The Commerce Department issued notices in the Federal Register on its recently initiated antidumping duty investigations on steel concrete reinforcing bar (rebar) from Algeria (A-721-001), Bulgaria (A-487-002), Egypt (A-729-805) and Vietnam (A-552-853), as well as its countervailing duty investigations on rear from Algeria (C-721-002), Egypt (C-829-806) and Vietnam (C-552-854). The CVD investigations cover entries for calendar year 2024. The AD investigations on Algeria, Bulgaria and Egypt cover entries April 1, 2024, through March 31, 2025, and the AD investigation on Vietnam covers entries Oct. 1, 2024, through March 31, 2025.
Importer American Eel Depot filed a pair of complaints at the Court of International Trade on June 27 to contest CBP's classification of its frozen roasted eel under Harmonized Tariff Schedule subheading 1604.17.10 and secondary subheading 9903.88.03, subjecting the goods to Section 301 duties. The company argued that its goods aren't products of China but, in fact, have a country of origin of the U.S. (American Eel Depot v. United States, CIT # 21-00278, -00279).
CBP created Harmonized System Update 2524 on June 27, containing 484 Automated Broker Interface records and 114 Harmonized Tariff Schedule records. HSU 2524 includes the Mid-Year 484(f) changes, effective July 1, and adjustments required by the verification of the 2025 Harmonized Tariff Schedule.
Special tariff treatment for U.K. automobiles, auto parts and goods falling under the Civil Aircraft Agreement will begin June 30, according to a notice released by the Commerce Department June 27.
A domestic producer recently filed a petition with the Commerce Department and the International Trade Commission requesting new antidumping and countervailing duties on oleoresin paprika imported from India. 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. Rezolex requested the investigation.
The Commerce Department’s International Trade Administration will begin accepting requests July 1 to include additional auto parts under 25% Section 232 tariffs on imports, it said in a news release June 24. The 14-day submission window will be one of four per year when Commerce accepts inclusion requests, in January, April, July and October, it said.
Hundreds of Section 232 inclusion requests for metal derivatives cover more than $310 billion in annual imports, and imposing 50% tariffs on part of the value of "such a wide array of items, particularly where many products do not meaningfully contain steel or aluminum, risks disrupting sectors far removed from the primary industries targeted by the original Section 232 actions," argued trade groups asking Commerce to slow down before making decisions.
The Commerce Department recently initiated antidumping duty and countervailing duty investigations on L-lysine from China (A-570-215/C-570-216). The AD investigation period is Oct. 1, 2024, through March 31, 2025. The CVD investigation period is calendar year 2024.
Rep. Julia Letlow, R-La., recently introduced a bill that would use tariff revenues on agricultural products -- Chapters 1 through 24 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule -- to make farmers whole for lost export revenue and higher costs on their own business purchases.
CBP said it will be deploying on June 28 an enhancement in the ACE production environment that will increase the number of Harmonized Tariff Schedule numbers allowed per entry summary line to 32, up from eight HTS numbers presently. The number had been expected to increase to 16, according to a CBP announcement earlier this month (see 2506130068).