CBP’s May 1 customs broker license exam had a pass rate of 13%, CBP said in a document posted ahead of the June 26 meeting of the Commercial Customs Operations Advisory Committee. There were a total of 1,132 test takers, with 179 of those taking the test remotely, CBP said.
CBP is “finalizing the selection” of five accreditors for customs broker continuing education, it said in a document released ahead of the June 26 meeting of the Customs Commercial Operations Advisory Committee. “Once the accreditor agreements are signed, CBP will work with selected accreditors to finalize implementation of the continuing education program, including development of accreditor standard operating procedures, policies, communications plans, and a program compliance date,” the agency said.
The Federal Maritime Commission launched an investigation on whether ocean carriers are complying with a recent decision giving motor carriers the right to choose their chassis providers in four U.S. markets. The probe could lead to penalties against carriers, the commission said.
The Court of International Trade dismissed importer Greentech Energy Solutions' challenge to antidumping and countervailing duties on Chinese solar cells to its Vietnamese solar cell entries for lack of subject-matter jurisdiction under Section 1581(i), the court's "residual" jurisdiction.
The International Trade Commission published notices in the June 17 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 International Trade Commission seeks comments by June 25 on a request from RAI and R.J. Reynolds for a Section 337 exclusion order banning all imports of disposable vaporizer devices that infringe on their patents, the ITC said in a notice published June 17. In their June 11 complaint, RAI and R.J. Reynolds identified 42 infringing companies, mostly in the U.S. and China, and requested cease and desist orders against them.
The Commerce Department has released the preliminary results of its antidumping duty administrative review on lightweight thermal paper from China (A-570-920). The agency assigned all three exporters under review -- Guangdong Guanhao High-Tech, Guangdong Polygon New Materials, and Henan Jianghe Paper -- to the China-wide entity, with an AD rate of 115.29%. Any changes to cash deposit rates for Guangdong Guanhao, Guangdong Polygon and Henan Jianghe would take effect on the publication date of the final results of this review, currently due in October. If the three companies continue to get the China-wide rate in the final results, Commerce will assess AD duties at 115.29% on importers of subject merchandise from each company entered between Nov. 1, 2022, and Oct. 31, 2023.
The Commerce Department has released the final results of its countervailing duty administrative review on crystalline silicon photovoltaic cells, whether or not assembled into modules, from China (C-570-980). These final results will be used to set final assessments of CV duties on importers for entries between Jan. 1 and Dec. 31, 2021.
The Consumer Product Safety Commission is extending until Aug. 1 the comment period on proposed amendments to revise existing product safety standards for bassinets and cradles (see 2404150038), the agency said in a notice released June 17, the original comment deadline. CPSC said the extension will "ensure that the rule addresses identified hazards and that these sleep products for young infants provide the highest level of safety feasible."
On June 14, the FDA posted new and revised versions of the following Import Alerts on the detention without physical examination of: