Virginia Lenahan was named the chief international trade counsel on the Senate Finance Committee’s majority staff, committee Chair Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., announced in an Oct. 3 emailed news release. Since joining the committee in 2019 as a trade counsel, Lenahan has worked on issues related to USMCA, the Inflation Reduction Act and more.
The International Trade Commission published notices in the Oct. 3 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 Oct. 3 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 is setting new countervailing duty cash deposit requirements for imports of high chrome cast iron grinding media from India (C-533-931), after finding countervailable subsidization of Indian producers in the preliminary determination of its CV duty investigation. Suspension of liquidation and cash deposit requirements will take effect for entries on or after Oct. 4, the date that the preliminary determination is scheduled to be published in the Federal Register.
The Commerce Department is setting new countervailing duty cash deposit requirements for imports of alkyl phosphate esters from China (C-570-169), 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 Oct. 4, the date that the preliminary determination is scheduled to be published in the Federal Register.
The Commerce Department is setting new countervailing duty cash deposit requirements for imports of crystalline silicon photovoltaic cells, whether or not assembled into modules, from Cambodia (C-555-004), Malaysia (C-557-831), Thailand (C-549-852) and Vietnam (C-552-842)., after finding countervailable subsidization of producers and exporters in the four countries in the preliminary determinations of its CVD investigations. Suspension of liquidation and cash deposit requirements will generally take effect for entries on or after Oct. 4, the date that the preliminary determinations were published in the Federal Register, but Commerce is making the suspension of liquidation and CVD cash deposits retroactive to approximately July 6 for some Thai and Vietnamese companies.
On Oct. 2, 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 Oct. 3:
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 Oct. 2, 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.