The administration has added seafood, PVC, which is used in vinyl flooring, and aluminum to its priority enforcement sectors under the Ugyhur Forced Labor Prevention Act, it announced in its strategy update this week. This is the first time priority sectors have been added since the law went into effect two years ago; the original priority sectors of apparel, cotton products, polysilicon and solar panels made from polysilicon, and tomatoes remain.

The Commerce Department published notices in the Federal Register July 3 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 recognizing the name change and corporate reorganization of an Indian company for the purposes of an antidumping duty order on frozen warmwater shrimp from India (A-533-840), it said in a notice of the final results of a changed circumstances review. The agency confirmed its preliminary finding that Varma Marine Private Limited (Varma) is the successor-in-interest to Varma Marine, saying that Varma continues to operate as the same business entity following a takeover agreement to transfer all Varma Marine assets to Varma, such that Varma operates as essentially the same business entity as Varma Marine with respect to the production and sale of subject merchandise. Commerce said that effective July 3, Varma now inherits the AD rate assigned to Varma Marine, which is currently 3.88%. (For a summary of the preliminary results of this changed circumstances review, see 2405100057.)

On July 2, the FDA posted new and revised versions of the following Import Alerts on the detention without physical examination of:

Almost three years after environmental groups asked the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative to ask the tri-national Commission on Environmental Cooperation to establish a formal factual record of Mexico's failure to enforce its ban on gillnets in the Upper Gulf of California in Mexico (see 2108130052), that commission will begin such a fact-finding mission.

Almost three years after environmental groups asked the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative to ask the tri-national Commission on Environmental Cooperation to establish a formal factual record of Mexico's failure to enforce its ban on gillnets in the Upper Gulf of California in Mexico (see 2108130052), that commission will begin such a fact-finding mission.

The International Trade Commission published notices in the June 26 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):

On June 25, the FDA posted new and revised versions of the following Import Alerts on the detention without physical examination of:

The Commerce Department and the International Trade Commission published the following Federal Register notices June 26 on AD/CVD proceedings:

DHS has added three more companies to the list of companies cited for using forced labor from the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR), according to a notice.