Tennessee-based shipper Dollar General Logistics has accused Taiwanese ocean carrier Yang Ming Marine Transport Corp. of failing to meet its minimum quantity commitments under service contracts for the period of May 2021 through April 2022, according to a new complaint filed with the Federal Maritime Commission.
The Commerce Department published notices in the Federal Register July 2 on the following antidumping and countervailing duty (AD/CVD) proceedings (any notices that announce changes to AD/CVD rates, scope, affected firms or effective dates will be detailed in another ITT article):
The Commerce Department has released the final results of the antidumping duty administrative review on circular welded carbon steel pipes and tubes from Thailand (A-549-502). Commerce calculated an AD rate of zero percent for the only two companies under review, Saha Thai Steel Pipe Public Company, Ltd. (also known as Saha Thai Steel Pipe (Public) Company, Ltd.) and Thai Premium Pipe Co. Ltd. The final results are unchanged from the preliminary results.
On July 1, the FDA posted new and revised versions of the following Import Alerts on the detention without physical examination of:
USDA's Food Safety and Inspection Service has informed the Office of Management and Budget that it plans to renew an approved information collection related to import inspection applications, it said in a Federal Register notice.
President Donald Trump expressed pessimism about reaching a trade deal with Japan, and suggested that the tariff rate would be higher than the 24% country-specific rate briefly in effect April 9 in comments to reporters traveling on Air Force One July 1.
CBP issued the following releases on commercial trade and related matters:
A listing of recent Commerce Department antidumping and countervailing duty messages posted on CBP's website July 1, along with the case number(s) and CBP message number, is provided below. The messages are available by searching for the listed CBP message number at CBP's ADCVD Search page.
In the June 25 Customs Bulletin (Vol. 59, No. 26), CBP published a proposal to revoke two ruling letters concerning the tariff classification of hemin.
The International Trade Commission posted Revision 16 to the 2025 Harmonized Tariff Schedule. The semiannual update to the HTS adds new 10-digit tariff numbers for a variety of products, including coffee, refrigerators, wind turbine parts and integrated circuits, among other goods. All changes take effect July 1, unless otherwise specified.