A coalition of U.S. manufacturers seeks the imposition of new antidumping and countervailing duties on vertical shaft engines between 99 cc and up to 225 cc, and parts thereof, from China, it said in a petition filed with the Commerce Department and the International Trade Commission March 17. Commerce will now decide whether to begin AD/CVD investigations, which could result in the imposition of permanent AD/CV duty orders and the assessment of AD and CV duties on importers.
The following lawsuits were filed at the Court of International Trade during the week of March 16-22:
The Office of the U.S Trade Representative plans to issue some new product exclusions from Section 301 tariffs on the third list of products from China (see 2003230001), it said in a notice. The product exclusions apply retroactively to Sept. 24, 2018, the date the tariffs on the third list took effect, and will remain in effect until Aug. 7, 2020. New subheading 9903.88.43 will be used for these excluded products.
The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative issued another set of product exclusions from the third group of Section 301 tariffs on goods from China. The new exclusions from the tariffs include "one 10-digit HTSUS subheading, which covers one exclusion request, and 176 specially prepared product descriptions, which cover 202 separate exclusion requests." according to the notice. The product exclusions apply retroactively to Sept. 24, 2018, the date the third set of tariffs took effect. The exclusions will remain in effect until Aug. 7, 2020.
CBP created Harmonized System Update (HSU) 2003 on March 18, containing 8,453 Automated Broker Interface records and 1,413 Harmonized Tariff Schedule records, it said in a CSMS message. The update includes the increase to Section 301 tariffs on European Union aircraft and other changes related to the Boeing-Airbus dispute at the World Trade Organization (see 2002180040). The update also covers recent Section 301 tariff exclusions for medical goods on list 4A (see 2003060042 and 2003130010) and recently released Section 301 tariff exclusions for goods on the third list (see 2002190015).
Commerce Department has preliminarily found that dual-stenciled standard and line pipe is covered by the antidumping duty order on circular welded carbon steel pipes and tubes from Thailand (A-549-502), it said in a recent preliminary scope ruling. While AD duty orders on similar goods from other countries, including Mexico and Venezuela, exempt all line pipe, including dual-stenciled, there is no exemption under the Thai AD duty order on circular welded pipe, Commerce said.
The country of origin of sticky notes made from big rolls of paper that are cut in Taiwan is based on the origin of the rolls of paper, CBP said in a Feb. 18 ruling. The cutting of the paper and adding of glue is not considered to be a substantial transformation, the agency said. Staples requested its ruling through David Newman, a lawyer representing the company.
Correction: The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative didn't include surgical masks or subheading 6307.90.9889 in the first group of Section 301 tariffs, but did include subheading 4015.19.0510 (see 2003060042). Multiple product descriptions, including surgical masks, under subheading 6307.90.9889 were included in new exclusions released March 13 (see 2003130010).
CBP added on March 12 the ability in ACE for importers to file entries with recently excluded goods in the third tranche of Section 301 tariffs, it said in a CSMS message. The official Office of the U.S. Trade Representative notice for the exclusions was published on Feb. 20 (see 2002190015). The exclusions are in subheading 9903.88.40. 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. 24, 2018, and will expire after Aug. 7, 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 Office of U.S. Trade Representative announced two more rounds of 301 tariff exclusions (see 2003130004). One set of exclusions covers medical supplies that were included in the fourth tranche of tariffs. The other set of exclusions apply to goods on the third tranche of tariffs.