The U.S. International Trade Commission (USITC) is undertaking a new factfinding investigation that will examine the impact of tariffs on U.S. imports under section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962 (19 U.S.C. 1862) and section 301 of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2232) in effect as of March 15, 2022, as reflected in the Harmonized …
Suspended tariffs will bolster one of Ukraine’s most important industries
Today, United States Secretary of Commerce Gina M. Raimondo announced the United States of America will be temporarily suspending 232 tariffs on Ukrainian steel for one year. Ukraine’s steel industry is uniquely important to the country’s economic strength, employing 1 in 13 Ukrainians with good-paying jobs.
Some of Ukraine’s
WASHINGTON – The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative is today commencing the statutory process required leading up to the four-year anniversaries of the tariff actions in the Section 301 investigation of China’s Acts, Policies, and Practices Related to Technology Transfer, Intellectual Property, and Innovation.
The first step in the process is to notify representatives of domestic industries that …
The US Trade Representative (USTR) has begun the first step of a statutorily mandated review process to determine whether the Section 301 tariffs should be continued. The additional tariffs have now been in effect for four years, therefore triggering a review to determine their effectiveness and impact on the US economy and consumers.
The USTR announced a two phase …
At a recent textile conference, CBP Office of Trade deputy executive assistant commissioner, John Leonard, admitted that while they will be ready for the start of the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act in June, they won’t have identified factories outside of the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR) that employ Uyghurs or members of other persecuted groups by the start …
This CSMS updates information on entry data requirements for importers subject to FDA’s Foreign Supplier Verification Programs for Food Importers (FSVP) regulation.
Currently, FDA guidance provides that FSVP Importers may temporarily submit “UNK” (unknown) in place of the DUNS number for the FSVP Importer in PG19. In issuing this guidance, FDA explained that while the agency expected all importers …
Due to an error in programming, as of April 12, 2022, ACE inadvertently would not permit the transmittal of the required chapter 99 numbers for China Section 301 duty and/or exclusion for several Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS) classifications.
The ACE programming for the HTSUS numbers identified in CSMS message #51675127 issued on April 21, 2022, …
Under the Marine Mammal Protection Act, the U.S. National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) has imposed import restrictions on designated fish products caught in certain Mexican fisheries operating in the Upper Gulf of California. These trade restrictions were imposed to protect the vaquita, a species of porpoise endemic to the northern part of the Gulf of California. Information on the …
Beginning June 29, 2022, U.S. Commerce Department (Commerce) Aluminum Import licensing applications will require both fields of “country of largest smelt” and “country of second largest smelt.” Commerce defines the field for the country of smelt for the largest (and second largest) volume of primary aluminum as the country where the largest volume of new aluminum metal is produced …
Today, the FDA issued an updated guidance for industry, Compliance with Providing an Acceptable Unique Facility Identifier for the Foreign Supplier Verification Programs for Food Importers Regulation. The updated guidance replaces the temporary policy put in place with the March 2018 guidance of the same name, by stating that beginning on July 24, 2022 the use of the …