Rep. Elise Stefanik, R-N.Y., introduced Drones for First Responders, a bill that would impose a 30% tariff on Chinese drones, with a 5% escalation annually. The bill, co-sponsored by House Select Committee on China Chairman John Moolenaar, R-Mich., along with Reps. Rob Wittman, R-Va., Ashley Hinson, R-Iowa, and Jim Banks, R-Ind., would use the revenue to help farmers, first responders and critical infrastructure facilities to purchase drones made in the U.S. or by allies. The bill also would require that drones imported in 2030 or later not contain certain components made in China.
A listing of recent Commerce Department antidumping and countervailing duty messages posted on CBP's website May 16, 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 issued the following releases on commercial trade and related matters:
The Bureau of Industry and Security is eliminating 12 general approved exclusions from Section 232 tariffs on steel and aluminum, it said in a final rule released May 17.
Many importers who were hit with Section 301 tariffs six years ago expected they would be rolled back in 18 months or two or three years, said Nicole Bivens Collinson, director of Sandler Travis's international trade and government relations practice. Then, once that didn't happen, they thought they'd see what happened in the Biden administration.
The Senate on May 14 retroactively confirmed the ongoing terms of Daniel Maffei as chair of the Federal Maritime Commission and Rebecca Dye as FMC commissioner. Maffei's term expires June 2027 and Dye's term expires June 2025. Neither FMC official had their appointment confirmed by the Senate at the beginning of their current terms.
The International Trade Commission published notices in the May 16 Federal Register on the following AD/CVD 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 May 16 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):
A coalition of U.S. manufacturers seeks the imposition of new antidumping and countervailing duties on imports of disposable aluminum containers from China, it said in petitions filed May 15 with the Commerce Department and the International Trade Commission. Commerce will now decide whether to begin AD/CVD investigations, which could result in the imposition of permanent AD/CVD orders on disposable aluminum containers, which include pans and trays "generally produced using aluminum foil," and the assessment of AD/CVD on importers.
The Commerce Department issued notices in the Federal Register on its recently initiated antidumping and countervailing duty investigations on ceramic tile from India (A-533-928/C-533-929). The AD investigation covers entries April 1, 2023, through March 31, 2024, and the CVD investigation covers entries Jan. 1 through Dec. 31, 2023.