The Commerce Department published notices in the Federal Register May 6 on the following antidumping and countervailing duty (AD/CVD) proceedings (any notices that announce changes to AD/CVD rates, scope, affected firms or effective dates will be detailed in another ITT article):
The Commerce Department said it's rescinding the administrative review of the antidumping duty order on certain cased pencils from China (A-570-827) for the period of review Dec. 1, 2023, through Nov. 30, 2024, because there were no reviewable, suspended entries of subject merchandise during the review period for the five companies that remained under review after 34 others were determined not eligible for review. The five companies are: Centraline Stationery & Gift Co. Limited; Ningbo Homey Union Co., Ltd.; Shandong Wah Yuen Stationery Co. Ltd.; Tianjin Tonghe Stationery Co. Ltd; and Wah Yuen Stationery Co. Ltd.
The Bureau of Industry and Security will post all valid requests for new tariff subheadings to be added to the lists of derivatives subject to Section 232 steel and aluminum tariffs after the conclusion of the two-week window to submit requests that began May 1, BIS said in an interim final rule published May 2 (see 2504300031). Once they are posted, BIS will accept comments for 14 days.
In more than two hours of House appropriators' questions for Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, trade was barely touched on.
The following lawsuits were filed at the Court of International Trade during the week of April 28 - May 4:
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 May 2-5, 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.
Type 11 informal entries may be filed in some circumstances for shipments over $2,500 with only one consignee, CBP reminded importers in a CSMS message May 6.
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President Donald Trump, ahead of a meeting with Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney, denied that his tariff actions against Canada and Mexico have killed USMCA, but also cast doubt on its future. He said USMCA "was a transitional deal" to move away from NAFTA, and said "we'll see what happens" with the renegotiation. He said it could be adjusted, or terminated.