CBP announced an Enforce and Protect Act investigation and said it has reasonable suspicion that Kings Marble and Granite, Musa Stone Import, and KMG Marble and Granite evaded the antidumping and countervailing duty orders on quartz surface products from China. The agency said this finding made the enactment of interim measures necessary.
The Court of International Trade on March 18 said that the U.S. waited too long to send surety firm Aegis Security Insurance Co. a bill for an unpaid customs bond on Chinese garlic imports that entered in 2004. Judge Stephen Vaden said that the government's eight-year delay in demanding the payment from Aegis "was unreasonable and a breach of contract." The court said the delay broke the "reasonable time requirement" -- an "implied contractual term."
The International Trade Commission published notices in the March 15 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 Consumer Product Safety Commission announced the following voluntary recalls March 14:
A listing of recent Commerce Department antidumping and countervailing duty messages posted on CBP's website March 14, 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.
The International Trade Commission published notices in the March 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):
Retroactive suspension of liquidation and antidumping and countervailing duty cash deposit requirements take effect for unthreaded pins of alloy steel rod from China entered on or after July 12, 2023, the Commerce Department said in the preliminary determination of an anti-circumvention inquiry.
The Commerce Department published notices in the Federal Register March 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):
Aluminum coil produced from 8011 alloy aluminum, with a thickness between .2mm and 6.3mm, is not subject the antidumping and countervailing duty orders on common alloy aluminum sheet from China, the Commerce Department said in a March 13 scope ruling. It said the relevant orders do not describe products made of 8011 alloy.
CBP issued the following releases on commercial trade and related matters: