CBP has issued a formal determination that affirms that 12 importers evaded antidumping and countervailing duties for transshipping Chinese-origin mattresses through South Korea. The importers also had claimed that the country of origin for the mattresses was South Korea.
Eight Republicans, led by Rep. Carol Miller, R-W.Va., asked the Commerce Department to reconsider how importers of hardwood plywood can participate in a certification regime, so that CBP knows those imports are not within the scope of an anti-circumvention case on Vietnamese hardwood plywood with Chinese inputs.
U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai, in responses to Senate Finance Committee members, talked about changes needed in USMCA, declined to endorse a permanent e-commerce tariff moratorium and called for more money for CBP, to address Section 301 tariff circumvention.
The Consumer Product Safety Commission has extended until Nov. 14 the public comment period for a proposed rulemaking that addresses the risks of death and injury associated with children ingesting button cell or coin cell batteries obtained from toys by adding performance and labeling requirements for battery-operated toys containing such batteries, it said in a notice. The comment period originally ended Oct. 15 (see 2408130012).
Rep. Jared Golden, a Maine Democrat representing a district with a majority of Donald Trump voters, has introduced a bill to impose a blanket 10% additional tariff on all imports, an echo of Trump's original proposal. The former president later said he might impose a 20% tariff on those imports.
Rep. Jodey Arrington, R-Texas, a member of the House Ways and Means Committee and chairman of the Budget Committee, recently introduced a bill that would allow the administration to impose Section 301 tariffs on goods made outside of China if they are made by Chinese firms.
CBP's Office of Regulations & Rulings upheld a Feb. 9 Enforce and Protect Act determination that Legion Furniture evaded antidumping and countervailing duty orders on Chinese-origin quartz surface products, according to a notice released Sept. 11 by CBP (see 2402150013).
CBP has issued a formal notice of determination against U.S. importer Shari Pharmachem USA under the Enforce and Protect Act for allegedly evading antidumping and countervailing duty orders when it imported glycine from China. CBP says evidence shows that Shari Pharmachem USA transshipped Chinese-origin glycine through India.
CBP’s Regulations and Rulings Division Affirms Earlier EAPA Decision on Lollicup USA’s Thermal Paper
The Regulations and Rulings division of CBP’s Office of Trade has affirmed a Feb. 5 notice of determination under the Enforce and Protect Act (EAPA) that Lollicup USA evaded antidumping and countervailing duty orders covering lightweight thermal paper from China (see 2402090019),
The Commerce Department is amending the final results published Aug. 19 of the antidumping administrative review on softwood lumber products from Canada (A-122-857/C-122-858). The agency agreed with West Fraser Mills Ltd., which pointed out a ministerial, or unintentional, error in a calculation Commerce used in arriving at the AD rates, after the final results for setting assessments of AD/CVD on importers for subject merchandise entered Jan. 1, 2022, through Dec. 31, 2022, were published.