the Miami C-TPAT field office within CBP’s Office of Field Operations.
CBP plans to add a new ACE functionality that will automate the removal and restoration of Entry Type 86 test participants, it said in the latest version of its ACE development schedule, released Aug. 5.
Trade associations are generally pleased with the trade facilitation discussion draft issued in the Senate last week (see 2407310037), though they all noted that moving to a true one-U.S.-government data submission and release regime requires money, which may not follow, even if the bill becomes law.
The International Trade Commission published notices in the Aug. 2 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 has released the final results of the antidumping duty administrative review on uncoated paper from Portugal (A-471-807). Commerce calculated an AD rate of 1.07% for The Navigator Company, S.A., the only company under review, unchanged from the preliminary rate. Commerce will assess AD at importer-specific rates for subject merchandise from The Navigator Company entered March 1, 2022, through Feb. 28, 2023, it said. The new 1.07% AD cash deposit rate for The Navigator Company takes effect Aug. 5, the date that these final results are scheduled for publication in the Federal Register.
The Commerce Department will allow a grace period until Aug. 31 for some certifications that Malaysian and Vietnamese wooden cabinets aren’t subject to antidumping and countervailing duties on wooden cabinets and vanities from China (A-570-106/C-570-107), it said in a correction notice released Aug. 2.
The Commerce Department on Aug. 2 said Vietnam will continue to be treated as a non-market economy in antidumping duty proceedings. Releasing the results of its review of the nation's market status, the agency said that despite "substantive reforms made over the past 20 years, the extensive government involvement in Vietnam’s economy distorts Vietnamese prices and costs," rendering them "unusable" for calculating the duties.
The Consumer Product Safety Commission announced the following voluntary recalls Aug. 1:
On Aug. 1, the FDA posted new and revised versions of the following Import Alerts on the detention without physical examination of: