CBP issued the following releases on commercial trade and related matters:
FORT LAUDERDALE -- While CBP's Entry Type 86 pilot has allowed customs brokers to handle low value shipments, the agency also is seeing filers "abusing" the test by filing unverified data and pricing out other brokers who can't compete with the low fees the bad actors are charging, said CBP acting Commissioner Troy Miller in remarks at the National Customs Brokers & Forwarders Association of America annual conference April 17.
China announced that it is "firmly opposed" to both the U.S. decision to open a new Section 301 investigation on allegedly unfair practices in China's maritime, logistics and shipbuilding sectors (see 2404170029) and President Joe Biden's call for a "tripling" of the existing Section 301 tariffs on Chinese steel and aluminum (see 2404170040).
The Commerce Department published notices in the Federal Register April 18 on the following AD/CV duty proceedings (any notices that announce changes to AD/CV duty rates, scope, affected firms or effective dates will be detailed in another ITT article):
The Commerce Department issued its final determinations in the antidumping duty investigations on boltless steel shelving from Malaysia (A-557-824), Taiwan (A-583-871), Thailand (A-549-846) and Vietnam (A-552-835). Cash deposit rates set in these final determinations take effect April19.
On April 17, the FDA posted new and revised versions of the following Import Alerts on the detention without physical examination of:
The Commerce Department on April 18 released its quarterly update to its annual list of foreign government subsidies on imported articles of cheese subject to an in-quota rate of duty July 1, 2023, through Sept. 30, 2023. The agency again found that only Canada is providing subsidies, in the form of export assistance.
Although all members of the House Ways and Means Committee supported a bill renewing the Generalized System of Preferences benefits program, the bill proceeded to the House floor on a split bipartisan vote of 17-24 as Democrats unsuccessfully called to include an extension of the Trade Adjustment Assistance for Workers program, which lapsed in 2022.
CBP issued the following releases on commercial trade and related matters:
CBP has released its April 17 Customs Bulletin (Vol. 58, No. 15). While it contains recent court decisions, no customs rulings are included.