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.
The official proclamation implementing an announcement in mid-May on changes to the 14.25% tariffs on imported solar panels and the tariff rate quotas on imported cells was issued by the White House on June 21.
A "back to basics" webinar on de minimis presented by CBP, which was watched by more than 1,900 in the trade community, didn't elaborate on the suspensions of customs brokers from Type 86, though CBP official Felicia Pullam said the agency has heard "a lot of concern in the trade community about this enforcement."
The International Intellectual Property Alliance hired Pete Mehravari as its director of policy and legal affairs. He came to IIPA from leading the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office’s Global Intellectual Property Academy, and previously worked as an intellectual property attaché at embassies in the Middle East and North Africa. Kevin Rosenbaum, IIPA’s executive director, said, “Pete has been a trusted intellectual property champion with the U.S. government for over a decade, and I am thrilled he is now bringing his international IP policy experience, enthusiasm, and results-based advocacy to IIPA and its members. I look forward to working with him to improve international copyright protection and enforcement and otherwise open foreign markets for the U.S. creative industries.”
Andrew Douglas, the former acting port director at Laredo Port of Entry, the busiest inland commercial crossing, has been named area port director for Los Angeles International Airport, six other airports in California and Nevada, five express consignment facilities, an international mail facility, and other air cargo operations in the region. He will oversee air cargo, agricultural compliance and international passenger traffic. The announcement comes about four months after Cheryl Davies, the previous area port director for the L.A. airport, left the position to become director of CBP’s L.A. Field Office (see 2402270016).