U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer said he and President Donald Trump discussed how to "decisively increase the pressure" on Russian President Vladimir Putin "to get him to agree to a peace deal."
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 Sept. 17, 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 2535 on Sept. 16, containing 21 Automated Broker Interface records and seven Harmonized Tariff Schedule records. HSU 2535 includes the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) Japan updates (see 2509150070).
CBP has released its Sept. 17 Customs Bulletin (Vol. 59, No. 38), which includes the following ruling actions:
Responding to our question on Whirlpool's claims that U.S. import data shows its competitors are evading tariffs (see 2509150067), a CBP spokesperson told us that import data has recently been skewed by accidental overreporting of the quantity of goods imported, causing an erroneous spike in import volumes for affected goods.
The U.S. is likely to impose more trade controls to push Chinese chips and other components out of American technologies, which could raise costs and make managing supply chains even more challenging, technology policy analysts said this week.
As importers mull their options on how to prepare for potential tariff refunds should the Supreme Court rule against the legality of IEEPA tariffs, importers should also be mindful of the potential pitfalls they might encounter as they preserve their rights to refunds from CBP, according to speakers during Flexport's Sept. 17 webinar on tariffs and updates on trade.
EcoBamboo, an Oklahoma-based importer of bamboo products used in privacy fencing and construction, has accused non-vessel-operating common carrier Ship4wd of violating the Shipping Act by failing to properly handle a shipment from Indonesia to the U.S., according to a complaint filed with the Federal Maritime Commission on Sept. 2.
British news outlets reported that there was an agreement to allow a small quota of British steel to enter the U.S. duty-free, and subject the rest of steel and aluminum products to the currently applicable 25% Section 232 tariff, but that the deal was abandoned shortly before President Donald Trump's arrival in London this week.