Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, is asking the Commerce Department to allow exclusions for aluminum and steel products subject to Section 232 tariffs, as they did in the first term, because lobstermen are finding it harder to make a profit due to higher costs.
More domestic producers in an Ecuadorian shrimp case objected Oct. 10 to exporters’ motion to supplement the judicial record. They also brought a challenge to the exporters’ further request for more briefing on the issue (Industrial Pesquera Santa Priscila v. United States, CIT Consol. # 25-00025).
The Southern Shrimp Alliance has criticized the FDA for failing to address an "unprecedented amount" of banned antibiotics in imported Indonesian shrimp, according to an Oct. 7 statement by the group.
Starting Oct. 31, the FDA will require import certification for shrimp and spices from certain regions of Indonesia, citing a perceived contamination risk of food with Cesium-137, the FDA said on Oct. 3.
The following are short summaries of recent CBP NY rulings issued by the agency's National Commodity Specialist Division in New York:
In the Sept. 17 Customs Bulletin (Vol. 59, No. 38), CBP published proposals to modify and revoke ruling letters concerning the country of origin for an e-scooter and tariff classifications of shrimp spring rolls and breaded shrimp.
Petitioner American Shrimp Processors Association, a defendant-intervenor in a countervailing duty case, “strongly” objected Sep. 17 to a motion by the case’s two plaintiffs to complete the agency record by adding “‘minor corrections’ document packages” offered to the Commerce Department at verification. The untimely motion comes five months after the record was closed, the petitioner said (Industrial Pesquera Santa Priscila v. United States, CIT Consol. # 25-00025).
In the Sept. 17 Customs Bulletin (Vol. 59, No. 38), CBP published proposals to modify and revoke ruling letters concerning the country of origin for an e-scooter and tariff classifications of shrimp spring rolls and breaded shrimp.
Sens. Bill Cassidy, R-La., and Cindy Hyde-Smith, R-Miss., reintroduced the India Shrimp Tariff Act, which would add a 10% duty to Indian shrimp in January, and increase it to 20% in 2027 and 40% in 2028.
CBP has released its Sept. 17 Customs Bulletin (Vol. 59, No. 38), which includes the following ruling actions: