On Feb. 2, the FDA posted new and revised versions of the following Import Alerts on the detention without physical examination of:
The Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements is adding several types of nylon dobby weave fabric to the "short supply list" in Annex 3.25 of the Dominican Republic-Central America Free Trade Agreement for items not commercially available in a timely manner, it said in a notice. Powers Manufacturing Company, which does business as Powers Athletic, requested the additions in December. The fabrics, classifiable under Harmonized Tariff Schedule subheadings 5407.43.2030 and 5407.42.2060, are being added in unrestricted quantities. Under short supply provisions of CAFTA-DR, fibers, yarns and fabrics listed in Annex 3.25 are provided with tariff preferences under the trade agreement.
Former President Donald Trump, in a television appearance with Maria Bartiromo, bragged about the "big tariffs" he put in to stop the import of Chinese steel, and denied a Washington Post report that he is thinking about imposing a flat 60% tariff on Chinese imports if reelected.
A listing of recent Commerce Department antidumping and countervailing duty messages posted on CBP's website Feb. 2, 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 issued the following releases on commercial trade and related matters:
Automakers and their suppliers are telling the Biden administration in comments submitted ahead of an upcoming report that not having a form for certificate of origin has paradoxically made compliance more difficult. They also said that companies are having a difficult time certifying how much workers in the supply chain earn, and that the absence of final USMCA regulations are all problems for trade compliance in the more than three years since USMCA took effect.
AIT Worldwide Logistics acquired the Netherlands-based Global Transport Solutions Group, a “prominent international freight forwarder specializing in time-critical marine spare parts logistics,” AIT said in a Feb. 1 news release. The terms of the deal weren’t disclosed.
Lori Wallach, a long-time free-trade skeptic, urged listeners to her Rethink Trade podcast to call their members of Congress and say: "I am scared silly about the abuse of this outrageous de minimis loophole. What is the congressman going to do to close this loophole?"
The International Trade Commission is adding DET Logistics (USA) Corporation as a respondent to its ongoing Section 337 investigation on power converter modules (ITC Inv. No. 337-TA-1370), it said in a Feb. 1 notice. DET joins Delta, Quanta and Foxconn as respondents to the investigation, which was launched in August based on a complaint from Vicor (see 2308160011). Vicor said the companies are importing power converter modules and computing systems that infringe on three of Vicor's patents related to power system technologies used in high density and high efficiency applications like "high-end" computing. The ITC is considering a limited exclusion order and cease and desist orders in the case.
The International Trade Commission seeks comments by Feb. 13 on a Section 337 complaint recently filed by Pax Labs that seeks a ban on imports of hemp and cannabis oil vaporizing devices from ALD and Stiiizy that allegedly infringe on its patents, the ITC said in a notice released Feb. 2. Pax said in its Jan. 30 complaint that Stiiizy and ALD, as well as their subsidiaries, are copying Pax’s patented technologies for managing condensation and leakage from hemp and cannabis oil vaporizers. Pax seeks a limited exclusion order and cease and desist orders against Stiiizy and ALD.