The Commerce Department issued notices in the Federal Register on its recently initiated antidumping and countervailing duty investigations on thermoformed molded fiber products from China (A-570-182/C-570-183) and Vietnam (A-552-845/C-552-846). The CVD investigations cover entries Jan. 1 - Dec. 31, 2023. The AD investigations cover entries April 1, 2024 - Sept. 30, 2024.
The Consumer Product Safety Commission announced the following voluntary recalls Oct. 31:
A listing of recent Commerce Department antidumping and countervailing duty messages posted on CBP's website Oct. 31, 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 Oct. 30 Customs Bulletin (Vol. 58, No. 43), which includes the following ruling actions:
A CBP newsletter shared that JFK's International Mail Facility in New York has been using a non-intrusive detection tool since 2021 to look for illicit opioids, and it has been effective enough to expand to other ports of entry.
Although the EU ambassador emphasized all the ways that the EU and the U.S. coordinate on trade, a panelist discussing the future of the U.S.-EU trade relationship demonstrated the ways the two economic powers talk past each other at times.
The Commerce Department said it's rescinding the administrative review of the antidumping duty order on certain frozen warmwater shrimp from China (A-570-893) for the period of review Feb. 1, 2023, through Jan. 31, 2024, because there were no reviewable, suspended entries of subject merchandise during the review period for any of the companies for which the review had been requested. Commerce will instruct CBP to assess AD on all appropriate entries, at rates equal to the cash deposit of estimated AD required at the time of entry, or withdrawal from warehouse, for consumption, it said.
The Commerce Department announced the opportunity to request administrative reviews by Dec. 2 for producers and exporters subject to 46 antidumping duty orders, 14 countervailing duty orders, and one suspended antidumping duty investigation with November anniversary dates, in a notice to be published Nov. 1.
The chairman of the House Select Committee on China welcomed a new report from Horizon Advisory that said the bipartisan infrastructure law and the Inflation Reduction Act have spurred investments in advanced battery production and critical minerals recycling, which "carry great promise but they will be for naught if the U.S. does not recognize and counter China's state-backed market dominance and manipulations with additional investments, stronger protective measures, and stringent enforcement mechanisms."
CBP issued the following releases on commercial trade and related matters: