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DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas told an audience of domestic textile producers that de minimis is based on a "false premise" that low value means low risk, and said that is not the case.
The Commerce Department published notices in the Federal Register April 8 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 U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit on April 8 dismissed importer Rimco's challenge of antidumping and countervailing duties on its steel wheel entries, for lack of subject-matter jurisdiction.
A listing of recent Commerce Department antidumping and countervailing duty messages posted on CBP's website April 5, 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 announced a new Enforce and Protect Act investigation, saying it has reasonable suspicion that BMF Imports evaded the antidumping and countervailing duty orders on xanthan gum from China, and has enacted interim measures against the importer.
CBP properly assessed antidumping duties on an entry of quartz surface products from China, the agency said, rejecting a protest from a U.S. importer that argued its products entered the port before a U.S. antidumping duty order took effect. CBP, in a ruling dated Jan. 25, said even though the products reached the initial port in Los Angeles before the order, they didn’t reach their final port of entry in Dallas until later, which made them subject to the AD order.
The International Trade Commission published notices in the April 5 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 will retroactively suspend liquidation and require countervailing duty cash deposits for two exporters of aluminum lithographic printing plates from China (C-570-157), it said in a notice released April 5. Commerce made a new finding of critical circumstances for both individually investigated companies, Fujifilm and Shanghai National. As a result, Commerce will direct CBP to suspend liquidation and require CVD cash deposits at the rate set in its preliminary determination (see 2402290049) for any unliquidated entries from Fujifilm or Shanghai National on or after Dec. 1, 2023 (i.e., 90 days prior to Commerce’s March 1 preliminary determination). Suspension of liquidation for the "all others" exporters remains in effect for entries on or after March 1.
The Consumer Product Safety Commission announced the following voluntary recalls April 4-5: