The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative issued new medical supply product exclusions from the fourth group of Section 301 tariffs on goods from China. The new exclusions from the tariffs "are reflected in 19 specially prepared product descriptions, which cover 39 separate exclusion requests," according to the notice. The product exclusions apply retroactively to Sept. 1, 2019, and will remain in effect until Sept. 1, 2020.
The International Trade Commission recently issued Revision 5 to the 2020 Harmonized Tariff Schedule. The new version implements recent changes to Section 301 tariffs on the European Union related to the Boeing-Airbus dispute at the World Trade Organization (see 2002180040). New subheading 9903.89.52 is added for newly tariffed knives from the United Kingdom and Germany. Subheading 9903.89.05 should be amended to increase the tariff on new airplanes from France, Germany, Spain and the U.K. from 10% to 15%, but the change was not actually made in the tariff schedule. Notes 21(a), (g) and (q) are amended to reflect the changes, including the removal of a classification for blended Scotch and Irish whiskies that carried no additional duty. These changes took effect March 5.
The following lawsuits were filed at the Court of International Trade during the week of March 2-8:
A domestic manufacturer filed a petition on March 3 with the Commerce Department and the International Trade Commission requesting new antidumping duties on ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene (UHMWPE) from South Korea. Commerce will now decide whether to begin an AD duty investigation. The investigation was requested by Celanese Corporation.
A coalition of U.S. manufacturers seeks the imposition of new antidumping duties on common alloy aluminum sheet from Bahrain, Brazil, Croatia, Egypt, Germany, Greece, India, Indonesia, Italy, South Korea, Oman, Romania, Serbia, Slovenia, South Africa, Spain, Taiwan and Turkey, and new countervailing duties on common alloy aluminum sheet from Bahrain, Brazil, India and Turkey, it said in a petition filed with the Commerce Department and the International Trade Commission March 7. 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 Office of the U.S. Trade Representative issued new medical supply product exclusions from the fourth group of Section 301 tariffs on goods from China. The new exclusions from the tariffs "are reflected in 8 10-digit HTSUS subheadings, which cover 59 separate exclusion requests," according to the notice. The product exclusions apply retroactively to Sept. 1, 2019, and will remain in effect until Sept. 1, 2020.
The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative will grant a series of medical product exclusions from List 4 Section 301 tariffs on products from China, it said in a pre-publication copy of a notice. The new exclusions, which are based on 59 separate exclusion requests, cover eight Harmonized Tariff Schedule subheadings: 3401.19.0000, 3926.90.9910, 4015.19.0550, 4818.90.0000, 6210.10.5000, 6307.90.6090, 6307.90.6800 and 6307.90.9889.
The National Marine Fisheries Service will reinstate a ban on imports of fish from several Mexican fisheries, it said in a notice revoking a comparability finding for those fisheries issued in 2018 (see 1812030020). As a result, certifications of admissibility will continue to be required for entries under 75 tariff schedule subheadings to prove that they are not from one of the newly prohibited fisheries and are eligible for importation.
CBP is reopening its pilot of ACE filing for Fish and Wildlife Service-regulated entries, and is making some minor changes that it says will streamline submission of data and documents for participants, it said in a notice. The relaunched FWS filing pilot will become operational again as of April 6 after a hiatus of over 19 months, with revised filing requirements for two of the four filing options that were previously available in the test (see 1804200042).
The Commerce Department issued notices in the Federal Register on its recently initiated antidumping and countervailing duty investigations on corrosion inhibitors from China (A-570-122/C-570-123). The CV duty investigation covers entries Jan. 1, 2019, through Dec. 31, 2019. The AD duty investigation covers entries July 1, 2019, through Dec. 31, 2019.