The Commerce Department published notices in the Federal Register May 2 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 is beginning a new antidumping duty investigation on lattice boom crawler cranes from Japan, it said in a fact sheet released May 1. The underlying petition was filed in April (see 2504140065). The International Trade Commission is scheduled to make its preliminary injury determination by May 27. The investigation will continue only if the ITC finds injury. International Trade Today will provide more details upon publication of the initiation notices in the Federal Register.
The Commerce Department has released the final results of the antidumping and countervailing duty administrative reviews on light-walled rectangular pipe and tube from China (A-570-914/C-570-915). These final results will be used to set final assessments of AD/CVD on importers for subject merchandise entered Aug. 1, 2022, through July 31, 2023, for AD and in calendar year 2022 for CVD.
On May 1, the FDA posted new and revised versions of the following Import Alerts on the detention without physical examination of:
Senate Commerce Committee Chairman Ted Cruz told commerce deputy secretary nominee Paul Dabbar that, as "an experienced dealmaker," he hopes Dabbar will help to secure "freer and fairer trade with our allies, not across-the-board protectionism" -- and to also argue for that approach.
The Court of International Trade on May 2 held that importer BASF's fish oil ethyl ester concentrates "maintain the essence of fish" and are thus "extracts of fish" under Harmonized Tariff Schedule heading 1603 and not "food preparations" under heading 2106.
A listing of recent Commerce Department antidumping and countervailing duty messages posted on CBP's website May 1, 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 issued the following releases on commercial trade and related matters:
CBP has released its April 30 Customs Bulletin (Vol. 59, No. 18). While it contains no ruling notices, it does include four Court of International Trade slip opinions.
CBP has amended import regulations to reflect changes in import restrictions on certain archaeological and ethnological materials from Uzbekistan, according to a notice. The changes, effective May 5, come as Uzbekistan has been added to the list of countries with bilateral agreements with the U.S. imposing cultural property import restrictions. The restrictions fall under the authority of the Convention on Cultural Property Implementation Act.