Correction: Tasha Reid Hippolyte, DHS deputy assistant secretary for trade and economic competitiveness, said (see 2411130036) that she is asking other decisionmakers in DHS to publish Chinese-language names of Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act Entity List firms, or the addresses of companies that have been added to the UFLPA Entity List. She said the easiest request to fulfill, "the one that I'm pushing," is to provide the Chinese-language names.
A listing of recent Commerce Department antidumping and countervailing duty messages posted on CBP's website Nov. 15, 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 and the Canada Border Services Agency plan to adjust the hours of operation for 38 ports of entry on the U.S.-Canada border as part of a broader effort to use resources more efficiently. The adjustments will be effective at midnight on Jan. 6.
CBP's Trade Regulatory Audit Directorate now has an office up and running in Laredo, Texas, according to a Nov. 15 agency announcement.
In addition to tariff hikes expected in 2025, trade experts are also thinking about the 2026 review of USMCA, and the investment and supply chain planning uncertainty that is likely to follow.
The International Trade Commission is beginning a Section 337 investigation on allegations that electronic eyewear products, components and charging apparatuses imported by ByteDance, Qingdao Chuangjian Weilai Technology, Funnico, PICO Immersive, HTC Corporation, Meta Platforms, and Valve infringe patents held by Igeniospec (ITC Inv. No. 337-TA-1423), the agency said in a notice to be published Nov. 18.
The Commerce Department published notices in the Federal Register Nov. 15 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 preliminary results of its antidumping duty administrative review on carbon and alloy steel wire rod from Mexico (A-201-830). In the final results of this review, Commerce may set assessment rates for subject merchandise from two companies entered October 2022 through September 2023.
The Commerce Department is beginning new antidumping and countervailing duty investigations on hard empty capsules from Brazil, China, India and Vietnam, it said in a fact sheet Nov. 14. The underlying petition was filed in October (see 2410290025). The International Trade Commission is scheduled to make its preliminary injury determinations by Dec. 9. These AD/CVD investigations will continue only if the ITC finds injury. International Trade Today will provide more details upon publication of the initiation notices in the Federal Register.
The Commerce Department is setting new countervailing duty cash deposit requirements for imports of vanillin from China (C-570-173), after finding subsidization of Chinese producers in the preliminary determination of its CVD investigation. Suspension of liquidation and cash deposit requirements will take effect for entries on or after Nov. 18, the date that the preliminary determination is scheduled to be published in the Federal Register.