National Council of Textile Organizations CEO Kimberly Glas, speaking at a left-of-center think tank on trade policy, said that companies need to be able to file antidumping and countervailing duty cases without having to wait so long and pay so much money.
The Federal Maritime Commission will prevent a new vessel-sharing agreement between major ocean carriers Maersk and Hapag-Lloyd from going into effect this week because it needs more information about the potential competitive impact of the arrangement, the agency announced July 12.
Houston's sea ports and airports are asking shippers that use the region to be patient as it recovers from Hurricane Beryl, according to a July 12 email sent by the National Customs Brokers & Forwarders Association of America to its members.
The International Trade Commission published notices in the July 12 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 published notices in the Federal Register July 12 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 circular welded carbon-quality steel pipe from the United Arab Emirates (A-520-807). These final results will be used to set final assessments of AD duties on importers for subject merchandise entered Dec. 1, 2021, through Nov. 30, 2022.
The Commerce Department has published the final results of its countervailing duty administrative review on carbon and alloy steel threaded rod from China (C-570-105). The agency calculated a new CVD cash deposit rate for the Chinese producer and exporter and its affiliate listed below, at a rate lower than that calculated in the preliminary results of this review. These final results will be used to set final assessments of CVD on importers for entries during the period January 2022 through December 2022.
The Commerce Department looks set to recognize a Canadian company's name change for the purposes of antidumping duties on softwood lumber products from Canada (A-122-857). The agency preliminarily found TRAPA Forest Products Ltd. is the successor-in-interest to Trans-Pacific Trading Ltd., in the preliminary results of a changed circumstances review released July 12. The agency preliminarily found that Trans-Pacific changed its name to TRAPA but otherwise continues to operate as the same business entity as before. If Commerce confirms its findings in the final results, TRAPA will inherit the AD rate assigned to Trans-Pacific Trading, which was 1.79% (the review average rate) in the final results of an AD administrative review published in August 2023 (see 2307310058).
The Consumer Product Safety Commission announced the following voluntary recalls July 11:
On July 11, the FDA posted new and revised versions of the following Import Alerts on the detention without physical examination of: