The Commerce Department is increasing the “all others” antidumping duty rate applicable to thermal paper from Germany from exporters that have never received their own AD rate, it said in a notice released Dec. 23. Implementing a Court of International Trade decision that mandated changes to Commerce’s calculations from the original 2021 AD investigation, Commerce said the “all others” rate will rise to 6.27%, from 2.9%. The new rate is applicable Dec. 1.
On Dec. 22, the FDA posted new and revised versions of the following Import Alerts on the detention without physical examination of:
A notice from the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative to be published in the Federal Register Dec. 29 says that goods from Nicaragua that don't qualify for the Dominican Republic-Central America-United States Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA-DR) should be entered beginning Jan. 1 under Harmonized Tariff Schedule heading 9903.89.01. That tariff number doesn't add any duty past the most-favored nation rate, but the goods also are subject to the reciprocal tariff of 18%, which is applied by HTS heading 9903.02.47.
Thirteen House Democrats are asking DHS to explain why there have been fewer detentions since March, why no new entities have been added to the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act Entity List since Jan. 15, and to explain CBP's strategy for enforcing UFLPA in high-priority sectors.
The following lawsuits were filed at the Court of International Trade during the week of Dec. 15-21:
Importer Blue Sky the Color of Imagination filed a complaint on Dec. 22 in a customs case at the Court of International Trade on the classification of its planning calendars. The complaint comes on the heels of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit rejecting the trade court's previous ruling in a separate case brought by Blue Sky that classified the importer's goods as diaries under Harmonized Tariff Schedule subheading 4820.10.2010 (see 2512040019) (Blue Sky the Color of Imagination v. United States, CIT # 22-00008).
A listing of recent Commerce Department antidumping and countervailing duty messages posted on CBP's website Dec. 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.
On Jan. 2, ACE Portal trade account owners will have the ability to add notify parties, known as "Special Address Notification (CBP 4811) notify parties," under the Notify Parties tab within the Importer sub-account view, according to a Dec. 23 cargo systems message.
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The U.S. Trade Representative announced that it found that China's non-market practices in developing its semiconductor industry unreasonably burdens or restricts U.S. commerce, but said the current Section 301 tariff of 50% on Chinese semiconductors will remain in place, with no hike planned until June 23, 2027. The rate has not been set, and there will be a notice on the new rate at least 30 days ahead of the deadline, the notice said.