The restriction that products that owe Section 301 tariffs will not be able to avoid Column 1 tariffs through the Miscellaneous Tariff Bill could greatly reduce how much money is saved by importers.
The International Trade Commission published notices in the May 14 Federal Register on the following AD/CVD injury, Section 337 patent or other trade proceedings (any notices that warrant a more detailed summary will be in another ITT article):
The Commerce Department published notices in the Federal Register May 14 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):
The Commerce Department has published the final results of its countervailing duty administrative review on multilayered wood flooring from China (C-570-971). The agency set new CV duty cash deposit rates for 14 Chinese producers and exporters. These final results will be used to set final assessments of CV duties on importers for entries between Jan. 1, 2021, through Dec. 31, 2021.
The following lawsuits were filed at the Court of International Trade during the week of May 6-12:
A listing of recent Commerce Department antidumping and countervailing duty messages posted on CBP's website May 13, 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.
Section 301 China tariff changes outlined by the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative May 14 will take effect approximately 90 days after a request for comments that will be issued next week. That includes a 100% tariff on Chinese-origin electric vehicles, as well as the jump to 25% Section 301 tariffs on steel and aluminum products, ship to shore cranes, lithium-ion electric vehicle batteries, battery parts for non-lithium-ion batteries, "some critical minerals" and face masks, and a bump to 50% tariffs on solar cells, syringes and needles, the White House said in a fact sheet.
The administration will hike tariffs this year on steel and aluminum, solar cells (including in modules), ship to shore cranes, electric vehicles, lithium-ion EV batteries, battery parts, some critical minerals, certain respirators and face masks, syringes and needles, and will hike tariffs on other Chinese imports next year and in 2026. A White House fact sheet on the tariffs doesn't include more specific dates.
On May 10, the FDA posted new and revised versions of the following Import Alerts on the detention without physical examination of:
Rep. Jared Golden, D-Maine, introduced bills that would hike tariffs on green tech. One would add 25% tariffs to most favored nation tariffs for all battery components, solar energy components and wind energy components from China, with a hike of 5% a year until the rates reached 50%. The other, called Protecting American Autoworkers from China Act, would apply a 125% tax on Chinese autos -- not just electric vehicles -- over the MFN rate. That bill would apply to all cars built by Chinese-owned companies, even if they had a European or North American country of origin, "so that Chinese manufacturers cannot use other nations, such as Mexico, as a backdoor to avoid the tariffs."