The Commerce Department is beginning an antidumping investigation on polypropylene corrugated boxes from China and Vietnam, and a countervailing duty investigation of the same goods from China, it said in a fact sheet April 8. The underlying petition was filed in March (see 2503190012). The International Trade Commission is scheduled to make its preliminary injury determinations by May 2. These AD/CVD investigations will continue only if the ITC finds injury. International Trade Today will provide more details upon publication of the initiation notices in the Federal Register.
On April 8, the FDA posted new and revised versions of the following Import Alerts on the detention without physical examination of:
Members of the Senate Agriculture Committee on April 8 pressed Stephen Vaden, nominee for USDA deputy secretary, on how President Donald Trump's slew of tariff action will impact USDA and agriculture issues.
The Foreign-Trade Zones Board issued the following notices April 9:
President Donald Trump’s April 8 executive order that raised the reciprocal tariff on China to 84% also increased tariffs applicable to postal shipments.
A listing of recent Commerce Department antidumping and countervailing duty messages posted on CBP's website April 8, 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.
CBP issued the following releases on commercial trade and related matters:
The decline of U.S. commercial shipbuilding -- and the fact that it's not cost-competitive with Japanese and South Korean shipbuilding -- must be rectified, the administration said, but the precise details of how that can be accomplished are yet to be determined.
CHANDLER, Ariz. -- As President Donald Trump’s tariffs and his related trade rhetoric prompt a trade war, the potential for cyberattacks within the U.S. trade industry could increase, according to a panelist speaking at the National Customs Brokers & Forwarders Association of America’s annual meeting.
A “major” tariff on pharmaceuticals will be announced “very shortly,” President Donald Trump said April 8.