A listing of recent Commerce Department antidumping and countervailing duty messages posted on CBP's website Aug. 13, 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 CBP's ADCVD Search page.
CBP issued the following releases on commercial trade and related matters:
CBP ruled an importer didn't provide enough documentation to qualify for first sale treatment, and that the middleman couldn't be considered a buying agent, either, because its relationship with the importer was a buyer/seller relationship.
The end of de minimis at the end of August (see 2507300046) could not only result in longer transit times, it also could mean the diversion of resources to customs work, the executive director of the Port of Los Angeles said during the port's monthly media briefing on Aug. 13.
The Coalition for Prosperous America is proposing that a Section 232 investigation on polysilicon result in a tariff-rate quota that is limited to "in-quota trusted suppliers" such as South Korea or Germany, and that excludes Chinese products. A "$0.10 per watt tariff" should apply to over-quota imports of solar cells, with a quota volume "tied to U.S. production capacity" and overseen by the Department of Energy, it said in public comments.
The International Trade Commission published notices in the Aug. 13 Federal Register on the following antidumping and countervailing duty (AD/CVD) injury, Section 337 patent or other trade proceedings (any notices that warrant a more detailed summary will be in another ITT article):
The International Trade Commission seeks comments by Aug. 21 on a Section 337 complaint alleging that imports of vaporizer devices infringe patents held by Juul Labs, Inc., it said in an Aug. 13 notice. According to the complaint, Juul is seeking a limited exclusion order and cease and desist orders against NJOY, Altria and their subsidiaries to bar from entry "certain vaporizer devices, cartridges used therewith, and components thereof" that violate its patents. This is Juul's fifth Section 337 complaint in the past seven years to "stop the unlawful importation of vaporizer devices and components thereof," according to the complaint.
The International Trade Commission is issuing both a limited and a general exclusion order banning imports of exercise equipment that infringe on its patents (ITC Inv. No. 337-TA-1419), it said in a notice to be published Aug. 14.
The Commerce Department published notices in the Federal Register Aug. 13 on the following antidumping and countervailing duty (AD/CVD) proceedings (any notices that announce changes to AD/CVD rates, scope, affected firms or effective dates will be detailed in another ITT article):
On Aug. 12, the FDA posted new and revised versions of the following Import Alerts on the detention without physical examination of: