A domestic producer recently filed a petition with the Commerce Department and the International Trade Commission requesting new antidumping and countervailing duties on monomers and oligomers imported from South Korea and Taiwan. 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. Arkema, Inc. requested the investigation.
Importers are still waiting for additional direction from CBP on how to manage new duties on steel and aluminum derivatives outside of Chapters 73 and 76, speakers on a KPMG webinar said last week.
Four Harmonized Tariff Schedule codes were mistakenly identified as needing to pay Section 232 duties under HTS 9903.85.08, according to an April 1 cargo systems message.
Customs attorney Dan Ujczo, who has contacts in the White House as well as clients who are major automakers, said he thinks the 25% tariffs on Canada and Mexico over migration and fentanyl will continue past April 2, and will be stacked with auto tariffs and the reciprocal levies.
Customs attorney Dan Ujczo, speaking to an audience of automotive industry compliance officials hosted by the Automotive Industry Action Group, cautioned that if the listeners' companies are exporting auto parts from Mexico or Canada, they shouldn't assume that they have until May 3 before 25% tariffs are going to bite. (This is assuming the parts currently qualify for USMCA and therefore are avoiding the 25% tariffs imposed on exports from those countries under the guise of a national emergency on fentanyl smuggling and migration.)
Most business interests argued that removing goods subject to Section 301 tariffs is not administrable, would damage the economy, and, if not abandoned, needs a long lead time to prepare for, in comments to CBP.
CBP has updated the spreadsheet that lists what commodities and respective tariff subheadings are subject to a 10% tariff on Canadian energy goods, according to a March 24 cargo systems message. The update includes additional subheadings on the list of commodities of energy and energy resources from Canada, it said.
A domestic producer recently filed a petition with the Commerce Department and the International Trade Commission requesting new antidumping and countervailing duties on fiberglass door panels imported from China. 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 American Fiberglass Door Coalition, consisting of Therma-Tru Corporation, PlastPro Doors Inc. and Owens Corning, requested the investigation.
The Commerce Department issued notices in the Federal Register on its recently initiated antidumping duty investigations on chassis from Mexico (A-201-865), Thailand (A-549-854) and Vietnam (A-552-849), and countervailing duty investigations on chassis from Mexico (C-201-866) and Thailand (C-549-855). The AD/CVD investigations on Mexico and Thailand cover entries in calendar year 2024, and the AD investigation on Vietnam covers entries July 1, 2024, through Dec. 31, 2024.
Apparel importers and retailers don't have much favor in this administration, but groups representing their interests tried to appeal to the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative's logical side in comments requested by the agency on the reciprocal tariffs slated for April 2. The trade group representing the greatly diminished domestic textile and apparel industry, in contrast, said reciprocal tariffs could be used to recoup $100 billion in annual lost sales.