An exemption for goods in transit from the reciprocal tariffs that recently took effect applies not only to ocean vessels, but to air and truck shipments as well, according to Jeff McCauley, senior director of operations and compliance at DHL Global Forwarding.
A domestic producer recently filed a petition with the Commerce Department and the International Trade Commission requesting new antidumping and countervailing duties on lattice-boom crawler cranes imported from Japan. Commerce now will decide whether to begin AD/CVD investigations, which could result in the imposition of permanent AD/CVD orders and the assessment of AD and CVD on importers. The Manitowoc Company requested the investigation.
The Commerce Department recently initiated an antidumping duty and a countervailing duty investigation on fiberglass door panels from China ( A-570-201/C-570-202). The AD investigation period is July 1, 2024, through Dec. 31, 2024. The CVD investigation period is calendar year 2024.
The U.S. is excluding certain smartphones, computers, chips and other items from President Donald Trump's executive order on reciprocal tariffs, CBP said in a CSMS message released late April 11. The products are being added to the list of exempt Harmonized Tariff Schedule headings and subheadings under Trump's April 2 executive order and won't be subject to the additional duties if they're entered for consumption, or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption, on or after 12:01 a.m. EDT on April 5.
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: