CBP issued the following releases on commercial trade and related matters:
Russia export controls and sanctions
The use of export controls and sanctions on Russia has surged since the country's invasion of Crimea in 2014, and especially its invasion of Ukraine in in February 2022. Similar export controls and sanctions have been imposed by U.S. allies, including the EU, U.K. and Japan. The following is a listing of recent articles in Export Compliance Daily on export controls and sanctions imposed on Russia:
The Commerce Department is amending the agreement suspending antidumping duties on uranium from Russia (A-821-802), it said in a notice released Oct. 8. The agency has reached agreement with Russia’s State Atomic Energy Corp. Rosatom to extend the accord, in place since 1992, until 2040, with some decreases to maximum export levels set by the deal that will be phased in by 2028. The amended suspension agreement is in effect from Oct. 5.
The International Trade Commission published notices in the Oct. 5 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):
The Commerce Department is giving advance notice that next month it will consider revoking the antidumping duty order on cut-to-length carbon steel plate from China (A-570-849), as well as the antidumping and countervailing duty orders on melamine from China (A-570-020/C-570-021), potassium phosphate salts from China (A-570-962/C-570-963) and welded line pipe from South Korea and Turkey (A-580-876/C-580-877, A-489-822/C-489-823), and the suspended antidumping duty investigations on cut-to-length carbon steel plate from Russia and Ukraine (A-821-808, A-823-808), in automatic five-year sunset reviews scheduled to begin in November 2020. These orders will be revoked unless Commerce finds that revocation would lead to dumping and the International Trade Commission finds that revocation would result in injury to U.S. industry, Commerce said in a notice released Sept. 30.
The Aluminum Association filed petitions on Sept. 29 with the Commerce Department and the International Trade Commission requesting new antidumping duty investigations on aluminum foil from Armenia, Brazil, Oman, Russia and Turkey, and new countervailing duties on aluminum foil from Oman and Turkey. Commerce will now decide whether to begin AD/CVD investigations on aluminum from these countries that could eventually result in the assessment of AD/CV duties.
The Commerce Department is proposing changes to the suspension agreement for an antidumping case against Russian uranium, and is seeking public comments. The amendment would drop the cap on Russian imports from 20% of U.S. enriched uranium demand to 15% by 2028, for an average of 17% over the next 20 years. It also limits what proportion of the exports can be natural uranium concentrates and conversion components. Those changes begin in 2026.
Less than two weeks before Canada will impose 10% tariffs on $2.7 billion in aluminum-containing goods, the Aluminum Association, and the much smaller American Primary Aluminum Association, squared off on a Sept. 3 Washington International Trade Association panel, with the Canadian Aluminum Association and aluminum customers complaining about being caught in the crossfire of the U.S.-China conflict.
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.”
The International Trade Commission published notices in the Aug. 28 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):
The International Trade Commission published notices in the Aug. 13 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):