A listing of recent Commerce Department antidumping and countervailing duty messages posted on CBP's website June 23, 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 created Harmonized System Update 2523 on June 22, containing 21 Automated Broker Interface records and eight Harmonized Tariff Schedule records. HSU 2523 includes Section 232 Additional Derivative Steel adjustments that went into effect June 23 (see 2506200066).
CBP removed the auto-rejection of insufficient manifest cargo description enhancement in the ACE certification environment on June 20, according to a June 24 cargo systems message.
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The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit on June 23 upheld a jury's determination that importer Sigma Corp. is liable under the False Claims Act for lying about whether its imports were subject to antidumping duties. Judges Michelle Friedland and Mark Bennett said no errors of law were made against Sigma and that the federal district court, not the Court of International Trade, had jurisdiction in the case (Island Industries v. Sigma Corp., 9th Cir. # 22-55063).
Senate Finance Committee Chairman Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, wanted to include trade items in the bill that extends and expands Trump income tax cuts, according to a lobbyist on trade matters.
A product classification tool made by AI-informed trade compliance platform Gaia Dynamics scored 100% on the product classification section of the April 2025 U.S. customs broker license exam, the Palo Alto, California-based company said in a June 23 release.
U.S. shippers QVC Inc. and Cornerstone Brands have accused Singapore-based ocean carrier Ocean Network Express (ONE) of failing to meet its minimum quantity commitments under service contracts for the period of May 2021 to April 2022, according to a complaint filed this month with the Federal Maritime Commission.
FormuKleen, a Boca Raton, Florida-based importer in the hospitality industry, accused Miami-based freight forwarder and customs broker Top Shipping Systems (TSS) of violating the Shipping Act by withholding two “high-value” shipments in an attempt to obtain payment for past-due invoices for other shipments, according to a complaint filed this month with the Federal Maritime Commission.
A Federal Maritime Commission administrative law judge has approved a confidential agreement to settle allegations by U.S. shipper Supply Source that France-based ocean carrier CMA CGM imposed unfair demurrage and detention charges, according to an FMC notice served June 18. Two Supply Source Enterprises subsidiaries filed the complaint against CMA CGM in February 2024 (see 2402150055), and TZ SSE Buyer later purchased Supply Source’s assets from bankruptcy. CMA CGM denied the allegations.