The Commerce Department released its preliminary affirmative antidumping determination Sept. 8 that monomers and oligomers from Taiwan (A-583-879) are being sold in the U.S. at less than fair value. Commerce found “critical circumstances” for all Taiwanese companies, and will retroactively suspend liquidation and impose antidumping duty cash deposit requirements for all subject merchandise as of June 11.
On Sept. 5, the FDA posted new and revised versions of the following Import Alerts (after not having posted new ones for a number of days) on the detention without physical examination of:
The FDA is developing a list, called a "green list," aimed at preventing the importation of glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs) from unverified foreign sources, according to an agency release.
The executive order implementing the U.S.-Japan tariff deal is scheduled for publication in the Federal Register on Sept. 9, starting a seven-day clock for publication of a subsequent notice reducing tariffs on Japanese autos and auto parts currently subject to 25% Section 232 tariffs.
President Donald Trump posted on social media over the weekend that if the EU doesn't stop its "discriminatory actions" of fines against Apple, Google and other tech companies, "I will be forced to start a Section 301 proceeding to nullify the unfair penalties being charged to these Taxpaying American Companies" (see 2509050071).
The Court of International Trade on Sept. 8 dismissed exporter Pipe & Piling Supplies' case against the 2022-23 administrative review of the antidumping duty order on large diameter welded pipe from Canada, for lack of subject-matter jurisdiction. Judge Jane Restani said the company failed to notify the other interested parties of its lawsuit as required by the USMCA, as required by 19 U.S.C. 1516a(g)(3)(B), adding that this requirement is a jurisdictional one.
A listing of recent Commerce Department antidumping and countervailing duty messages posted on CBP's website Sept. 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.
CBP provided guidance on the latest changes announced Sept. 5 to reciprocal tariff exemptions under the "Annex II" list, addressing specifically goods that have been added or removed from Annex II. For entries pre-filed with subheading 9903.01.32 for consumption on or after Sept. 8, "importers should take action as necessary to correct entries to reflect the correct reciprocal tariff applicability as soon as possible no later than within ten days of the cargo’s release from CBP custody," according to a Sept. 6 cargo systems message.
As the trade adjusts to changes related to the Sept. 5 executive order on the trade agreement between the U.S. and Japan (see 2509050065), the trade shouldn't file post summary corrections or protests "until CBP issues instructions on how those requests for refunds should be submitted. CBP will provide additional guidance to the trade community through CSMS messages as appropriate," the agency said in a late Sept. 5 cargo systems message.
Nearly 40 minerals -- including gold bullion -- as well as sintered neodymium-iron-boron magnets and LEDs are no longer subject to reciprocal tariffs.