The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative, as instructed by the America First trade policy presidential memo, is undertaking a review of the phase one agreement with China, it said. That review is due to the president April 1.
A listing of recent Commerce Department antidumping and countervailing duty messages posted on CBP's website Jan. 24, 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.
President Donald Trump's recent threat to slap Colombia with a 25% tariff could serve as a harbinger for how he could interact with Canada, Mexico and other trading partners when it comes to tariffs, according to industry observers interviewed by International Trade Today.
With 25% tariffs on Canadian and/or Mexican goods hanging like a sword of Damocles over importers' heads, some are rushing to bring their goods in before Saturday, some are getting ACH set up for electronic transfer of payment to CBP -- and some are doing absolutely nothing.
The International Trade Commission published notices in the Jan. 24 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 Jan. 24 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):
Antidumping duty and countervailing duty investigations on erythritol from China will continue, after the International Trade Commission voted Jan. 24 that there is a “reasonable indication” that imports of the product are injuring U.S. industry, the ITC said in a news release. The Commerce Department will now consider whether to impose AD/CVD cash deposit requirements on erythritol in preliminary determinations, which are due March 10 for CVD and on or about May 22 for AD.
The Commerce Department soon will impose antidumping duty cash deposit requirements on imports of low-speed personal transportation vehicles from China, it said in a fact sheet issued Jan. 24. Commerce set AD rates ranging from 127.35% to 478.09% for Chinese exporters, it announced in its preliminary determinations in its ongoing AD investigation. Commerce already has suspended liquidation and imposed countervailing duty cash deposit requirements in its ongoing CVD investigation of the vehicles (See 2411270054). AD cash deposit requirements will take effect for entries on or after the date of publication of the preliminary determinations of the AD investigation in the Federal Register, which should occur in the coming days.
The Commerce Department soon will impose antidumping duty cash deposit requirements on imports of brake drums from China and Turkey, it said in a fact sheet issued Jan. 24. Commerce set AD rates ranging from 109.64% to 160.79% for Chinese exporters and 12.73% to 142.29% for Turkish exporters, it announced in its preliminary determinations in its ongoing AD investigation. Commerce already has suspended liquidation and imposed countervailing duty cash deposit requirements on imports of brake drums from China and Turkey (see 2412030045). AD cash deposit requirements will take effect for entries on or after the date of publication of the AD investigation preliminary determinations in the Federal Register, which should occur in the coming days.
The Commerce Department began administrative reviews for certain firms subject to antidumping duty and countervailing duty orders with December anniversary dates, it said in a notice. Producers and exporters subject to any of these administrative reviews on China must submit their separate rate certifications or applications by Feb. 10 to avoid being assigned high China-wide rates.