CBP has no basis to consider a country’s non-market economy status when determining whether to grant first sale treatment to a transaction, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit said Aug. 11 in a widely anticipated decision involving cookware imported by Meyer.
Importers of hardwood plywood from Vietnam must now either certify the merchandise was not assembled from certain Chinese inputs or else pay antidumping and countervailing duties under the orders on hardwood plywood from China (A-570-051/C-570-052), the Commerce Department said in preliminary scope and circumvention determinations issued July 29.
Partner government agencies listed several new rulemakings in the spring 2022 Unified Agenda involving trade. FDA added new proposals on prior notice requirements and canned tuna standards, and indicated a final rule on traceability requirements for high risk foods is imminent. The CDC said it will propose changes to its dog import requirements, and USDA added a new proposed rule on its user fees.
FDA has issued its Enforcement Report for July 20, listing the status of recalls and field corrections for food, cosmetics, tobacco products, drugs, biologics and devices. The report covers both domestic and foreign firms.
As CBP moves toward collecting data from “non-traditional” parties earlier in the supply chain as part of its reimagined 21st Century Customs Framework, major questions include the standard to which that data will be held, as well as how CBP will enforce those standards on supply chain actors beyond the agency’s jurisdiction, CBP and industry officials said during a panel discussion July 18.
FDA has issued its Enforcement Report for July 13, listing the status of recalls and field corrections for food, cosmetics, tobacco products, drugs, biologics and devices. The report covers both domestic and foreign firms.
CBP’s reversal in an antidumping and countervailing duty evasion case at the Court of International Trade case puts the agency’s entire Enforce and Protect Act program “in jeopardy,” the domestic industry group Aluminum Extruders Council said in a blog post July 13.
The Commerce Department will consider imposing antidumping and countervailing duties on imports of aluminum foil from South Korea and Thailand, according to a pre-publication notice released by the agency announcing the beginning of anti-circumvention inquiries covering the two countries.
CBP should not require “comprehensive supply chain mapping” as part of its requirements for the Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism forced labor component, and should update the requirements so that mapping is done via a risk-based approach, said Kerry Novak, who sits on the Commercial Customs Operations Advisory Committee’s Secure Trade Lanes Subcommittee, in recommendations she read at the COAC’s June 29 meeting.
The Commerce Department on July 1 issued a proposed rule to implement the 24-month grace period announced by presidential proclamation in June (see 2206060014) for imports potentially subject to antidumping and countervailing duties on solar cells from Cambodia, Malaysia, Thailand and Vietnam. As announced in the proclamation, the proposal would exempt solar cells subject to the inquiries from AD/CV duties until June 6, 2024.