The Commerce Department soon will suspend liquidation and set antidumping duty cash deposit requirements for imports of mattresses from Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Myanmar, India, Italy, Kosovo, Mexico, the Philippines, Poland, Slovenia, Spain and Taiwan, it said in a fact sheet Feb. 26. The agency's preliminary determinations set AD rates at 217.38% for all Bosnian companies, 106.27% for all Bulgarian companies, 181.71% for all Myanmar companies, 257.06% for all Italian companies, 538.23% for all Filipino companies, 330.71% for all Polish companies, 744.81% for all Slovenian companies, and 624.5% for all Taiwanese companies, as well as rates ranging from 23.28% to 42.76% for Indian companies, 62.51% to 344.7% for Kosovan companies, 41.29% to 61.97% for Mexican companies and 10.74% to 280.28% for Spanish companies. AD suspension of liquidation and cash deposit requirements for these 12 countries will take effect for entries on or after the date of publication of the preliminary determinations in the Federal Register, which should occur in the coming days.
On Feb. 26, the FDA posted new and revised versions of the following Import Alerts on the detention without physical examination of:
The Commerce Department published notices in the Federal Register Feb. 27 on the following AD/CV duty proceedings (any notices that announce changes to AD/CV duty rates, scope, affected firms or effective dates will be detailed in another ITT article):
Sen. Jon Tester, D-Mont., and Sen. Mike Rounds, R-S.D., started a Congressional Review Act process that could restore a ban on beef imports from Paraguay if it passes in both chambers. The two had already tried to introduce a bill to ban the beef imports.
A bipartisan pair of Arizona congressmen recently introduced the CBP Hiring and Retention Act, also called CBP Hire, which would give DHS the ability to bypass usual federal hiring routines for rural areas if the agency determines there's a critical hiring need in the region.
The following lawsuits were filed at the Court of International Trade during the week of Feb. 19-25:
The Court of International Trade on Feb. 26 issued an amended decision in a customs case on the tariff classification of five categories of chrome-plated plastic automobile parts after initially deciding the case Dec. 18. The new decision adds a discussion of axle covers, the fifth category of goods, finding them to fall under Harmonized Tariff Schedule heading 8708 pursuant to General Rule of Interpretation 1.
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 Feb. 26, 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 posted the following documents ahead of the March 6 Commercial Customs Operations Advisory Committee (COAC) meeting, which begins at 1 p.m. EST: