A new report summarizing town halls convened by Farmers for Free Trade says the elimination of the steel and aluminum tariffs on Canada and Mexico “went a long way toward stabilizing these export markets,” and that grain prices have recovered, but that more free trade deals are critical to support farmers and rural economies. The report, released Dec. 15, was highlighted in a webinar.
The International Trade Commission published notices in the Dec. 8 Federal Register on the following AD/CV injury, Section 337 patent and other trade proceedings (any notices that warrant a more detailed summary will be in another ITT article):
A listing of recent Commerce Department antidumping and countervailing duty messages posted to CBP's website Dec. 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 ADD CVD Search page.
A listing of recent Commerce Department antidumping and countervailing duty messages posted to CBP's website Nov. 30, 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 ADD CVD Search page.
The Commerce Department published notices in the Nov. 30 Federal Register 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):
Suspension of liquidation and countervailing duty cash deposit requirements take effect Nov. 30 for imports of phosphate fertilizers from Morocco (C-714-001) and Russia (A-821-825), after the Commerce Department found illegal subsidization in preliminary determinations issued as part of its ongoing CV duty investigations.
The Customs Rulings Online Search System (CROSS) was updated Nov. 20. The following headquarters rulings were modified recently, according to CBP:
China’s General Administration of Customs will allow imports of French “breeding eggs,” a Sept. 14 notice said, according to an unofficial translation. The notice contains quarantine and sanitation requirements for the egg imports. The two countries have an arrangement and protocol in place, and the guidelines will ensure proper enforcement. The notice says “breeding eggs” are defined as “poultry and fertilized poultry eggs used for breeding and breeding young poultry, including chickens, ducks, geese and other breeding poultry birds.”
The Commerce Department published a notice in the Sept. 2 Federal Register on the following AD/CV duty proceeding (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 extending until Nov. 23 the deadline for its preliminary determinations in the countervailing duty investigations on phosphate fertilizers from Morocco and Russia (C-714-001, C-821-825), and will also extend until Dec. 7 the deadline for its CV duty preliminary determinations on seamless carbon and alloy standard, line and pressure pipe from South Korea and Russia (C-580-910, C-821-827), it said in notices released Sept. 1. The agency decided to postpone after the domestic producers that requested the investigations asked for extensions. Liquidation can only be suspended and cash deposits of estimated CV duties can only be collected after the preliminary determinations, although these requirements can be made retroactive 90 days from the preliminary determination if Commerce finds “critical circumstances.”