The Commerce Department will soon impose antidumping duty cash deposit requirements on imports of aluminum lithographic printing plates from China and Japan, according to a fact sheet issued April 26. The agency said it has made its preliminary determination in its ongoing AD investigations, and will set AD on China ranging from 38.57% to 107.62% (38.56% to 107.61% as adjusted for cash deposit purposes), and on Japan ranging from 87.81% to 157.16%, when it publishes that preliminary determination in the Federal Register. Lithographic printing plates from China already are subject to suspension of liquidation and cash deposit requirements for countervailing duty purposes (see 2404050037).
The Commerce Department published notices in the Federal Register April 29 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 issued notices in the Federal Register on its recently initiated antidumping and countervailing duty investigations on 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid (2,4-D) from China and India (A-570-160/C-570-161, A-533-922/C-533-923). The CVD investigations and the AD investigation on India cover entries for the calendar year 2023. The AD investigation China covers entries July 1, 2023, through Dec. 31, 2023.
The National Customs Brokers & Forwarders Association of America's president told the U.S. trade representative that customs brokers and others in the trade community aren't "pro forced-labor, pro-pollution, pro-unsustainable environmental practices," but that too often, "‘race to the top’ objectives do not take into consideration the ability to actually implement the policies, and the costs associated with the goals."
Kitchenware retailer Williams-Sonoma agreed to pay $3.2 million in civil penalties and "stop making false and misleading claims about the origins of its products," settling a lawsuit brought in a California court, DOJ announced. The agency alleged that Williams-Sonoma violated a Federal Trade Commission administrative order barring the company from advertising wholly imported goods and goods containing "significant imported content" as being "Made in the USA" (U.S. v. Williams-Sonoma, N.D. Cal. # 24-02396).
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 April 26, 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.
Air Cargo Advanced Screening data must be submitted when cargo destined for the U.S. is initially loaded at a foreign airport aboard an aircraft that will enter the U.S., CBP said. In a customs ruling dated April 19, the agency said the data needs to be entered at the initial loading regardless of whether the aircraft stops at a different foreign airport before entering the U.S.
The National Customs Brokers & Forwarders Association of America finalized its election of new officers and board members to govern the association for 2024-2026, the association said.
The Aluminum Association cheered the Mexican decision to apply tariffs to 544 tariff lines in aluminum and aluminum products. The tariffs are as low as 5% or 10% on some products, but are 25% and 35% on most.