The Supreme Court on June 20 denied a motion from importers Learning Resources and Hand2Mind to expedite consideration of their petition to have the high court take up their lawsuit against tariffs imposed under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (Learning Resources v. Trump, Sup. Ct. # 24-1287).
CBP issued the following releases on commercial trade and related matters:
CBP has set the 2025 tariff-rate quota for tuna under Harmonized Tariff Schedule subheading 1604.14.22, it said in a Federal Register notice. The rate is calculated as a percentage of the tuna in airtight containers entered or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption during the preceding calendar year.
CBP issued guidance on additional derivative steel products that will be subject to Section 232 duties starting June 23.
The following lawsuits were filed at the Court of International Trade during the week of June 9-15:
An individual importer, Ricardo Vega, will receive refunds for a Porsche imported in 2023, according to a stipulated judgment filed at the Court of International Trade on June 17. Similarly, importers Yellowbird Enterprises and Vantage Point Services will receive refunds for duties paid on a Jaguar also entered in 2023.
CBP issued the following releases on commercial trade and related matters:
The Commerce Department issued notices in the Federal Register on its recently initiated antidumping and countervailing duty investigations on hardwood and decorative plywood from China (A-570-211/C-570-212), Indonesia (A-560-844/C-560-845) and Vietnam (A-552-851/C-552-852). The CVD investigations cover entries for the calendar year 2024. The AD investigation on Indonesia covers entries April 1, 2024, through March 31, 2025, and the AD investigations on China and Vietnam cover entries Oct. 1, 2024, through March 31, 2025.
The Commerce Department issued its final determinations in its countervailing duty investigations on brake drums from China (C-570-175) and Turkey (C-489-854), after finding countervailable subsidization of producers and exporters in the two countries in the preliminary determinations of its CVD investigations.
The Commerce Department made final affirmative antidumping duty determinations that imports of brake drums from China (A-570-174) and Turkey (A-489-853) are being sold in the U.S. at less than fair value. Suspension of liquidation and cash deposit requirements will continue for entries on or after Jan. 29, the date that the preliminary determinations were published in the Federal Register. Cash deposit rates set in these final determinations take effect June 18.