The Commerce Department has released Federal Register notices on its recently initiated countervailing duty investigation on polyprolene corrugated boxes from China (C-570-204) and its antidumping duty investigations on polypropylene corrugated boxes from China (A-570-203) and Vietnam (A-552-850). The CVD investigation on China covers entries for the calendar year 2024, and the AD investigations on China and Vietnam cover entries for July 1, 2024, through Dec. 31, 2024.
CBP improperly declined to accept the proper valuation of various iron and steel products imported by NOA Brands America, the importer argued in an April 10 complaint at the Court of International Trade (NOA Brands America v. United States, CIT # 23-00109).
CBP has said it has resolved an issue where ACE didn't accept the lower duty rate of 10% for entries that properly qualify as in-transit shipments filed since April 9.
Given the prohibitively high tariff levels placed on China, and the uncertainty surrounding reciprocal tariffs on other countries, USMCA-qualifying goods from Canada and Mexico are advantageous options for importers, according to compliance experts speaking at an Automotive Industry Action Group event on April 9.
The Commerce Department made preliminary affirmative antidumping duty determinations that imports of corrosion-resistant steel products from a number of countries are being sold in the U.S. at less than fair value. The countries covered by the determination are Australia (A-602-812), Brazil (A-351-862), Canada (A-122-871), Mexico (A-201-863), the Netherlands (A-421-818), South Africa (A-791-829), Taiwan (A-583-878), Turkey (A-489-855), the United Arab Emirates (A-520-811) and Vietnam (A-552-843). AD suspension of liquidation and cash deposit requirements take effect April 10.
CBP issued the following releases on commercial trade and related matters:
CBP has released its April 9 Customs Bulletin (Vol. 59, No. 15). It contains the following ruling actions:
CBP created Harmonized System Update 2515 on April 10, containing 88 Automated Broker Interface (ABI) records and 35 Harmonized Tariff Schedule records. HSU 2515 includes the reciprocal tariff updates, effective April 10.
The pause on higher country-specific reciprocal tariffs for all covered countries except China took effect just after midnight on April 10, CBP said in a CSMS message.
CHANDLER, Ariz. -- The Fish and Wildlife Service hopes to make ACE filing of FWS-regulated entries mandatory “by the end of the year,” Jeff Moore of the agency’s Nogales, Arizona, office said at the National Customs Brokers & Forwarders Association of America's annual conference April 8.