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:
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.