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November 2024

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Customs and Trade News Weekly Snapshot

Here is a recap of the latest customs and international trade news:     

Customs and Border Protection (CBP) 

  • CBP seized more than $18 million in fake Gibson guitars in largest counterfeit musical instrument seizure on record. 
  • CBP was the only federal agency selected as one of Military.com’s Top 25 Employers for Veterans 2025.  
  • CBP made several updates to Appendix J response codes for Electronic Export Manifest. 
  • Reminder: the annual Customs Broker permit user fee due date for the 2025 calendar year is due Jan. 31, 2025. The permit user fee for the 2025 calendar year is $180.57. 
  • CBP, in collaboration with Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA), will adjust hours of operation for 38 ports of entry along the U.S. northern border, beginning at midnight, Jan. 6. Full list of changed port operational times here. 
  • CBP’s Commercial Customs Operations Advisory Committee (COAC) announced it will hold its next quarterly meeting on Dec. 11. 

Industry News 

  • In a series of posts on Truth Social, President-Elect Donald Trump p
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CPSC’s Upcoming eFiling Requirement: What You Need to Know

The Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) is tasked with protecting the public from unreasonable risks of injury or death associated with consumer products. The agency issues and enforces standards, issues product recalls, researches hazardous products, and more. The agency also has the authority to order the detention and seizure of goods that it believes to be non-compliant with CPSC safety regulations.

Beginning in 2025, products regulated by the CPSC may be denied entry into the U.S. unless the importer electronically files a detailed product certification with Customs and Border Protection (CBP).

See a full list of CPSC regulated products here.

CPSC’s eFiling Proposal

Since 2008, importers have been required to maintain Certificates of Compliance stating that the product they are importing meets all applicable safety standards. However, these certificates did not need to be filed at the time of import.

In June 2022, CPSC announced a Beta Pilot test with CBP for eFiling of certificate data for regulated consumer products. In 2023, the CPSC and CBP began the text with 38 importer participants. In December 2023, the agencies published a notice expanding the Beta Pilot test to include up to 2,000 additional importer participants and to extend the test for up to three years. In announcing expansion of the test, the CPSC also proposed a new rule that would require that importers of regulated consumer products eFile Certificates of Compliance at import.

On November 22, 2024, the CPSC’s General Counsel circulated a staff briefing memorandum recommending approval and publication of a final rule […]

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ITC Terminates AD/CVD Investigation of Aluminum Extrusions from China, Colombia, Ecuador, India, Indonesia, Italy, Malaysia, Mexico, South Korea, Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, and Vietnam

On November 22, 2024, the International Trade Commission (ITC) published in the Federal Register its negative final determination in the antidumping and countervailing duty (AD/CVD) investigation of aluminum extrusions from China, Colombia, Ecuador, India, Indonesia, Italy, Malaysia, Mexico, South Korea, Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, and Vietnam.

The Commission found that an industry in the United States is not materially injured or threatened with material injury by reason of these imports.

Investigation Background

The Commission instituted these investigations effective October 4, 2023, following receipt of petitions filed by the U.S. Aluminum Extruders Coalition.

The Department of Commerce made preliminary determinations that imports of aluminum extrusions from China, Indonesia, Mexico, and Turkey were subsidized and that imports of aluminum extrusions from China, Colombia, Ecuador, India, Indonesia, Italy, Malaysia, Mexico, South Korea, Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, and Vietnam were sold at less than fair value.

Following this preliminary determination, the final phase of the investigations was scheduled by the Commission. The Commission conducted its hearing on October 1, 2024 where all persons who requested the opportunity were permitted to participate.

Immediate Impact

CBP has been instructed to discontinue the suspension of liquidation of entries of merchandise which were entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or after March 11, 2024. These entries should be liquidated without regard to countervailing duties. Further, all estimated countervailing duties deposited on entries of the subject merchandise will be refunded.

December 2024 update: The parties who petitioned for the antidumping and countervailing duties to be applied have filed an […]

By |2024-12-10T09:08:35-05:00November 30, 2024|AD/CVD, U.S. Department of Commerce (DOC), U.S. International Trade Commission (USITC)|0 Comments
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What Happened This Month in International Trade – November

Notable trade developments – November 2024. 

Customs and Border Protection (CBP)

  • CBP released the October 2024 monthly update. Highlights:
    • Stopped 557 shipments for further examination based on the suspected use of forced labor
    • Seized 1677 shipments that contained counterfeit goods
    • Identified $3.6M in duties and fees owed to the U.S. government
  • CBP was the only federal agency selected as one of Military.com’s Top 25 Employers for Veterans 2025.
  • Reminder: The Customs Broker Permit User Fee amount changed from $174.80 to $180.57. All broker permits issued on or after October 1, 2024, are subject to the new user fee.
  • CBP seized more than $18 million in fake Gibson guitars in largest counterfeit musical instrument seizure on record.

Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS)

  • BIS published an updated version of Don’t Let This Happen to You!, a list of case examples highlighting BIS enforcement efforts including criminal cases.
  • BIS published a final rule imposing new controls on exports, reexports, and transfers (in-country) to Pakistan to address diversion concerns.

Department of Homeland Security (DHS)

  • DHS added 30 additional companies, including metal and food producers, to the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act Entity List.

Office of Foreign Asset Control (OFAC)

  • OFAC announced the issuance of a $1,104,408 penalty against an individual for 75 violations of OFAC sanctions on Iran. The violations related to remittance of funds between the United States and Iran in order to purchase, renovate, and operate a hotel in Iran.

Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) […]

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Trade News: AD/CVD Petition Filed Against Sol Gel Alumina-Based Ceramic Abrasive Grains from China

Saint-Gobain Ceramics & Plastics, Inc., filed a petition for the imposition of antidumping and countervailing (AD/CVD) duties on the imports of certain sol gel alumina-based ceramic abrasive grains from China.

The petitioner alleges that imports of ceramic abrasive grains are being sold in the U.S. at less than fair value. The petitioner also alleges that the government of China has used an array of tools to support local ceramic abrasive grains producers and manufacturers. 

Full list of exporters. Full list of importers.

Background on AD/CVD Investigations

Antidumping duty (“AD”) and countervailing duty (“CVD”) investigations are brought jointly by the U.S. International Trade Commission (“USITC”) and the U.S. Department of Commerce (“Commerce”). AD investigations are triggered when a domestic industry alleges that it has been injured by competing imports of particular goods from specific countries being sold at less than a fair value. Meanwhile, CVD investigations are triggered when a domestic industry alleges that it has been injured by competing imports that are being unfairly subsidized by their governments. 

Scope of the Investigation

Ceramic abrasive grains are a type of advanced abrasive, essential for the use of abrasive tools. After production, sol gel alumina-based ceramic abrasive grains are typically bonded or coated to grinding media or “backings” (i.e., sandpapers, grinding wheels, grinding cylinders, grinding discs, etc.) for end use in high-precision manufacturing tools across a variety of industries.

This Petition covers sol gel alumina-based ceramic abrasive […]

By |2024-11-26T20:42:12-05:00November 26, 2024|AD/CVD, U.S. Department of Commerce (DOC)|0 Comments
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