The Commerce Department issued notices in the Federal Register on its recently initiated antidumping and countervailing duty investigations on brake drums from China and Turkey (A-570-174/C-570-175, A-489-853/C-489-854). The CVD investigations cover entries for the calendar year 2023. The AD investigation on Turkey covers entries April 1, 2023, through March 31, 2024, and the AD investigation on China covers entries Oct. 1, 2023, through March 31, 2024.
Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump, in a sit-down interview with Bloomberg shortly before the attempt on his life, argued that tariffs are "phenomenal" economically -- "and man, is it good for negotiation."
A listing of recent Commerce Department antidumping and countervailing duty messages posted on CBP's website July 16, 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 July 17 Customs Bulletin (Vol. 58, No. 28). Among a number of general notices published in the bulletin are a notice of issuance of a final determination concerning a DisplayPort male-to-female video adapter (see 2407010033), and a notice of the revocation of nine ruling letters and the revocation of treatment relating to the tariff classification of wireless headphone sets from China, Mexico and an undisclosed country of origin (see 2404240061).
The International Trade Commission published notices in the July 16 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 July 16 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):
A U.S. producer seeks the imposition of new antidumping and countervailing duties on imports of tungsten shot from China, it said in petitions filed July 9 with the Commerce Department and the International Trade Commission. Commerce will now decide whether to begin AD/CVD investigations, which could result in the imposition of permanent AD/CVD orders on tungsten shot.
The Commerce Department is finalizing antidumping duties on importers of certain hydrofluorocarbon blends from Turkey and China. The agency found in its final determinations in a trio of anti-circumvention inquiries that imports of the blends from Turkey and China are circumventing the AD order on hydrofluorocarbon blends from China (A-570-028).
The Commerce Department issued notices in the Federal Register on its recently initiated antidumping and countervailing duty investigations on low-speed personal transportation vehicles from China (A-570-176/C-570-177). The CVD investigation covers entries Jan. 1 - Dec. 31, 2023. The AD investigation covers entries Oct. 1, 2023 - March 31, 2024.
Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., introduced a bill that would impose 150% tariffs on electromagnets, permanent magnets, batteries, solar panels, and solar wafers made by entities controlled by China, even if those products were manufactured in other countries. The Critical Mineral Supply Chain Realignment Act of 2024 also would keep hiking tariffs on those goods made in China, to 300% in the second year, 450% in the third year, and 800% after that.