The Commerce Department issued an antidumping duty order on paper file folders from Sri Lanka (A-542-806). The order sets permanent antidumping duties, which will remain in place unless revoked by Commerce in a sunset or changed circumstances review. Commerce now will begin conducting annual administrative reviews, if requested, to determine final assessments of AD on importers and make changes to cash deposit rates.
The Commerce Department is issuing antidumping and countervailing duty orders on sol gel alumina-based ceramic abrasive grains from China (A-570-190/C-570-191). The orders, published Sept. 29, set permanent antidumping and countervailing duties, which will remain in place unless revoked by Commerce in a sunset or changed circumstances review. Commerce will now begin conducting annual administrative reviews, if requested, to determine final assessments of AD/CVD on importers and make changes to cash deposit rates.
The Commerce Department soon will suspend liquidation and impose antidumping duty cash deposit requirements on imports of silicon metal from Angola and Laos, it said in a fact sheet issued Sept. 26.
The Commerce Department made preliminary affirmative antidumping duty determinations that imports of chassis from Mexico (A-201-865), Thailand (A-549-854) and Vietnam (A-552-849) are being sold in the U.S. at less than fair value. The agency has imposed AD cash deposit requirements on entries of subject merchandise beginning Sept. 29.
On Sept. 26, the FDA posted new and revised versions of the following Import Alerts on the detention without physical examination of:
Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick said that he proposed a chip manufacturing scheme to Taiwanese officials that would see 50% of manufacturing shifted to the U.S. as part of a larger trade deal with the country.
President Donald Trump posted on social media that he is going to impose a 100% tariff on "any and all movies that are made outside of the United States," a repeat of a declaration he made on social media in May but didn't follow through on (see 2505050003). In the earlier post, he called foreign filming a national security threat, but in this one, he gave no clue what authority he would use.
Days after President Donald Trump said 30% tariffs on upholstered furniture were starting Oct. 1, he wrote on social media, "In order to make North Carolina, which has completely lost its furniture business to China, and other Countries, GREAT again, I will be imposing substantial Tariffs on any Country that does not make its furniture in the United States. Details to follow!!! President DJT"
CBP issued the following releases on commercial trade and related matters:
CBP created Harmonized System Update 2536 on Sept. 25 (containing 86 Automated Broker Interface records and 19 Harmonized Tariff Schedule records) and Harmonized System Update 2537 on Sept. 26 (containing 36 ABI records and six HTS records). HSU 2536 includes the EU executive order tariff updates and the mushroom assessment increase. HSU 2537 includes a correction to the rates for mushroom fees.