The Commercial Customs Operations Advisory Committee Broker Modernization Working Group has reached consensus and is recommending, among other things, that the Customs Broker License Exam be offered at least quarterly; that the exam should not vary in its difficulty: and that CBP consider whether it's possible to offer the exam, which has a remote-test-taking option, on demand.
The International Trade Commission published notices in the June 24 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 June 24 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 issued the final results of its antidumping duty new shipper review on certain frozen fish fillets from Vietnam (A-552-801) covering Co May Import-Export Company Limited during the review period of Aug. 1, 2022, through Jan. 31, 2023. The agency continued to calculate a zero percent AD rate for subject merchandise both produced and exported by Co May. Effective June 25, the date the final results are to be published in the Federal Register, Commerce will not require AD cash deposits for subject merchandise produced and exported by Co May until further notice. (See 2401290047 for a summary of the preliminary results of this new shipper review.)
The Commerce Department is amending the final results of the countervailing duty administrative review on crystalline silicon photovoltaic products from China (C-570-011), covering the period Jan. 1, 2021, through Dec. 31, 2021, based on the March 21, 2024, final decision in a court case challenging those final results. Commerce calculated a revised CVD rate for the only company under review, Trina Solar (Changzhou) Science & Technology Co., Ltd. and its cross-owned affiliates, of 9.02%, down from 13.21% in the original final results (see 2309120035). That new rate is applicable March 31, 2024, and the revised cash deposit rate is also effective on that date.
The Commerce Department has published the final results of its countervailing duty administrative review on certain corrosion inhibitors from China (C-570-123). These final results will be used to set final assessments of CVD on importers for entries Jan. 1, 2022, through Dec. 31, 2022.
The FDA will allow Njoy to market four of its menthol-flavored e-cigarette products in the U.S. after the company applied through the agency's premarket tobacco product application pathway, the first non-tobacco flavored e-cigarette products to be authorized by the agency, it announced June 21. “The FDA will closely monitor how these products are marketed and will act as appropriate if the company fails to comply with any applicable statutory or regulatory requirements,” the agency said, saying it "remains concerned about the risk of youth use of all e-cigarettes -- particularly flavored products that are more appealing to youth." The FDA added that it has received applications for “nearly 27 million deemed products and has made determinations on more than 26 million of these applications,” authorizing 27 tobacco- and menthol-flavored e-cigarette products and devices, including the most recent four for Njoy. Those “manufacturing, importing, selling, or distributing e-cigarettes without the required premarket authorization risk enforcement,” the FDA said.
The USDA Food Safety and Inspection Service released updated guidance this week on ways to prevent “violative residues in meat and poultry slaughter establishments." FSIS said it collects data on chemical residues in domestic and imported meat, poultry and egg products, and the guidance can help meat processing establishments meet the agency’s requirements on keeping “products that are adulterated because of illegal residues out of commerce.” Public comments on the guidance are due Aug. 26.
The U.S. has filed a rapid response labor mechanism complaint against Industrias Tecnos in Cuernavaca, Morelos, and has asked CBP to suspend liquidation on the ammunition made at the plant.
CBP issued the following releases on commercial trade and related matters: