CBP in April identified 392 shipments valued at more than $184 million for further examination based on the suspected use of forced labor, including goods subject to the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act and withhold release orders, the agency said in its most recent operational statistics update. The number of shipments detained is down from March's total of 749, but the value of those shipments is sharply up from the $32 million worth of shipments detained in March (see 2404150075). Also in April, CBP seized 1,736 shipments that contained counterfeit goods valued at more than $235 million if the items had been genuine, the agency said.
CBP has released its May 15 Customs Bulletin (Vol. 58, No. 19), which includes the following ruling action:
The restriction that products that owe Section 301 tariffs will not be able to avoid Column 1 tariffs through the Miscellaneous Tariff Bill could greatly reduce how much money is saved by importers.
International Express Trucking (IXT) accused COSCO Shipping Lines of charging unfair per diem charges during times when there was a chassis shortage, port congestion or a lack of return appointments, the motor carrier said in a complaint filed with the Federal Maritime Commission. In the complaint, dated May 7, IXT said COSCO from 2022 to 2023 charged the motor carrier $75,725 in per diem charges and didn't include relevant information, such as ports of discharge or the date the container had been made available, in the charges.
The International Trade Commission published notices in the May 14 Federal Register on the following AD/CVD injury, Section 337 patent or other trade proceedings (any notices that warrant a more detailed summary will be in another ITT article):
The International Trade Commission seeks comments by May 21 on a Section 337 import ban requested by TP-Link against Netgear’s Wi-Fi access points, routers, range extenders and controllers, the ITC said in a notice May 13. A complaint filed by TP-Link May 6 alleges Netgear’s access points, routers, controllers and range extenders infringe on TP-Link’s patents related to channel selection, network access control, automatic configuration, and traffic rerouting. TP-Link seeks a limited exclusion order and cease and desist orders against Netgear.
The Commerce Department published notices in the Federal Register May 14 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 has published the final results of its countervailing duty administrative review on multilayered wood flooring from China (C-570-971). The agency set new CV duty cash deposit rates for 14 Chinese producers and exporters. These final results will be used to set final assessments of CV duties on importers for entries between Jan. 1, 2021, through Dec. 31, 2021.
The Commerce Department issued its final affirmative determinations in the antidumping duty investigations on mattresses from Bosnia and Herzegovina (A-893-002), Bulgaria (A-487-001), Myanmar (formerly Burma) (A-546-001), Italy (A-475-845), the Philippines (A-565-804), Poland (A-455-807), Slovenia (A-856-002) and Taiwan (A-583-873). Changes to cash deposit requirements set in these final determinations take effect May 15, the date they are scheduled for publication in the Federal Register.
On May 13, the FDA posted new and revised versions of the following Import Alerts on the detention without physical examination of: