A listing of recent Commerce Department antidumping and countervailing duty messages posted on CBP's website Aug. 1, 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 created Harmonized System Update 2529 on Aug. 1, containing 59 Automated Broker Interface records and 16 Harmonized Tariff Schedule records. HSU 2529 includes the adjustments to Section 232 Import duties on copper, the additional duties on imports from Canada and miscellaneous tariff adjustments required by verification of the 2025 Harmonized Tariff Schedule.
CBP recently offered guidance on how customs brokers and importers should apply 40% duties on goods imported from Brazil, following the White House's implementation of stiffer tariffs on the country (see 2507300066).
President Donald Trump, in a social media post, said he intends to substantially hike tariffs on Indian products due to their purchases of Russian oil.
U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer said he doesn't think there will be more deals announced before Aug. 7, when reciprocal tariffs will rise on about 70 countries.
San Francisco-based Caspian, an ABI software vendor and licensed customs broker, is officially launching its AI-informed advisory services for duty drawback and tariff refund processing, according to a recent announcement. The company, which bills itself as "an AI-driven customs compliance startup," says its tools are able to analyze companies' international shipping records and inventory data to find eligible duty refunds that can be submitted as claims within days. Because Caspian is approved by CBP as a tech provider and customs broker, it says it can file claims with CBP on behalf of clients or in support of others' existing trade advisory work.
The American Association of Port Authorities is asking appropriators to restore Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund spending to ports that have traditionally collected more harbor maintenance taxes than they have gotten in projects, and to return to a program of spending on emerging harbors, as laid out in the Water Resources Development Act (WRDA) of 2020. The letter also was signed by port directors around the country.
Now that the White House appears to have given more direction on its trade and tariff actions, more companies may transition from a wait-and-see approach to more specific courses of action, trade experts with KPMG said during a July 31 webinar on tariffs and trade complexities.
The National Foreign Trade Council responded to the U.S. hikes in tariffs Aug. 1 (see 2507310081) by saying that agreements to remove some trade barriers are encouraging but "a great deal of work remains to be done to make sure they deliver on those promises and to accelerate efforts to remove discriminatory measures that were not part of those initial understandings.
Way2Go Cargo, a Florida-based freight forwarder, has accused two people who were affiliated with the company of violating the Shipping Act by running a competing business without obtaining a required license from the Federal Maritime Commission, according to a complaint filed with the FMC July 25.