A domestic producer recently filed a petition with the Commerce Department and the International Trade Commission requesting new antidumping and countervailing duties on steel concrete reinforcing bar from Algeria, Bulgaria, Egypt, and Vietnam. 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 Rebar Trade Action Coalition requested the investigation.
The value of the steel in refrigerator-freezers; dryers; washing machines; dishwashers; chest and upright freezers; cooking stoves; ranges and ovens; food waste disposals; and welded wire rack will be taxed at 50%, starting on June 23, the Bureau of Industry and Security said in a notice that will be published in the Federal Register June 16.
The Bureau of Industry and Security is adding several new subheadings, largely covering household appliances, to the list of derivatives subject to 50% Section 232 tariffs on steel, it said in a notice. The additions, which take effect 12:01 a.m. ET June 23, including subheadings 8418.10.00; 8418.30.00; 8418.40.00; 8422.11.00; 8450.11.00; 8450.20.00; 8451.21.00; 8451.29.00; 8509.80.20; 8516.60.40; and 9403.99.9020.
The Commerce Department amended its preliminary affirmative antidumping duty determinations on thermoformed molded fiber products from China (A-570-182) to correct calculation errors. The changes result in steep drops in AD rates for many Chinese exporters, from over 300% and in some cases over 450% to under 150%. The agency said the amended AD cash deposit rates are applicable June 11.
The following lawsuits were filed at the Court of International Trade during the week of June 2-8:
CBP created Harmonized System Update 2522 on June 6, containing 52 Automated Broker Interface records and 20 Harmonized Tariff Schedule records. HSU 2522 includes the correction to the query in HSU 2521 (see 2506040065) for the Section 232 aluminum and steel tariff adjustments that went into effect June 4 (see 2506090008).
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Importer Hellbender filed a complaint at the Court of International Trade on June 6 arguing that its electronic components are of Taiwanese origin, not Chinese origin, and are thus exempt from Section 301 duties (Hellbender v. United States, CIT # 24-00104).
CBP updated its recent guidance on Section 232 tariffs to remove tariff schedule numbers that had apparently been erroneously included as subject to steel and aluminum tariffs.
In attachments to a pair of recent CSMS messages (see 2506040053), CBP listed the following new tariff schedule subheadings as subject to 50% Section 232 steel and aluminum tariffs, even though these tariff subheadings aren’t found in the list of subheadings subject to the 50% tariffs in the Harmonized Tariff Schedule: