The vessel operator is responsible for determining whether the vessel is subject to new fees on Chinese-built and -operated vessels calling at U.S. ports, CBP said in an Oct. 3 cargo systems message.

The Federal Maritime Commission announced Oct. 1 that it has suspended operations as part of the U.S. government shutdown and has furloughed its entire workforce except its three commissioners.

Taiwan has rejected the idea of a 50-50 split in chip manufacturing recently proposed by U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick (see 2509290046).

The International Trade Commission published notices in the Oct. 2 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 said it's rescinding the administrative review of the countervailing duty order on certain non-refillable steel cylinders from China (C-570-127) for the period of review Jan. 1, 2024, though Dec. 31, 2024, because there were no reviewable, suspended entries of subject merchandise for the company subject to the review -- Sanjian Kai Yuan Co., Ltd. -- during the review period. No cash deposit rates will change. Commerce will instruct CBP to assess countervailing duties on all appropriate entries, at rates equal to the cash deposit of estimated CVD required at the time of entry, or withdrawal from warehouse, for consumption, it said.

The Commerce Department has released the preliminary results of its antidumping duty administrative review on prestressed concrete steel wire strand from Spain (A-469-821; CBP case number A-470-821). The agency preliminarily found the only company under review -- Global Special Steel Products S.A.U. (d/b/a Trenzas y Cables de Acero PSC, S.L., or TYCSA) -- had an AD rate of 13.14%. If Commerce's finding for TYCSA is continued in the final results, its AD cash deposit rate will be 13.14%, effective on the date Commerce's final results are published in the Federal Register. The agency would assess AD at importer-specific rates for entries of subject merchandise from TYCSA entered June 1, 2023, through May 31, 2024, it said.

The Commerce Department released the preliminary results of its antidumping duty administrative review on cold-drawn mechanical tubing of carbon and alloy steel from India (A-533-873). Rates calculated in this review will be used to set assessment rates for importers of subject merchandise that was entered June 1, 2023, through May 31, 2024.

The Commerce Department has released the preliminary results of its antidumping duty administrative review on chlorinated isocyanurates from China (A-570-898). In the final results of this review, Commerce will set assessment rates for subject merchandise from the two companies under review entered June 1, 2023, through May 31, 2024.

Pharmaceutical tariffs were not applied on Oct. 1, as previously threatened by the Trump administration (see 2509250066), to give companies time to continue negotiating and begin on-shoring their manufacturing, according to recent statements by Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick.

A White House official confirmed that the Trump administration supports a one-year renewal of the African Growth and Opportunity Act. This puts the White House in line with congressional support for the program (see 2510010005), which expired Oct. 1.