The Commerce Department has published the preliminary results of its antidumping duty administrative review on wooden bedroom furniture from China (A-570-890). The agency said it preliminarily determined that Shenzhen New Fudu Furniture Co., Ltd. isn't eligible for a separate rate, assigning it to the China-wide entity, which has an AD rate of 216.01%. If Commerce continues this finding in its final results, it will assess AD on subject merchandise imported from New Fudu at that 216.01% rate. A new 216.01% cash deposit rate for New Fudu would take effect upon publication of the final results of this review in the Federal Register.
On May 14, the FDA posted new and revised versions of the following Import Alerts on the detention without physical examination of:
A reduction in reciprocal tariffs on Chinese goods to 10% has not ended the harm to families that need to stock up for new babies, Congress's "Dads Caucus" argued at a press conference May 15.
Trade groups representing three strong exporting sectors -- soybeans, semiconductors and medical devices -- and an expert in critical minerals trade all told the Senate Finance Committee that higher tariffs on all countries and products, and constantly changing tariff policy, aren't good for American competitiveness.
The U.S. opened a civil suit against importers Aspects Furniture Manufacturing and Aspects Furniture International seeking nearly $7.7 million in unpaid antidumping duties on 99 entries of wooden bedroom furniture from China. The complaint also named Hospitality Engineering Services and the chief executive of all three companies, Amy Sivixay, as defendants, claiming that Hospitality and Sivixay are liable for the unpaid duties, since they controlled the actions of the two importers (United States v. Aspects Furniture Manufacturing, CIT # 25-00089).
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 May 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 has released its May 14 Customs Bulletin (Vol. 59, No. 20). While it contains no ruling notices, it includes a Court of International Trade slip opinion.
CBP created Harmonized System Update 2518 on May 13 and HSU 2519 on May 14. HSU 2518 contains 79 Automated Broker Interface records and 23 Harmonized Tariff Schedule records. HSU 2519 contains 1 ABI record and 1 HTS record.
A product is "imported" for duty drawback purposes when it's admitted into a foreign-trade zone and not when entered for domestic consumption, the Court of International Trade held on May 15. Judge Timothy Reif said the definition of "importation" found in both the dictionary and Supreme Court precedent distinguishes importation from entry.