A listing of recent Commerce Department antidumping and countervailing duty messages posted on CBP's website June 21, 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 in May identified 450 shipments valued at more than $100 million for further examination based on the suspected use of forced labor, the agency said in its most recent operational statistics update. The shipments include goods subject to the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act and withhold release orders, CBP said. The number of shipments is up from 392 shipments, but the value is down from $184 million in April (see 2405150065). Also in May, CBP seized 1,640 shipments that contained counterfeit goods valued at more than $331 million if the items had been genuine, the agency said.
Almost 20 trade groups and a handful of companies disagreed on how to ensure supply chain resilience -- many arguing that liberalizing trade with allies is crucial to reduce the likelihood of shortages, or weaponization, but others asserted that friendshoring will undermine domestic production already under stress.
The gaps in trade policies between the U.S. and Europe, despite their agreement on the problems, and the difficulty of improving trade relations with major developing countries were grappled with this week by a panel of experts from the U.S. and Europe.
The Commerce Department published notices in the Federal Register June 21 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 Consumer Product Safety Commission announced the following voluntary recalls June 20:
The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service will soon allow imports of fresh ginseng roots from South Korea into the U.S., it said in a notice released June 21. An agency pest risk analysis found “the application of one or more designated phytosanitary measures will be sufficient to mitigate the risks of introducing or disseminating plant pests or noxious weeds via the importation of fresh ginseng roots” from South Korea, APHIS said. Imports will be authorized beginning June 24.
The Foreign-Trade Zones Board issued the following notices on June 21:
House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Rep. Jason Smith, R-Mo., called on the Biden administration to either start a USMCA dispute or initiate a Section 301 investigation to punish Canada for passing a retroactive tax on digital services.
A listing of recent Commerce Department antidumping and countervailing duty messages posted on CBP's website June 20, 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.