New lobbyist registrations on trade-related issues include:
Recent trade-related bills introduced in Congress include:
CBP is up to 1,284 total Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism (C-TPAT) validations, including 339 initial validations and 945 revalidations, the agency said in an update on C-TPAT achievements. CBP has said it plans to get through 2,200 validations this year (see 13060627). There has also been a total of 1,690 suspensions and 1,242 C-TPAT removals.
In the Sept. 4 issue of the CBP Customs Bulletin (Vol. 47, No. 28), CBP published two notices that propose to revoke rulings and similar treatment for the tariff classification of ceramic travel coffee cups and file organizers.
Kelly Herman, previously of counsel in Venable's international trade and customs practice, is no longer with the law firm. Herman was senior attorney at CBP before joining Venable.
Clarification: Livingston International was one of several sponsors of a recent survey performed by American Shipper and BPE (see 13090916).
The International Trade Commission published notices in the Sept. 11 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 Sept. 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):
The Commerce Department issued the final results of its antidumping duty administrative review of frozen warmwater shrimp from Vietnam (A-552-802]). Commerce decided not to grant Nha Trang's and Minh Phu's requests for revocation. The new rates are effective Sept. 12, and will be implemented by CBP soon.
The Commerce Department issued the final results of its antidumping duty administrative review of frozen warmwater shrimp from China (A-570-893), calculating a AD rate of zero for Zhanjian Regal, and assigning Hilltop International to the China-wide entity. The new rates are effective Sept. 12 and will be implemented by CBP soon.