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 March 20, 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 will update ACE April 13 to enforce a shorter time frame requirement for filing type 86 entries, the agency said in a March 21 CSMS message. This announcement follows a Jan. 16 Federal Register notice that, among other changes, shortened the deadline for filing type 86 entries from 15 days after arrival -- the same as the deadline for formal entries -- to “upon or prior to arrival” of the shipment (see 2401120070).
The funding package that is expected to pass Congress later this week adds $19,968,000 in funding for DHS to detect and detain goods produced with forced labor over the amount in last year's budget. The funding, which is meant to be spent before the end of September this year, dedicates $114.5 million annually to enforcing the ban on the importation of goods made with forced labor.
The International Trade Commission published notices in the March 20 Federal Register on the following 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 Commerce Department published notices in the Federal Register March 20 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):
On March 19, the FDA posted new and revised versions of the following Import Alerts on the detention without physical examination of:
The FDA is seeking public comments on an information collection involving import permits under the Federal Import Milk Act. The information collection outlines the requirements that importers must meet before receiving a permit, forms that need to be submitted to the FDA and more. Comments are due May 20.
The Foreign-Trade Zones Board issued the following notices on March 20:
House Select Committee on China Chairman Mike Gallagher, R-Wis., and ranking member Raja Krishnamoorthi, D-Ill., asked Homeland Security Investigations to look into whether a surge in drone imports from Malaysia is due to transshipment from China, and asked the administration to hike tariffs on Chinese unmanned aerial vehicles, either by increasing Section 301 tariffs on the product, by initiating an antidumping/countervailing duty investigation, and/or opening a Section 232 investigation.