Restricting de minimis was never a natural fit for the defense policy bill, one of only two major bills expected to get a vote in the lame duck session of Congress. A bill to fund the government past Dec. 20 is the other.
A listing of recent Commerce Department antidumping and countervailing duty messages posted on CBP's website Dec. 6, 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 U.S. may consider imposing new import tariffs on older generation semiconductors from China, Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo said.
The Commerce Department published notices in the Federal Register Dec. 6 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 has released the final results of the antidumping duty administrative review on citric acid and certain citrate salts from China (A-570-937). Commerce continued its preliminary finding that four companies making up the RZBC group of companies -- RZBC Group Co., Ltd., RZBC Co., Ltd., RZBC Import & Export Co., Ltd., and RZBC (Juxian) Co., Ltd. -- didn't make sales at less than fair value during the May 1, 2022, through April 30, 2023, period of review, assigning them a zero percent AD cash deposit rate, effective Dec. 9.
The Consumer Product Safety Commission announced the following voluntary recalls Dec. 5:
Nearly half of U.S. companies surveyed by the Bureau of Industry and Security this year said they didn’t know whether their products contained any Chinese-made, mature-node semiconductors, BIS said in a summary of those survey results released Dec. 6.
A listing of recent Commerce Department antidumping and countervailing duty messages posted on CBP's website Dec. 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.
The Commerce Department is setting new countervailing duty cash deposit requirements for imports of low speed personal transportation vehicles from China (C-570-177), after finding subsidization of Chinese producers in the preliminary determination of a CVD investigation. Suspension of liquidation and cash deposit requirements generally take effect Dec. 6, but Commerce is making the suspension of liquidation and CVD cash deposits retroactive to Sept. 7 for some Chinese companies.
A final rule on what kinds of purchases of information and communications technology and services (ICTS) from China or other "foreign adversaries" may be reviewed by the Bureau of Information and Security, and perhaps, banned, was released Dec. 5.