Global trade stakeholders must adopt a posture of trade facilitation where companies inform their governments on how to produce regulations that make it easier for companies to trade, according to Valerie Picard, head of trade for the International Chamber of Commerce, who spoke on a trade webinar last week hosted by vessel operator and logistics provider Maersk.
The International Trade Commission published notices in the Sept. 22 Federal Register on the following antidumping and countervailing duty 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 Sept. 22 on the following antidumping and countervailing duty (AD/CVD) proceedings (any notices that announce changes to AD/CVD rates, scope, affected firms or effective dates will be detailed in another ITT article):
The Commerce Department issued its final determination in its countervailing duty investigation on hexamethylenetetramine (hexamine) from India (C-533-933). Suspension of liquidation is currently not in effect for entries on or after July 5, 2025, and Commerce will require cash deposits of estimated CVD on future entries only if it issues a CVD order.
The Commerce Department has released its final determinations in the antidumping duty investigations on hexamethylenetetramine (hexamine) from Germany (A-428-854), India (A-533-932) and Saudi Arabia (A-517-807). Cash deposit rates set in this final determination take effect Sept. 23.
On Sept. 19, the FDA posted new and revised versions of the following Import Alerts on the detention without physical examination of:
The Foreign-Trade Zones Board issued the following notices Sept. 22:
Sens. Bill Cassidy, R-La., and Cindy Hyde-Smith, R-Miss., reintroduced the India Shrimp Tariff Act, which would add a 10% duty to Indian shrimp in January, and increase it to 20% in 2027 and 40% in 2028.
Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto, D-Nev., and Sen. Dave McCormick, R-Pa., introduced a bill last week to direct the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative to prioritize convincing Canada and Mexico to institute a foreign investment review board similar to the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States, or CFIUS.
Three Democrats and Rep. Don Bacon, R-Neb., introduced a bill to end tariffs on imported coffee, and return them to the duty-free status they had before the administration imposed 10% tariffs on Colombia, 50% tariffs on Brazil, and 20% tariffs on Vietnam.