When the Commerce Department published the final results of the antidumping duty administrative review on cold-drawn mechanical tubing from India (A-533-873) on April 14, it failed to include several related companies in its listing of the rate for Goodluck India Limited, it said in a recent Federal Register notice.
When the Commerce Department published the final results of the antidumping duty administrative review on certain metal lockers and parts thereof from China (A-570-133) on April 16, the notice stated incorrectly the cash deposit rate applicable to the China-wide entity.
CBP issued the following releases on commercial trade and related matters:
President Donald Trump, at a June 12 event rolling back a California standard that by 2035, all vehicles sold would be zero-emission, pointed to his original Section 301 tariff on Chinese electric vehicles as the reason you don't see those cars in the U.S.
The Commerce Department amended its preliminary affirmative antidumping duty determinations on thermoformed molded fiber products from China (A-570-182) to correct calculation errors. The changes result in steep drops in AD rates for many Chinese exporters, from over 300% and in some cases over 450% to under 150%. The agency said the amended AD cash deposit rates are applicable June 11.
Importer Hellbender filed a complaint at the Court of International Trade on June 6 arguing that its electronic components are of Taiwanese origin, not Chinese origin, and are thus exempt from Section 301 duties (Hellbender v. United States, CIT # 24-00104).
CBP updated its recent guidance on Section 232 tariffs to remove tariff schedule numbers that had apparently been erroneously included as subject to steel and aluminum tariffs.
Expert witnesses testified that the Harmonized Tariff Schedule code needs to be refined so that different sizes of semiconductor chips have their own numbers, and, more radically, suggested that the best way to mitigate overdependence on China for legacy chips is to require importers to report where the chips were designed and fabricated within products they are importing.
As importers respond to swift changes in the deployment of Section 232 tariffs on steel and aluminum (see 2506030071), they should continue to follow due diligence protocols for entry filing -- and that means even when CBP's guidance on additional subheadings for Section 232 steel and aluminum duties doesn't fully align with what's in official documents, such as the Federal Register, multiple customs attorneys told International Trade Today.
Given an increase in Section 232 tariffs on steel and aluminum (see 2506030071), it may be less costly for importers to no longer take advantage of an exemption from tariffs on autos and auto parts for USMCA goods, according to a tariff expert at supply chain logistics platform Flexport.