A listing of recent Commerce Department antidumping and countervailing duty messages posted on CBP's website June 12, 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 has released its June 11 Customs Bulletin (Vol. 59, No. 24). While it contains no ruling notices, it includes five Court of International Trade slip opinions.
CBP is planning to deploy an enhancement in the ACE PRODUCTION environment on June 28 that will increase the number of Harmonized Tariff Schedule numbers allowed per entry summary line, from eight HTS numbers to 16 HTS numbers, according to a June 13 cargo systems message.
For derivative aluminum imports where the country of smelt and cast isn't known, importers should report "unknown" and Section 232 duties of 200% will be assessed, CBP said in a June 13 cargo systems message.
The executive director of the U.S. office of the top association for Mexico's businesses echoed the upbeat line of his government, that the USMCA carveouts in the global trade war give Mexico and Canada a leg up.
A report on forced labor in critical mineral supply chains identified "major entities" operating in the Xinjiang province of China and documented evidence of their involvement in labor transfer programs of Uyghurs from the region. The report also highlighted the risk that products made by those entities have entered the global market over the previous two years.
The International Trade Commission published notices in the June 12 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 seeks comments by June 20 on a Section 337 complaint alleging that imports of electronic eyewear products infringe patents held by IngenioSpec, it said in a June 12 notice. According to the complaint, IngenioSpec is seeking a limited exclusion order and cease and desist orders against 13 companies, primarily from China, to bar from entry "certain electronic eyewear products, components thereof, and related charging apparatuses" that violate its patents. IngenioSpec said that its eyewear is capable of "sensing harmful ultraviolet rays, tracking health indicators, taking pictures, recording video, enabling hands-free phone conversations, enhancing hearing, and playing music and videos."
The International Trade Commission is issuing a limited exclusion order banning imports of dermatological treatment devices (ITC Inv. No. 337-TA-1356) from EndyMed Medical Ltd., it said in a June 9 notice. Additionally, the ITC set a bond in the amount of 85% of the entered value of the EndyMed Pure, and 70% of the entered value of the EndyMed Pro infringing products imported during the period of presidential review, and issued cease and desist orders against the companies. The ITC terminated the investigation with respect to the four patents at issue. The order concludes in part the Section 337 investigation the ITC launched in July 2024, based on allegations by Serendia that 15 companies are importing and selling merchandise that copies its patented methods and items for treating skin tissue using bipolar electrodes in portable devices (see 2304050064). For the remaining ’444 patent, the Commission determined to remand to the ALJ for further proceedings and extended the target date to July 8.
The International Trade Commission has ended another Section 337 investigation on imports from Ericsson (ITC Inv. No. 337-TA-1388), it said in a June 11 notice. Complainant Motorola initially alleged in 2024 that Ericsson was importing cellular base station equipment that infringes on patents held by Motorola (see 2401240041).