The Commerce Department published notices in the Federal Register Jan. 12 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 is setting new countervailing duty cash deposit requirements for imports of steel concrete reinforcing bar from Algeria (C-721-002), Egypt (C-729-806) and Vietnam (C-552-854), after finding countervailable subsidization of producers from the three countries, in the preliminary determinations of its CVD investigation. Suspension of liquidation and cash deposit requirements will take effect for entries on or after Jan. 13, the date that the preliminary determinations are scheduled to be published in the Federal Register.
On Jan. 9-10, the FDA posted new and revised versions of the following Import Alerts on the detention without physical examination of:
USDA's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service has added two new features to its recent updates page detailing system enhancements for Agricultural Commodity Import Requirements. The page now includes an updated link to the Approved Facility Updates Reference Document and a new tab for ACIR system enhancements, APHIS said in a Jan. 12 emailed newsletter on ACIR.
The Foreign-Trade Zones Board issued the following notices Jan. 12:
The new U.S. ambassador to India, Sergio Gor, said in his first speech in New Delhi that fair trade and mutual respect are at the heart of U.S. diplomacy.
House Ways and Means Committee member Rep. Beth Van Duyne, R-Texas, introduced a bill last week that would impose 10% tariffs on goods imported from countries that have trade surpluses with the U.S. and 15% tariffs on goods from countries that have trade deficits with the U.S.
The New York Times reported that Taiwan is close to reaching a tariff deal with the U.S., and its headline tariff rate will be reduced from 20% to 15%. Most Taiwanese exports are not facing any tariffs, because they were carved out of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act tariff actions.
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 Jan. 9, 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.