The Treasury Department collected nearly $27.7 billion in customs duties in July, the highest monthly value since the start of the 2025 fiscal year on Oct. 1, 2024, according to Treasury receipts data released Aug. 12.
A listing of recent Commerce Department antidumping and countervailing duty messages posted on CBP's website Aug. 11, 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:
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The American Apparel and Footwear Association thanked the Trump administration's suspension of higher tariff rates on China, but said the measure only keeps American companies and consumers "stuck in the same holding pattern" since President Donald Trump's "Liberation Day" tariffs were announced.
U.S.-origin resin bought by a Chinese manufacturer to make zipper bags isn't an assist for valuation purposes because it was bought at full price from U.S. suppliers unrelated to the U.S. importer of the bags, CBP said in a recent ruling.
The International Trade Commission published notices in the Aug. 11 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 Commerce Department published notices in the Federal Register Aug. 11 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):
The Commerce Department issued notices in the Federal Register on its recently initiated antidumping duty and countervailing duty investigations on crystalline silicon photovoltaic cells, whether or not assembled into modules, from India, Indonesia and Laos (A-533-942/C-533-943, A-560-846/C-560-847, A-553-003/C-553-004). The AD investigations cover entries July 1, 2024, through June 30, 2025. The CVD investigations cover entries in calendar year 2024.
The Commerce Department is beginning an anti-circumvention inquiry to determine whether all imports of steel wire garment hangers from Cambodia made from Chinese or Vietnamese steel wire are circumventing antidumping duties and countervailing duties on steel wire garment hangers from Vietnam (A-552-812/C-552-813) and an AD order on steel wire garment hangers from China (A-570-918), it said in a notice to be published Aug. 12.