A listing of recent Commerce Department antidumping and countervailing duty messages posted on CBP's website Jan. 8, 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.
Despite continued aggressive rhetoric around trade policy, tariff levels heading into 2026 are likely to stabilize as the Trump administration pivots to affordability issues, according to Flexport executives speaking during a Jan. 8 webinar on tariff trends.
David Giordano, a former trade staffer with the House Committee on Ways and Means, has joined Akin as a senior policy adviser in its lobbying and public policy practice, the firm announced. Giordano served as an international trade policy adviser to Ways and Means Committee Chairman Jason Smith, R-Mo., from January 2023 to December 2025.
The International Trade Commission published notices in the Jan. 8 Federal Register on the following antidumping and countervailing duty injury, Section 337 patent or other trade proceedings (any notices that warrant a more detailed summary will be in another ITT article):
The International Trade Commission began a Section 337 investigation on allegations that Apple, Samsung, Google and Garmin are importing and selling smartwatches that infringe patents held by UnaliWear (ITC Inv. No. 337-TA-1477), it said in a Jan. 8 press release.
The Commerce Department published notices in the Federal Register Jan. 8 on the following antidumping and countervailing duty (AD/CVD) proceedings (any notices that announce changes to AD/CVD 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 and countervailing duty administrative reviews on certain corrosion-resistant steel products (CORE) from South Korea (A-580-878/C-580-879). In the final results of this review, Commerce will set AD assessment rates for subject merchandise for the companies under review entered July 1, 2023, through June 30, 2024, and CVD assessment rates for entries Jan. 1, 2023, through Dec. 31, 2023.
The Commerce Department has published the preliminary results of its antidumping duty administrative review on passenger vehicle and light truck tires from South Korea (A-580-908). In the final results of this review, Commerce will set assessment rates for subject merchandise from the three companies under review entered July 1, 2023, through June 30, 2024.
The Commerce Department has released the preliminary results of its antidumping duty administrative review on steel nails from Oman (A-523-808), calculating an AD rate of 0.95% for the sole mandatory respondent Oman Fasteners LLC. If the agency's finding is continued in the final results, importers of subject merchandise from Oman Fasteners entered between July 1, 2023, and June 30, 2024, will be assessed AD at importer-specific rates. Any changes to cash deposit rate for Oman Fasteners would take effect on the publication date of the final results in the Federal Register.
The Commerce Department has published the preliminary results of its antidumping duty administrative review on steel nails from Malaysia (A-557-816). In the final results of this review, Commerce may set assessment rates for subject merchandise from reviewed companies entered July 2023 through June 2024.