The Mexican government has introduced legislation to reform its customs laws, which would tighten compliance obligations, expand the use of digital tools, and increase liability for customs brokers and importers.
The International Trade Commission published notices in the Sept. 18 Federal Register on the following antidumping and countervailing duty 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 Sept. 18 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 has released the preliminary results of its antidumping duty administrative review on glycine from Japan (A-588-878). The agency preliminarily found that two companies under review -- Yuki Gosei Kogyo Co., Ltd. and its affiliate Nagase & Co., Ltd., and Resonac Corporation -- made sales of subject merchandise at less than normal value during the period of review June 1, 2023, through May 31, 2024.
The Commerce Department has released the final results of a countervailing duty administrative review on granular polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) resin from India (C-533-900). The review covered subject merchandise from the exporters under review entered during calendar year 2023.
The Commerce Department has published the final results of its countervailing duty administrative review on multilayered wood flooring from China (C-570-971). The agency set new CVD cash deposit rates for five Chinese producers and exporters. These final results will be used to set final assessments of CVD on importers for entries during the period Jan. 1, 2022, through Dec. 31, 2022.
On Sept. 17, the FDA posted new and revised versions of the following Import Alerts on the detention without physical examination of:
The House Transportation Committee approved a bill Sept. 17 by voice vote that would reauthorize the Federal Maritime Commission through FY 2029. The legislation would give the agency several new tools to protect ocean shipping, including by establishing a formal process to report complaints about shipping exchanges, which connect shippers with carriers to make agreements or contracts for transporting cargo (see 2506300066).
U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer said he and President Donald Trump discussed how to "decisively increase the pressure" on Russian President Vladimir Putin "to get him to agree to a peace deal."
CBP issued the following releases on commercial trade and related matters: