The Consumer Product Safety Commission needs to make sure its efforts to stop unsafe and counterfeit products at the border don’t delay imports of compliant products from compliant companies, said Rebecca Mond, director-federal government relations at the Toy Industry Association. Mond spoke at a July 10 hearing on CPSC priorities for fiscal years 2014 and 2015. Mond also encouraged regulatory alignment with others, given her industry’s reliance on international trade.
The International Trade Commission is publishing notices in the July 10 Federal Register on the following AD/CV injury, Section 337 patent, and other trade proceedings (any notices that warrant a more detailed summary will appear in another ITT article):
The Commerce Department published notices in the July 10 Federal Register on the following AD/CV duty proceedings (any notices that announce changes to AD/CV duty rates, scope, affected firms, or effective dates will be detailed in another ITT article):
Innerspring units produced by Reztec in Malaysia from Chinese-origin components are circumventing the antidumping duty order on uncovered innerspring units from China (A-570-928), and should be subject to antidumping duties, said the Commerce Department in the preliminary results of an anticircumvention inquiry. The innerspring unit parts from China only undergo minor processing in Malaysia, and do not change the goods’ origin for AD duty purposes, Commerce said.
On July 9 the Food and Drug Administration posted new and revised versions of the following Import Alerts on the detention without physical examination of:
The Food and Drug Administration issued the July Interstate Certified Shellfish Shippers List (ICSSL). The ICSSL is published monthly for the information and use by food control officers, the seafood industry and other interested persons. The shippers listed have been certified by regulatory authorities in the U.S., Canada, Chile, Korea, Mexico and New Zealand under the uniform sanitation requirements of the National Shellfish Program.
The Food and Drug Administration threatened three food manufacturers with import refusal, and said it would collect reinspection fees, for violations of current good manufacturing practice (CGMP) regulations. Chan Yee Jai of Hong Kong (here) and Productos Alimenticios Centroamericanos of Guatemala (here) were both cited for violations of food CGMP regulations at 21 CFR 110, while COVI S.A.S. of France (here) was cited for violations of CGMP for low-acid canned food regulations at 21 CFR 113. A lack of response, or an inadequate response, will result in detention without physical examination at the border for products form each facility, FDA said.
A listing of recent antidumping and countervailing duty messages from the Commerce Department posted to CBP's website July 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 addcvd.cbp.gov. (CBP occasionally adds backdated messages without otherwise indicating which message was added. ITT will include a message date in parentheses in such cases.)
The Consumer Product Safety Commission needs to do a better job at making sure burdensome regulations actually benefit consumers, said Michael McDonald, manager-government relations at the American Apparel and Footwear Association. McDonald addressed the full commission, including new commissioners Marietta Robinson and Ann Marie Buerkle, at a July 10 hearing that sought input on CPSC priorities for fiscal years 2014 and 2015. According to McDonald, several rules, including sections of the Part 1110 proposal on Certificates of Compliance, impose heavy regulatory burdens but don’t actually improve consumer safety.
The International Trade Commission is publishing notices in the July 9 Federal Register on the following AD/CV injury, Section 337 patent, and other trade proceedings (any notices that warrant a more detailed summary will appear in another ITT article):