The Commerce Department soon will suspend liquidation and impose countervailing duty cash deposit requirements on imports of aluminum extrusions from China, Indonesia, Mexico and Turkey, it said in a fact sheet issued March 5. Commerce set CVD rates ranging from 15.41% to 169.66% for Chinese exporters (on additional products excluded from existing CVD orders on China); zero to 43.56% for Indonesian exporters; zero to 77.82% for Mexican exporters; and zero to 147.53% for Turkish exporters, the agency said as it announced its preliminary determinations in its ongoing CVD investigations. 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.
Cleveland-Cliffs steel company and the United Steelworkers (USW) labor union criticized U.S. Steel for failing to participate in an injury proceeding before the International Trade Commission on tin mill products from eight countries, which ended without the imposition of antidumping and countervailing duties (see 2402060063). Cleveland-Cliffs and USW said the decision will lead to "the continuation of widespread unfair trade practices in the tin mill products market."
On March 5, the FDA posted new and revised versions of the following Import Alerts on the detention without physical examination of:
USDA is increasing the FY 2024 tariff rate quota for raw cane sugar by 125,000 metric tons raw value, it said in a notice released March 6. The increase brings the total FY 2024 TRQ, originally set at the 1,117,195 MTRV minimum mandated by the World Trade Organization, to 1,242,195 MTRV, USDA said. The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative will allocate the increase among supplying countries and customs areas. Raw cane sugar under this quota must be accompanied by a certificate for quota eligibility.
The Foreign-Trade Zones Board issued the following notices on March 6:
Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., recently introduced a bill that would require the president to hike tariffs on Chinese battery components, solar energy components and wind energy components by 25%. Those goods are currently subject to 25% Section 301 tariffs. The bill also would require that tariff rate to rise by 5 percentage points each year, for five years, until it reaches 50%.
A bipartisan bill has been introduced that would set country-by-country de minimis levels, instruct the administration to reconsider U.S. tariffs "with the focus on the principle of reciprocity" for most favored nation rates, and open a dialogue with Mexico and Canada on allowing Costa Rica and Uruguay to join USMCA.
The following lawsuits were filed at the Court of International Trade during the week of Feb. 26 - March 3:
CBP has released its March 6 Customs Bulletin (Vol. 58, No. 9). While it contains recent court decisions, no customs rulings are included.
A listing of recent Commerce Department antidumping and countervailing duty messages posted on CBP's website March 5, 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.