The Austrian Post, Austria's official mail carrier, confirmed that it will be withholding international mail bound to the U.S. starting Aug. 25 as it and its European carriers seek to comply with regulations related to the end of the de minimis exemption on Aug. 29 (see 2508210036).
The Commerce Department published notices in the Federal Register Aug. 22 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 Consumer Product Safety Commission has approved two safety standards, one for water beads and the other for neck floats for infants and young children.
On Aug. 21, the FDA posted new and revised versions of the following Import Alerts (after not having posted new ones for a number of days) on the detention without physical examination of:
The Foreign-Trade Zones Board issued the following notices Aug. 22:
Sen. Rick Scott, R-Fla., and Sen. Katie Britt, R-Ala., are asking Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick to ban seafood imported from China "and other rogue nations" due to their reliance on forced labor and unregulated fishing.
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said that Canada is dropping its retaliatory tariffs on American exports -- except for those in steel, aluminum and autos -- as long as those U.S. goods qualify for USMCA.
CBP issued the following releases on commercial trade and related matters:
The next quarterly meeting of the Commercial Customs Operations Advisory Committee will be on Sept. 17 in Washington, D.C., 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. EDT, according to a Federal Register notice. The meeting will be open to the public only via webinar. Comments must be submitted by 5 p.m. EDT on Sept. 12. Meeting materials will be available by going to this site starting Sept. 8.
CBP has updated its e-commerce- and de minimis-related FAQs, according to an Aug. 22 cargo systems message. The FAQs discuss the recent executive order ending de minimis; define the difference between how postal shipments and non-postal shipments will be treated; clarify whether carriers or qualified parties can mix duty methodologies for international mail shipments; provide direction on where filers can find guidance on the payment of duty on international mail shipments; define CBP Form 5106 and describe the process for submitting the form; define how a qualified party can obtain a bond; and clarify which types of international mail are subject to duty, among other questions.