The Commerce Department published notices in the Federal Register June 13 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 Commerce Department has published the final results of the antidumping duty administrative review on forged steel fittings from China (A-570-067). These final results will be used to set final assessments of antidumping duties on importers for subject merchandise entered Nov. 1, 2021, through Oct. 31, 2022.
The Commerce Department is amending the amended final determination in the less-than-fair-value investigation on mattresses from Cambodia (A555-001), covering the period Jan. 1, 2019, through Dec. 31, 2019, based on the May 16 final decision in a court case challenging the amended final determination. To satisfy the Court of International Trade, Commerce recalculated the weighted-average dumping margin for Best Mattresses/Rose Lion, and that resulted in the margin changing from 52.4% to 103.79%. Because of that change, the dumping margin applicable to all other companies also changed from 52.41% to 103.79%.
The Commerce Department has published the final results of the antidumping duty administrative review on aluminum foil from Brazil (A-351-856). These final results will be used to set final assessments of AD on importers for subject merchandise entered May 4, 2021, through Oct. 31, 2022.
USDA has determined the total amounts of WTO tariff-rate quotas for raw cane sugar and certain sugars for FY 2025. The agency established that from Oct. 1, 2024, to Sept. 30, 2025, the in-quota aggregate quantity of raw cane sugar will be at 1,117,195 metric tons raw value (MTRV), while the FY 2025 in-quota aggregate quantity of certain molasses (or refined sugar) will be at 232,000 MTRV. USDA's notice will be effective on June 14, the date that it will be published in the Federal Register.
The Foreign-Trade Zones Board issued the following notices on June 13:
Former President Donald Trump, meeting with Republicans in Congress June 13, told them he would consider eliminating the income tax and replacing it with tariff revenue if he is reelected. While Trump has floated putting a 10% tariff on all imports, and a 60% tariff on Chinese imports, but that would not raise enough revenue to replace the income tax.
The House Appropriations Committee passed a bill on a party-line vote to fund the DHS for the fiscal year that begins Oct. 1. The bill includes a provision that requires CBP to ban the import of aerosol-dispensing unmanned aircraft produced or manufactured in a foreign adversary country, such as China.
House Foreign Affairs Committee member Rep. Greg Stanton, D-Ariz., during a hearing on competition with China in the Western Hemisphere, argued that the shortages experienced during the COVID-19 pandemic show that businesses should move supply chains to the Western Hemisphere.
CBP issued the following releases on commercial trade and related matters: