The Commerce Department has released the preliminary results of the antidumping duty administrative review on stilbenic optical brightening agents from Taiwan (A-583-848). Commerce preliminarily calculated an AD rate of 5.84% for Teh Fong Min International Co., Ltd., also known as Teh Fong Ming International Co., Ltd. (TFM), the only company under review. Any changes to TFM's cash deposit rate would take effect on the publication date of the final results of this review. Once Commerce issues its final results, the agency will assess AD at importer-specific rates for entries of subject merchandise from TFM entered between May 1, 2023, and April 30, 2024, it said.
The Commerce Department has released the preliminary results of its antidumping duty administrative review on certain pasta from Italy (A-475-818). Rates calculated in this review will be used to set assessment rates for importers of subject merchandise from 13 producers and exporters that was entered July 1, 2023, through June 30, 2024.
The Commerce Department has released the final results of the antidumping duty administrative review on steel concrete reinforcing bar from Mexico (A-201-844). These final results will be used to set final assessments of AD duties on importers for subject merchandise entered Nov. 1, 2022, through Oct. 31, 2023.
On Sept. 2, the FDA posted new and revised versions of the following Import Alerts on the detention without physical examination of:
The FDA is amending its food additive regulations to allow for the safe use of vitamin D3 as a nutrient supplement in yogurt and other cultured dairy products fermented with Lactobacillus delbrueckii, subspecies bulgaricus (L. delbrueckik), subsp. bulgaricus), and Streptococcus thermophilus (S. thermophilus) at a level higher than is currently permitted, it said in a Federal Register notice.
Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, said agricultural interests need to lobby the Trump administration about tariffs on imported fertilizers, given how high input costs have risen as prices for row crops have fallen.
President Donald Trump touted the secondary tariffs on India, the second-largest purchaser of Russian oil, as action to show his frustration with Russian President Vladimir Putin's continued aggression, when asked by a Polish reporter why he hadn't taken action against Russia to stop the war.
A listing of recent Commerce Department antidumping and countervailing duty messages posted on CBP's website Sept. 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:
The EU Parliament is debating a proposal to lower its own tariffs, operating as though the U.S. is upholding its end of the U.S.-EU agreement, despite apparent U.S. failure to enact promised tariff reductions on EU goods. On Sept 1, the EU Parliament held an extraordinary meeting of the Committee on International Trade to discuss the legislation and the deal as a whole.