The Commerce Department is issuing antidumping duty and countervailing duty orders on high chrome cast iron grinding media from India (A-533-930/C-533-931). The orders, published June 18, set permanent antidumping and countervailing duties, which will remain in place unless revoked by Commerce in a sunset or changed circumstances review. Commerce will now begin conducting annual administrative reviews, if requested, to determine final assessments of AD/CVD on importers and make changes to cash deposit rates.
The Commerce Department issued its final affirmative determinations in the antidumping duty and countervailing duty investigations on imports of low-speed personal transportation vehicles from China, it said in a fact sheet issued June 17. Commerce set AD rates ranging from 119.39% to 478.09% and CVD rates ranging from 31.45% to 679.44% for Chinese exporters, the agency said. These rates will take effect upon publication in the Federal Register of these final determinations, which should occur in the coming days.
On June 17, 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 says that final guidance is available on the implementation of the post-warning letter meeting process for certain drug manufacturing facilities, according to a Federal Register notice. Eligible facilities may request a post-warning letter meeting with the FDA on the facility's ongoing remediation efforts to address current good manufacturing practice deficiencies described in the warning letter.
USDA's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is considering removing a requirement that horses imported to the U.S. must be accompanied by documentation proving that a pre-export examination, "endorsed by a salaried veterinary medical officer," has occurred within 48 hours of departure from the port of embarkation, according to a Federal Register notice.
The Foreign-Trade Zones Board issued the following notices June 18:
Rodney Scott, who once led the Border Patrol, was confirmed by the Senate to be the leader of CBP, on a 51-46 vote. All Republicans present voted for Scott, and no Democrats or independents did.
President Donald Trump, as he spoke about the bombing of Iran by Israel, mentioned a recent meeting with a Pakistani general, and then said India's prime minister just left.
The following lawsuits were filed at the Court of International Trade during the week of June 9-15:
An individual importer, Ricardo Vega, will receive refunds for a Porsche imported in 2023, according to a stipulated judgment filed at the Court of International Trade on June 17. Similarly, importers Yellowbird Enterprises and Vantage Point Services will receive refunds for duties paid on a Jaguar also entered in 2023.