The Commerce Department issued its final determination in its countervailing duty investigation on tin mill products from China (C-570-151). Suspension of liquidation is currently not in effect for entries on or after Oct. 24, 2023, and Commerce will require cash deposits of estimated CV duties on future entries only if it issues a CV duty order.
The Commerce Department issued its final affirmative determinations in the antidumping duty investigations on tin mill products from Canada (A-122-869), Germany (A-428-851) China (A-570-150) and South Korea (A-580-915). Changes to cash deposit requirements set in these final determinations take effect Jan. 10, the date they are scheduled for publication in the Federal Register.
On Jan. 8, the FDA posted new and revised versions of the following Import Alerts on the detention without physical examination of:
The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service intends to allow imports of fresh rhizomes of turmeric (Curcuma longa L.) from Mexico for consumption in the U.S., it said in a notice released Jan. 9. An agency pest risk analysis found “the application of one or more designated phytosanitary measures will be sufficient to mitigate the risks of introducing or disseminating plant pests or noxious weeds” with the importation of the fresh rhizomes of turmeric, APHIS said. If APHIS finalizes the decision, it will allow imports into the U.S., subject to the phytosanitary requirements specified by the agency. Comments will be accepted through March 11.
The Foreign-Trade Zones Board issued the following notices on Jan. 9:
The following lawsuits were filed at the Court of International Trade during the week of Jan. 1-7:
The Federal Maritime Commission is adjusting its civil monetary penalties for inflation, the agency said in a notice released this week. The changes, effective Jan. 15, increase maximum penalties for various violations of U.S. shipping regulations, including failing to establish "financial responsibility for nonperformance of transportation," illegal foreign shipping practices that have an “adverse impact” on U.S. carriers, “knowing and willful” violations of the Shipping Act, and operating in foreign commerce after a tariff suspension.
A listing of recent Commerce Department antidumping and countervailing duty messages posted on CBP's website Jan. 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.
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Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, who warned the White House that reducing the scope of the Section 301 tariff list or reducing tariff levels "could undermine efforts to shore up our domestic manufacturing and supply chains," said he doesn't know the details of what products might leave the target list if the White House hikes tariffs on electric vehicles or their batteries.