The country of origin for the pan-tilt-zoom (PTZ) Lumens VC-TR60A Camera is Taiwan because that's where the last substantial transformation occurred, according to a Dec. 19 determination set to be published in the Federal Register on Jan. 13.
President Donald Trump said on social media Jan. 12 that he will, “[e]ffective immediately,” impose a 25% tariff on “any Country doing business” with Iran. The tariffs will cover “any and all business being done with the United States of America,” he said.
Members of the Commercial Customs Operations Advisory Committee are urging CBP to provide more clarity on how to comply with Section 232 tariffs, as well as suggesting that CBP enable importers to use publicly available metal commodity pricing for valuation purposes, according to a list of recommendations that the committee is expected to vote on during its quarterly meeting on Jan. 14.
Nathaniel Moulton left his position last week as an information and communications technology specialist within the Commerce Department's International Trade Administration, he announced on LinkedIn. Moulton first joined Commerce in 2024 in the Office of Information and Communication Technologies, where he said he worked to "grow the U.S. quantum computing ecosystem and strengthen U.S. supply chain resilience." He also had a stint in 2021-2022 in policy coordination with the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative.
A Danish member of the European Parliament from an eco-socialist party called the Red-Green Alliance is pushing for the parliament to halt consideration of a legislative package that would drop tariffs on American industrial goods and give U.S. agriculture more access to the EU market.
The FCC is exempting some drones and drone components from its “covered list” of goods prohibited for import or sale because they pose unacceptable risks to national security, it said this week. After adding all foreign-made unmanned aircraft systems and “critical component parts” of unmanned aircraft systems in December (see 2512220069), the commission is now exempting UAS and UAS critical components included on the Defense Department’s blue list, as well as UAS and UAS critical components “that qualify as ‘domestic end products’ under the Buy American Standard.” The exemptions will remain in place until Jan. 1, 2027.
The International Trade Commission published notices in the Jan. 9 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 Commerce Department published notices in the Federal Register Jan. 9 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 amending final results of the countervailing duty administrative review on phosphate fertilizers from Morocco (C-714-001) originally published Nov. 7, 2023, to align with the final decision in a court case that challenged a rate in those results.
The Commerce Department recently initiated antidumping duty and countervailing duty investigations on fresh mushrooms from Canada (A-122-873/C-122-874). The AD investigation period is July 1, 2024, through June 30, 2025. The CVD investigation period is calendar year 2024.