The Commerce Department published notices in the Federal Register Dec. 11 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 Environmental Protection Agency is issuing significant new use rules under the Toxic Substances Control Act for 31 chemical substances, it said in a notice. The rule is effective Feb. 10. The SNURs require persons to notify EPA at least 90 days before commencing the manufacture, import or processing of any of these chemical substances for an activity designated as a new use in the SNUR, EPA said.
On Dec. 10, the FDA posted new and revised versions of the following Import Alerts on the detention without physical examination of:
The Foreign-Trade Zones Board issued the following notices on Dec. 11:
A discussion draft modifying a carbon border tax bill narrows the product list, removing fossil fuels, chemicals and other goods that were original targets of the Senate bill, which was introduced a year ago (see 2311030006).
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 Dec. 10, 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 posted the following documents for the Dec. 11 Commercial Customs Operations Advisory Committee (COAC) meeting:
CBP’s October customs broker license exam had a 24% pass rate, CBP said in a memo released ahead of the Dec. 11 meeting of the Commercial Customs Operations Advisory Committee. That’s up from the 13% pass rate for the spring broker exam (see 2406180034), but down from the 34% pass rate for the exam held last October (see 2402270045). CBP said a total of 1,045 candidates took the exam, including both “in-person and remote-proctored” test takers.
Acting CBP Commissioner Troy Miller will retire from the agency at the end of December, he said during a meeting of the Commercial Customs Operations Advisory Committee on Dec. 11. CBP didn't comment on who will replace him.