CBP issued the following releases on commercial trade and related matters:
Businesses should anticipate that even more derivative products could be added to the list of Section 232 tariffs for steel and aluminum (see 2508150063), Flexport senior trade advisory manager Anna Zajac said during an Aug. 20 company webinar on the tariffs.
The Japanese government will meet with local governments, businesses and industry groups in the Chubu, Kinki and Kyushu-Okinawa regions later this month to discuss U.S. tariffs and the outcome of the trade deal reached between the two countries last month (see 2508080013). Business officials and organizations during these meetings “will hear about the impact of the U.S. tariff measures and how to respond to them, and will also exchange opinions on how to use the U.S. tariffs as an opportunity to create success stories,” Japan’s trade ministry said, according to an unofficial translation. The country plans to speak about the tariffs with local governments and businesses in other regions in September.
The International Trade Commission published notices in the Aug. 19 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 Commerce Department published notices in the Federal Register Aug. 19 on the following antidumping and countervailing duty (AD/CVD) proceedings (any notices that announce changes to AD/CVD rates, scope, affected firms or effective dates will be detailed in another ITT article):
The Commerce Department has released the preliminary results of its antidumping duty administrative review on citric acid from Thailand (A-549-833). In the final results of this review, Commerce may set assessment rates for subject merchandise from three companies entered July 1, 2023, through June 30, 2024.
The Commerce Department preliminarily determines that a South Korean company is not the successor-in-interest to a similarly named company for the purposes of countervailing duties on certain corrosion-resistant steel (CORE) products (C-580-879) from South Korea. The agency preliminarily found that Dongkuk Coated Metal Co., Ltd. (Dongkuk CM) isn't the successor-in-interest to Dongkuk Steel Mill Co., Ltd. (Old Dongkuk Steel), in the preliminary results of a changed circumstances review. As such, the agency also preliminarily found that Old Dongkuk Steel’s exclusion from the CVD order on South Korean CORE products doesn't apply to Dongkuk CM. Commerce will be accepting comments on this result through Sept. 10. Commerce expects to make a final determination public on or about Nov. 17.
The Commerce Department soon will suspend liquidation and impose countervailing duty cash deposit requirements on imports of polypropylene corrugated boxes from China, it said in an Aug. 18 fact sheet. Commerce will set the CVD rate at 199.6% for all Chinese exporters, the agency said as it announced its preliminary determinations in its ongoing CVD investigation. Suspension of liquidation and cash deposit requirements will take effect for entries on or after the date of publication of the preliminary determinations in the Federal Register, which should occur in the coming days. Commerce is conducting concurrent antidumping duty investigations on the same product from China and Vietnam, with a preliminary determination expected by Oct. 14.
On Aug. 18, the FDA posted new and revised versions of the following Import Alerts on the detention without physical examination of:
The Southern Shrimp Alliance, a trade group representing shrimp harvesters and shrimp processors in eight Southern states, observed that the FDA has notably increased entry-line refusals of imported Indonesian shrimp in 2025, according to an Aug. 18 post on its website.