The International Trade Commission published notices in the April 4 Federal Register on the following antidumping and countervailing duty (AD/CVD) injury, Section 337 patent or other trade proceedings (any notices that warrant a more detailed summary will be in another ITT article):
The International Trade Commission has ended a Section 337 investigation on imported capacitive discharge ignition systems (ITC Inv. No. 337-TA-1390), it said in a Federal Register notice published April 4. Complainant Altronic initially alleged in 2024 that Motortech was making ignition systems for industrial internal combustion engines that copy its patented technologies (see 2402130036).
The Commerce Department issued its final determination in its countervailing duty investigation of 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid, also known as 2,4-D, from China (C-570-161) and India (C-533-923), finding countervailable subsidization of producers and exporters in the two countries. Suspension of liquidation is currently not in effect for entries on or after Jan. 11, 2025, and Commerce will require cash deposits of estimated CVD on future entries only if it issues a CVD order.
The Commerce Department issued a final antidumping duty determination finding that imports of 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid, also known as 2,4-D, from China (A-570-160) and India (A-533-922) are being sold in the U.S. at less than fair value. Suspension of liquidation and cash deposit requirements will continue for entries on or after Nov. 14, the date that the preliminary determinations were published in the Federal Register. Cash deposit rates set in these final determinations take effect April 7.
On April 3, the FDA posted new and revised versions of the following Import Alerts (after not having posted new ones for a number of days) on the detention without physical examination of:
The Foreign-Trade Zones Board issued the following notices on April 4:
Ahead of a long night of amendment votes on budget instructions to renew President Donald Trump's tax cuts, Democratic senators highlighted amendments that will say that new tariffs should expire if they raise prices on groceries, new houses and other goods. Those amendments, even if they gain a majority, do not actually change the laws that allowed the tariffs to be levied.
Correction: The list of products exempt from reciprocal tariffs doesn’t include furniture or cabinets, despite those products’ inclusion in the Section 232 report on lumber (see 2504020072).
A listing of recent Commerce Department antidumping and countervailing duty messages posted on CBP's website April 3, 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: