Imports from China of electric vehicles, EV batteries, solar cells and wafers, face masks, needles and syringes, critical minerals and steel and aluminum will all be hiked Sept. 27, the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative announced Sept. 13, as part of a longer-term modification of Section 301 duties.
Tariffs on imports from China of electric vehicles, EV batteries, solar cells and wafers, face masks, needles and syringes, critical minerals and steel and aluminum will go up Sept. 27, with more Section 301 tariff hikes planned for Jan. 1, 2025, and Jan. 1, 2026.
The Commerce Department published notices in the Federal Register Sept. 12 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 is setting new countervailing duty cash deposit requirements for imports of epoxy resin from China (C-570-167), India (C-533-927) and Taiwan (C-583-877), after finding countervailable subsidization of producers and exporters in the four countries in the preliminary determinations of its CV duty investigations. Suspension of liquidation and cash deposit requirements will take effect Sept. 13, 2024, for entries of subject merchandise from India, South Korea and Taiwan, and will take retroactive effect for entries from China as of June 15, 2024.
The Commerce Department has released the preliminary results of its antidumping duty administrative review on steel nails from China (A-570-909). In the final results of this review, Commerce will set assessment rates for subject merchandise from 11 companies under review entered August 2022 through July 2023.
The Commerce Department is setting new countervailing duty cash deposit requirements for imports of 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid, also known as 2,4-D, from China (C-570-161) and India (C-533-923), after finding countervailable subsidization of producers and exporters in the two countries in the preliminary determinations of its CV duty investigations. Suspension of liquidation and cash deposit requirements are set to take effect Sept. 13, the date that the preliminary determinations are scheduled to be published in the Federal Register.
A bill that would effectively overrule the Treasury Department's implementation of the foreign entity of concern restrictions for battery components and critical minerals in electric vehicle tax credits passed the House of Representatives Sept. 12 by a vote of 217-192.
A listing of recent Commerce Department antidumping and countervailing duty messages posted on CBP's website Sept. 11, 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 has released its Sept. 11 Customs Bulletin (Vol. 58, No. 36), which includes the following ruling actions:
It's not clear whether removing all Chinese goods or apparel from de minimis would shrink the universe of duty-free imports the most, but the latter approach, combined with a restriction for Section 301 tariff targets, may be gaining support on the Hill.