The Commerce Department has published the preliminary results of its antidumping duty administrative review on citric acid from Thailand (A-549-833). In the final results of this review, Commerce may set assessment rates for subject merchandise from three companies entered July 1, 2022, through June 30, 2023.
The Commerce Department is beginning an administrative review of antidumping duties on mattresses from Indonesia (A-560-836). The agency in a notice issued in early July had said it would defer the review (see 2407030008) but is now correcting that notice to list mattresses from Indonesia among the reviews it's carrying out for the period May 1, 2023, through April 30, 2024. Commerce said the domestic industry that supports the AD on Indonesian mattresses opposed the deferral.
EPA is proposing to ban consumer use, as well as restrict commercial and industrial use, of the solvent 1-bromopropane (1-BP), which the federal agency says can cause cancer and damage to the liver, kidneys and the nervous system and lead to reduced fertility.
On July 31, the FDA posted new and revised versions of the following Import Alerts on the detention without physical examination of:
The Commerce Committee passed the Illegal Red Snapper Enforcement Act, which would require the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to develop a standard methodology for identifying the country of origin of red snapper imported into the United States.
Climate champion Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I., used his perch at the head of the Senate Budget Committee to ask witnesses about the future of electric vehicles. Although Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., helped shape the panel, the future of electric vehicle production in the U.S. seemed somewhat cloudy if Republicans are able to win back the White House and Senate and retain a House majority, given most Republicans on the panel's views of the EV subsidies that are reshaping the EV supply chain.
The U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York last week ordered importer Delta Uniforms and its owner, George Iloulian, to pay over $1.3 million for avoiding customs duties on medical uniforms, footwear and other apparel. Judge Paul Gardephe said they violated the False Claims Act and must pay triple the amount of the evaded duties and a $557,880 civil penalty.
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 July 31, 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 July 31 Customs Bulletin (Vol 58, No. 30), which includes the following ruling actions: