In the Aug. 14 Customs Bulletin (Vol. 58, No. 32), CBP published a proposal to revoke ruling letters concerning certain hearing amplification devices.
China soon will impose new export controls on a set of key critical minerals, including antimony, and technology used to process those minerals, the country’s commerce ministry said Aug. 15, according to an unofficial translation. Antimony can be used in the production of certain batteries, weapons and more. The minerals and technology “have a significant impact on national security,” China said, and exports will need a license before they can be shipped abroad. The controls take effect Sept. 15.
The State Department this week is publishing a final version of a rule to expand its regulatory definition of activities that don’t need a license because they don’t qualify as exports, reexports, retransfers or temporary imports. The rule, effective Sept. 16, is largely consistent with the proposed version, though the agency made changes to narrow its scope and make sure certain temporary imports will still require a license.
The Commerce Department Aug. 14 published a notice announcing the beginning of administrative reviews for certain firms subject to antidumping and countervailing duty orders with July anniversary dates. Producers and exporters subject to any of these administrative reviews on China or Vietnam must submit their separate rate certifications or applications by Sept. 13 to avoid being assigned high China-wide or Vietnam-wide rates.
The Commerce Department has published the preliminary results of its antidumping duty administrative review on forged steel fittings from China (A-570-067). In the final results of this review, Commerce will set assessment rates for subject merchandise from the two companies under review entered Nov. 1, 2022, through Oct. 31, 2023.
The Commerce Department issued notices in the Federal Register on its recently initiated antidumping and countervailing duty investigations on tungsten shot from China (A-570-178/C-570-179). The CVD investigation covers entries Jan. 1 - Dec. 31, 2023. The AD investigation covers entries Jan. 1, 2024 - June 30, 2024.
The U.S. Navy is trying to help commercial cargo ships maintain the alternative trade routes companies have found as the U.S. works to end Houthi attacks on ships transiting the Gulf of Aden and the Red Sea, Vice Admiral George Wikoff said. And although the U.S. has used sanctions to target several Iran-backed networks helping to supply the Houthis, he said the U.S.-designated terror group is increasingly diversifying its suppliers and is becoming a legitimate technology exporter.
The Commerce Department made preliminary affirmative antidumping duty determinations that imports of glass wine bottles from Chile (A-337-808), China (A-570-162) and Mexico (A-588-862) are being sold in the U.S. at less than fair value. The agency will impose AD cash deposit requirements retroactively on some entries of subject merchandise from China beginning May 11, 2024. For the other Chinese exporters, as well as all exporters in Chile and Mexico, AD suspension of liquidation and cash deposit requirements take effect Aug. 9, 2024.
After its bid for a preliminary injunction was denied by Court of International Trade Judge Claire Kelly (see 2407260045), a customs broker fought Aug. 5 against a motion to dismiss its case, saying its complaint was ripe for litigation because CBP had already made the decision to deny its reinstatement to the agency's Entry Type 86 pilot (Seko Customs Brokerage v. United States, CIT # 24-00097).
China last week imposed sanctions against U.S. Rep. Jim McGovern, D-Mass., for frequently making "remarks and actions that interfere in China's internal affairs and undermine China's sovereignty, security and development interests," China's Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced, according to an unofficial translation. The ministry said it will impose an asset freeze and travel ban on McGovern.