CBP refused to explain why it denied a vehicle parts importer's protest after the agency liquidated its entry at a rate 78.55 percentage points higher than it had been assigned in a past antidumping duty review, the importer said in a July 23 complaint at the Court of International Trade (Strategic Import Supply v. U.S., CIT # 24-00124).
The Court of International Trade on July 23 said CBP didn't have the authority to extend an order from the court enjoining liquidation of various entries to imports entered by Acquisition 362, doing business as Strategic Import Supply. Judge Mark Barnett dismissed the case for lack of subject-matter jurisdiction, finding that because Acquisition 362 wasn't a party to a separate case challenging the antidumping duty rate assessed on the company's goods, it wasn't subject to the court's order suspending liquidation of various tire entries.
CBP issued the following releases on commercial trade and related matters:
A listing of recent Commerce Department antidumping and countervailing duty messages posted on CBP's website July 23, 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 will be deploying new nonintrusive inspection technologies at ports of entry along the U.S.-Mexico border, agency officials said recently during an event in El Paso, Texas, highlighting the agency’s efforts to beef up cargo and passenger security in West Texas and New Mexico.
Starting at 5 a.m. EDT on July 25, CBP will require importers and brokers to include an estimated date of arrival data element for all entry Type 86 submissions in ACE, according to a July 24 CBP message. CBP will host an online post-deployment support call for trade users. The call will occur via Microsoft Teams on July 30 at 1 p.m. EDT. Technical questions related to this update should be sent to a user's assigned client representative. Other questions related to cargo control and release should be directed to CREM@cbp.dhs.gov.
CBP plans to enforce the $800 daily aggregated limit for de minimis shipments as a new functionality of the ACE platform.
The International Trade Commission published notices in the July 23 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):
Skyworks seeks a general exclusion order banning all imports of wireless front-end modules from Kangxi Communication Technologies that allegedly infringe on its patents, as well as routers that contain them, the International Trade Commission said in a notice July 23. In a Section 337 complaint filed July 17, Skyworks said KCT and its affiliate Grand Chip Labs are making unauthorized and unlicensed copies of its patented wireless front-end modules, including the KCT FEMs under the names KCT8539S and KCT8547HE, which are then being incorporated into downstream routers from D-Link and Ruijie. Skyworks also seeks cease and desist orders against KCT, D-Link and Ruijie. Comments are due July 31.
The Commerce Department has released the final results of the antidumping duty administrative review on citric acid and certain citrate salts from Belgium (A-423-813). Commerce assigned the only company under review, Citribel nv., a zero percent AD rate, the same as in the preliminary results of this review. Subject merchandise from Citribel entered July 1, 2022, through June 30, 2023, won't be assessed AD. Changes to cash deposit rates from these final results take effect July 24, the date they are set to be published in the Federal Register.