On Aug. 14, the FDA posted new and revised versions of the following Import Alerts on the detention without physical examination of:
The FDA has created an import alert to list companies found to be producing human food products that may have been contaminated chemically because of improper preparations or insanitary conditions.
The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative is requesting comments that identify markets for inclusion in the 2025 Review of Notorious Markets for Counterfeiting and Piracy, it said in a notice to be published Aug. 18. The Notorious Markets List identifies online and physical markets that are reported to engage in or facilitate "substantial copyright piracy or trademark counterfeiting," the notice said. Comments also are being sought about the "issue focus" for the 2025 Notorious Markets List -- the "copyright piracy of sports broadcasts," the notice said. The deadline for submitting comments is Oct. 1. "Commenters should clearly identify potentially relevant markets and the reasons why the commenter believes a market should be included in the Notorious Markets List," the notice said.
The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative is requesting comments on how China is complying with its World Trade Organization commitments, including in its import regulation, export regulation, subsidies, non-tariff barriers, intellectual property rights enforcement, rule of law issues, and trade facilitation, or other issues.
The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative is setting FY 2026 country allocations for imports under tariff-rate quotas for cane sugar and refined sugars. The FY 2026 import TRQ for raw cane sugar was established at 1,117,195 metric tons raw value (MTRV), the minimum amount to which the U.S. is committed under the World Trade Organization (WTO) Uruguay Round Agreements. The USTR now allocates this TRQ among supplying countries and customs areas, as follows: Argentina 46,260; Australia 89,293; Barbados 7,531; Belize 11,834; Bolivia 8,606; Brazil 155,993; Colombia 25,819; Congo (Brazzaville) 7,258; Costa Rica 16,137; Cote d'Ivoire 7,258; Dominican Republic 189,343; Ecuador 11,834; El Salvador 27,971; Eswatini 17,213; Fiji 9,682; Gabon 7,258; Guatemala 51,639; Guyana 12,910; Haiti 7,258; Honduras 10,758; India 8,606; Jamaica 11,834; Madagascar 7,258; Malawi 10,758; Mauritius 12,910; Mexico 7,258; Mozambique 13,986; Panama 31,199; Papua New Guinea 7,258; Paraguay 7,258; Peru 44,108; Philippines 145,235; South Africa 24,744; St. Kitts & Nevis 7,258; Taiwan 12,910; Thailand 15,061; Trinidad-Tobago 7,531; Uruguay 7,258; Zimbabwe 12,910.
Reps. Jared Golden, D-Maine, and Greg Steube, R-Fla., introduced a bill Aug. 15 that would codify the Trump administration’s 10% tariff baseline on all imported goods (see 2504020068) and create a separate category of tariffs for China.
Tariffs on steel, chips and semiconductors will come into effect by next week or the week after, President Donald Trump said on Aug. 15.
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 Aug. 14, 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 estimates that the agency has found more than $400 million in evaded antidumping duties and countervailing duties between Jan. 20 and Aug. 8, according to an Aug. 15 release. Jan. 20 is the date Donald Trump was inaugurated.