A listing of recent Commerce Department antidumping and countervailing duty messages posted on CBP's website April 2, 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 released the quarterly IRS interest rates used to calculate interest on overdue accounts (underpayments) and refunds (overpayments) of customs duties. For the quarter that began April 1, the interest rate for overpayments is 7% for corporations and 8% for non-corporations. The rate for underpayments is 8% for both corporations and non-corporations. That's unchanged from the previous quarter.
In the March 27 Customs Bulletin (Vol. 58, No. 12), CBP published a proposal to revoke and modify ruling letters concerning an absorber crashbox and a ratchet and pawl cargo securing device.
The U.S. government hasn't yet identified a timeline for cleanup of the wreckage at the Port of Baltimore after the Francis Scott Key Bridge was hit by a container ship on March 26 (see 2403260047), Baltimore Port Director Adam Rottman said on an April 2 CBP call. Rotman said CBP also is requiring that cars that were already cleared for export must be transported under bond to a new port. CBP will issue further CSMS messages as it gets "more concrete information," another CBP official on the call said.
The country of origin for omega-3-acid ethyl ester capsules is Norway for the purposes of government procurement, as they don't undergo a substantial transformation when the Norwegian active pharmaceutical ingredient is combined with inactive ingredients in China, CBP said. The product's name, character or use doesn't change as a result of the processing in China, CBP said.
A listing of recent Commerce Department antidumping and countervailing duty messages posted on CBP's website April 1, 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.
A listing of recent Commerce Department antidumping and countervailing duty messages posted on CBP's website March 29, 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.