The Commerce Department issued its final determination in its countervailing duty investigation on non-refillable steel cylinders from India (C-533-913). Suspension of liquidation is currently not in effect for entries on or after Jan. 27, 2024, and Commerce will only require cash deposits of estimated CVD on future entries if it issues a CVD order.
The Commerce Department issued its final determination in the antidumping duty investigation on non-refillable stainless steel cylinders from India (A-533-912). Changes to cash deposit requirements set in this final determination take effect April 22, the date they are scheduled for publication in the Federal Register.
The Consumer Product Safety Commission announced the following voluntary recalls April 18:
On April 18, the FDA posted new and revised versions of the following Import Alerts on the detention without physical examination of:
USDA's Commodity Credit Corporation announced April 18 that Special Import Quota #1 for upland cotton will be established April 25, allowing importation of 6,902,347 kilograms (31,702 bales) of upland cotton, the same as the previous quota period. The quota will apply to upland cotton purchased not later than July 23, 2024, and entered into the U.S. by Oct. 21, 2024. The quota is equivalent to one week's consumption of cotton by domestic mills at the seasonally adjusted average rate for the December 2023 through February 2024 period, the most recent three months for which data is available.
While CBP is working to select accreditors, it's also important that companies start looking at their own internal training and ensuring that it has the context and the time requirements you are going to need, said Brian Barber, vice president for U.S. brokerage operations and government affairs at Willson International (see 2404170072).
A listing of recent Commerce Department antidumping and countervailing duty messages posted on CBP's website April 18, 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:
FORT LAUDERDALE -- While CBP's Entry Type 86 pilot has allowed customs brokers to handle low value shipments, the agency also is seeing filers "abusing" the test by filing unverified data and pricing out other brokers who can't compete with the low fees the bad actors are charging, said CBP acting Commissioner Troy Miller in remarks at the National Customs Brokers & Forwarders Association of America annual conference April 17.
China announced that it is "firmly opposed" to both the U.S. decision to open a new Section 301 investigation on allegedly unfair practices in China's maritime, logistics and shipbuilding sectors (see 2404170029) and President Joe Biden's call for a "tripling" of the existing Section 301 tariffs on Chinese steel and aluminum (see 2404170040).