The Commerce Department is setting new countervailing duty cash deposit requirements for imports of 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid, also known as 2,4-D, from China (C-570-161) and India (C-533-923), after finding countervailable subsidization of producers and exporters in the two countries in the preliminary determinations of its CV duty investigations. Suspension of liquidation and cash deposit requirements are set to take effect Sept. 13, the date that the preliminary determinations are scheduled to be published in the Federal Register.
On Sept. 11, the FDA posted new and revised versions of the following Import Alerts (after not having posted new ones for a number of days) on the detention without physical examination of:
The FDA is delaying enforcement of its final rule requiring warnings for cigarette packages and advertisements for tobacco products so that companies have time to implement the rule's requirements after the rule had previously been on hold due to litigation, it said in a Federal Register notice.
The Foreign-Trade Zones Board issued the following notices on Sept. 12:
A bill that would effectively overrule the Treasury Department's implementation of the foreign entity of concern restrictions for battery components and critical minerals in electric vehicle tax credits passed the House of Representatives Sept. 12 by a vote of 217-192.
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 Sept. 11, 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 has released its Sept. 11 Customs Bulletin (Vol. 58, No. 36), which includes the following ruling actions:
An October strike by members of the International Longshoremen Association at East Coast and Gulf Coast ports could result in “devastating impacts” on the supply chain for weeks, consultants and logistics professionals told International Trade Today.
It's not clear whether removing all Chinese goods or apparel from de minimis would shrink the universe of duty-free imports the most, but the latter approach, combined with a restriction for Section 301 tariff targets, may be gaining support on the Hill.