The International Trade Commission published notices in the May 23 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 May 23 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 diffusion-annealed, nickel-plated flat-rolled steel products from Japan (A-588-869). Rates calculated in this review will be used to set assessment rates for importers of subject merchandise from the only producer/exporter remaining under review, Toyo Kohan Co., Ltd., that was entered May 1, 2022, through April 30, 2023.
The Commerce Department has released the preliminary results of its countervailing duty administrative review of pasta from Italy (C-475-819). Rates set in this review would be used to set assessments on importers from the exporters under review for subject merchandise entered during calendar year 2022.
On May 22, 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 U.S. and Kenya committed to try to conclude the U.S.-Kenya Strategic Trade and Investment partnership by the end of the year, they said in a joint statement.
A listing of recent Commerce Department antidumping and countervailing duty messages posted on CBP's website May 22, 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 issued the following releases on commercial trade and related matters:
The auto industry welcomes the pre-emptive tariff on Chinese electric vehicles -- it is going from 27.5% to 102.5% Aug. 1 -- but says that higher Section 301 tariffs on lithium-ion batteries and the minerals used to make those batteries work are counterproductive to the goal of helping automakers catch up to China's head start.
The U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission, shortly after the administration chose to keep and expand the Section 301 tariffs (see 2405220072), grappled with what it should recommend to Congress on how to use trade policy to counteract trade distortions from China's communist-run economy.