The Commerce Department published notices in the Federal Register July 25 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):
On July 24, the FDA posted new and revised versions of the following Import Alerts on the detention without physical examination of:
The Bureau of Industry and Security is seeking public comments on two information collections related to the agency's delivery verification procedures for imports, it said in notices released July 25. Some foreign governments require U.S. importers of certain “strategic commodities” to provide the foreign supplier with a U.S. Delivery Verification Certificate, which validates that the items were received, BIS said in both notices. “This procedure increases the effectiveness of controls on the international trade of strategic commodities.” Comments for both collections are due Sept. 26.
The Senate Appropriations Committee approved an FY 2026 transportation appropriations bill July 24 that would fully fund the Trump administration’s $40 million for the Federal Maritime Commission. The House version of the bill, which the House Appropriations Committee endorsed July 17, contains the same amount for the FMC (see 2507140005).
Reps. Celeste Maloy and Burgess Owens, two Republicans from Ohio, asked the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative this week to open a safeguard investigation on imports of lamb and mutton. They said Utah sheep ranchers will be submitting a new Section 201 petition to the International Trade Commission.
The Congressional Dads Caucus introduced a package of six bills this week that would, if passed, remove baby formula, high chairs, baby bottles, baby clothing, cribs, car seats and other goods for babies from both reciprocal tariff and fentanyl tariff actions.
There may be a "bifurcated" process for duty refund should the plaintiffs prevail in litigation over the legality of tariffs imposed under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, a trade lawyer said. That could include a court-ordered process in addition to a separate administrative process because of the volume of claims that will arise should the courts decide that IEEPA is not an appropriate authority for tariffs.
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 July 24, 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 has released its July 23 Customs Bulletin (Vol. 59, No. 30). While it contains no ruling notices, it includes six Court of International Trade slip opinions.