CBP issued the following releases on commercial trade and related matters:
The Commerce Department issued notices in the Federal Register on its recently initiated antidumping and countervailing duty investigations on hard empty capsules from Brazil, China, India and Vietnam (A-351-864/C-351-865, A-570-184/C-570-185, A-533-934/C-533-935, A-552-847/C-552-848). The CVD investigations cover entries for the calendar year 2023. The AD investigations on Brazil and India cover entries Oct. 1, 2023, through Sept. 30, 2024, and the AD investigations on China and Vietnam cover entries April 1, 2024, through Sept. 30, 2024.
The Commerce Department is correcting the scope listed in its recent notices announcing the beginning of antidumping and countervailing investigations on thermoformed molded products from China (A-570-182/C-570-183) and Vietnam (A-552-845/C-552-846) (see 2411010031). The scope had identified the wrong Harmonized Tariff Schedule numbers subject to the investigations. The corrected scope says the investigations cover goods of subheadings 4823.70.0020 and 4823.70.0040, as well as subheadings 4823.61.0020, 4823.61.0040, 4823.69.0020, 4823.69.0040 and 4823.90.1000.
The Commerce Department issued notices in the Federal Register on its recently initiated antidumping duty investigations on paper file folders from Cambodia (A-555-005) and Sri Lanka (A-542-806), as well as a new countervailing duty investigation on the same product from Cambodia (C-555-006). The CVD investigation covers entries for the calendar year 2023. The AD investigations cover entries Oct. 1, 2023, through Sept. 30, 2024.
The following lawsuits were filed at the Court of International Trade during the week of Nov. 11-17:
House Select Committee on China Chairman Rep. John Moolenaar, R-Mich., proposes increasing tariffs on nearly all Chinese goods to at least 35% and raising tariffs on "strategic goods" to 100%, with exceptions only for goods that are currently sourced only from China.
CBP issued the following releases on commercial trade and related matters:
CBP created Harmonized System Update 2415 on Nov. 13, containing 16,156 Automated Broker Interface (ABI) records and 5,000 Harmonized Tariff Schedule records. The update details 2024 cotton fee updates (see 2409130022). The HSU also reflects flagging updates to several HTS records, where the AM7 flag is being removed from 1,700 records involving organic products (see 2410170035). This removal process began Oct. 18, and another update message will indicate when the process is complete.
The Commerce Department made preliminary affirmative antidumping duty determinations that imports of 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid, also known as 2,4-D, from China (A-570-160) and India (A-533-922) are being sold in the U.S. at less than fair value. AD suspension of liquidation and cash deposit requirements take effect Nov. 14.
Import quotas for polyester staple fiber under a safeguard announced Nov. 8 will start at zero in year one, then go to 453,592 in the second year, 907,185 in the third and 1,360,777 in the fourth and last year the safeguard is planned to be in effect, according to an annex to President Joe Biden's proclamation released Nov. 13 ahead of its publication in the Federal Register. The quotas and associated adjustments to the Harmonized Tariff Schedule take effect on Nov. 23 for imports of polyester staple fiber admitted temporarily free of duty under bond that are entered under subheading 9813.00.0520 (see 2411120039).