Nano Fire and Defender Safety seek a Section 337 investigation on alleged infringement by imports of products with their patented aerosol fire extinguishing technology, the ITC said in a notice Feb. 28. Nano Fire, which licenses the technology to Defender Safety, said Halma and its affiliate Halma Holdings, as well as FirePro Systems and Hochiki America are importing fire extinguishing devices that infringe on its patented fire extinguishing composition that needs no pressure storage. Nano Fire and Defender Safety seek a limited exclusion order and cease and desist orders against Halma, FirePro and Hochiki America. Comments are due to the ITC by March 7.
The Commerce Department published notices in the Federal Register Feb. 28 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):
The Commerce Department soon will suspend liquidation and impose countervailing duty cash deposit requirements on imports of aluminum lithographic printing plates from China, it said in a fact sheet issued Feb. 27. Commerce set CVD rates ranging from 38.5% to 231.98% for all Chinese 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.
On Feb. 27, the FDA posted new and revised versions of the following Import Alerts on the detention without physical examination of:
Sen. Josh Hawley wants the baseline tariff on cars made by Chinese companies to be 100%, not 2.5%, and to apply whether those cars are assembled in China, Thailand, Brazil, Hungary or Mexico.
Marcus Nussbaum settled an attorney misconduct proceeding before the Federal Maritime Commission earlier this month, agreeing not to practice before the FMC for one year. If Nussbaum tries to practice before the commission before the one-year period or violates the settlement agreement, the FMC said it may "re-institute" the misconduct proceeding.
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 Feb. 27, 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 posted the following documents ahead of the March 6 Commercial Customs Operations Advisory Committee (COAC) meeting, which begins at 1 p.m. EST:
CBP needs to develop more transparency about an importer's ability to change their assigned Centers of Excellence and Expertise for both importers and their customs brokers, the Commercial Customs Operations Advisory Committee (COAC) working group said in recommendations published Feb. 26 ahead of its March 6 meeting, where the recommendations will be voted on for approval (see 2402150016).