The Commerce Department published notices in the Federal Register July 8 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 released the preliminary results of its antidumping duty administrative review on chlorinated isocyanurates from Spain (Commerce case number A-469-814) (CBP case number A-470-814). In the final results of this review, Commerce will set assessment rates for subject merchandise from the three companies under review entered June 2022 through May 2023.
The Commerce Department has published the preliminary results of its antidumping duty administrative review on raw honey from Argentina (A-357-823). Rates calculated in this review will be used to set assessment rates for importers of subject merchandise from two producers and exporters -- Asociacion De Cooperativas Argentinas Cooperativa Limitada (ACA) and Nexco S.A. -- that was entered Nov. 23, 2021, through May 31, 2023.
The Commerce Department has published the final results of the antidumping duty administrative review on crystalline silicon photovoltaic cells from China (A-570-979). 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.
On July 5, the FDA posted new and revised versions of the following Import Alerts on the detention without physical examination of:
Public comments are due by Aug. 8 on a USDA proposed rule that could raise the Agricultural Marketing Service’s research and promotion program import fees for certain watermelon imports. People and companies that import 150,000 pounds or more annually of watermelons would be required to pay “nine cents per hundredweight” of watermelons, USDA said, up from the current "six cents per hundredweight." The agency said those fees are usually paid to CBP upon entry.
The Foreign-Trade Zones Board issued the following notices on July 8:
CBP issued the following releases on commercial trade and related matters:
CBP is taking action against US Atlanta International, Global Source & Supply, Cosmos Granite (East) Marble and Cosmos Granite (West) over allegedly evading antidumping and countervailing duties on quartz surface products (QSP) from China.
Even though two jacket styles produced by manufacturer and supplier Youngone El Salvador met the tariff shift requirement of the Dominican Republic-Central America-United States Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA-DR), the jackets still aren't eligible for preferential tariff treatment because the visible lining was formed and finished in a country outside of member countries with the CAFTA-DR, CBP ruled recently.