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Commerce Seeks Comments on Foreign Softwood Lumber Subsidies
October 7, 2020 |Commerce Dept.

The Commerce Department seeks public comments on any subsidies, including stumpage, paid by certain countries that exported softwood lumber to the U.S. Jan. 1 to June 30, it said in a notice released Oct. 7. The Softwood Lumber Act of 2008 requires Commerce to submit a report every 180 days on any subsidy provided by nations exporting softwood lumber or softwood products to the U.S., including subsidies for stumpage. Commerce is seeking input on subsidies paid by countries whose exports composed at least 1% of total U.S. softwood imports by quantity, as classified under tariff schedule subheadings 4407.10.01, 4407.11.00, 4407.12.00, 4407.19.05, 4407.19.06 and 4407.19.10, the agency said. International Trade Commission Tariff and Trade DataWeb information indicates that four countries -- Brazil, Canada, Germany and Sweden -- exported that much softwood lumber to the U.S. during that six-month period. Comments are due Nov. 9.

Commerce Rule for Brazil Steel Quota Exemptions Being Reviewed by OMB
September 28, 2020 |Commerce Dept.

A Commerce Department final rule on “Procedures to Grant Relief from the Quantitative Limitation Applicable to Certain Steel Articles for Brazil for Parties with Preexisting Contracts that Meet Specified Criteria” was received by the Office of Management and Budget Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs on Sept. 22, according to an OIRA notice. The rule seems likely to involve the recently announced plans to cut quotas on Brazilian steel (see 2008310010).

Commerce Allows More Comments on Section 232 Investigation on Vanadium Imports
September 24, 2020 by Brian Feito|Commerce Dept.

The Commerce Department is reopening the period for comments on its Section 232 investigation into potential tariffs or other import restrictions on vanadium, it said in a notice released Sept. 24. The agency will now accept comments for an additional 14 days, until Oct. 9. The comment period had originally run until July 20 (rebuttals were due Aug. 17) (see 2006020041). The investigation was requested in November 2019 by two domestic producers, AMG Vanadium and U.S. Vanadium.

NMFS Formally Withdraws Proposed Seafood Importer Trusted Trader Program
September 17, 2020 |Commerce Dept.

The National Marine Fisheries Service is formally withdrawing its proposal to create a “Commerce Trusted Trader Program” for seafood importers, it said in a notice released Sept. 17. NMFS says comments revealed that the agency had underestimated the costs to participate in the program, which would have provided the benefit of reduced entry filing requirements under the NMFS Seafood Import Monitoring Program (see 1801160041). Revised agency cost estimates showed that the internal controls required by importers would exceed the benefits they would receive from the trusted trader program, with the exception of a few very large importers. A National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration spokeswoman had said in July that the agency would not move forward with the program (see 1907290022). NMFS is an office of NOAA within the Commerce Department.