The Commerce Department issued notices in the Federal Register on its recently initiated antidumping and countervailing duty investigations on metal lockers and parts thereof from China (A-570-133/C-570-134). The CV duty investigation covers entries Jan. 1, 2019, through Dec. 31, 2019. The AD duty investigation covers entries Jan. 1, 2020, through June 30, 2020.
The following lawsuits were filed at the Court of International Trade during the week of July 27-Aug. 2:
International Trade Today is providing readers with some of the top stories from July 27-31 in case they were missed. All articles can be found by searching on the titles or by clicking on the hyperlinked reference number.
The Commerce Department will publish a notice in the Aug. 4 Federal Register on its recently initiated antidumping duty investigation on seamless refined copper pipe and tube from Vietnam (A-552-831). The agency will determine whether imports of merchandise subject to this investigation are being sold in the U.S. at less than fair value. The period of investigation is Oct. 1, 2019, through March 31, 2020.
The Commerce Department issued Federal Register notices on its recently initiated antidumping duty investigations on seamless carbon and alloy steel standard, line and pressure pipe from the Czech Republic (A-851-804), South Korea (A-580-909), Russia (A-821-826) and Ukraine (A-823-819), and its recently initiated countervailing duty investigations on South Korea (C-580-910) and Russia (C-821-827).
A domestic manufacturer filed a petition on July 28 with the Commerce Department and the International Trade Commission requesting new antidumping duties on methionine from France, Japan and Spain. Commerce will now decide whether to begin AD duty investigation on methionine. The investigation was requested by Novus International.
CBP will add the ability in ACE for importers to file entries with recently excluded goods in the fourth tranche of Section 301 tariffs on Aug. 6, it said in a CSMS message. The official Office of the U.S. Trade Representative notice for the exclusions was published July 23 (see 2007210026). The exclusions are in subheading 9903.88.53. The exclusions are available for any product that meets the description in the Annex to USTR’s notice, regardless of whether the importer filed an exclusion request. The product exclusions apply retroactively to Sept. 1, 2019, the date the tariffs on the fourth list took effect, and remain in effect until Sept. 1, 2020. The CSMS message also includes a summary of Section 301 duties that shows information on each tranche of tariffs and granted product exclusions.
The International Trade Commission recently issued several revisions to the Harmonized Tariff Schedule to implement new and amended Section 301 exclusions and complete its July 1 implementation of USMCA. Most recently, in Revision 17, issued July 28, the ITC implemented a new round of exclusions from list 4 Section 301 tariffs under U.S. Note 20(fff) to subchapter III of Chapter 99, and new subheading 9903.88.53 (see 2007210026). The ITC also amended tariff numbers listed for some exclusions in U.S. Note 20(ddd).
Lollipops attached to a plastic piece that looks like a mouth are classifiable based on the candy rather than the novelty holders, CBP said in a May 18 ruling. The ruling is a result of an internal advice request from the Agriculture and Prepared Products Center of Excellence and Expertise. Imaginings 3, though the Sandler Travis law firm, requested input on the classification and country of origin marking for its Lip Pops.
As the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative weighs whether to remove any items from the Airbus retaliatory tariff list and replace them with other goods, or to hike tariffs on any goods now being taxed at an additional 25%, most trade groups are asking him to limit tariffs to aerospace, and spare what they import. The decision is due by Aug. 12.