On March 22, 2024, the Department of Commerce (“Commerce”) released its anticipated new final countervailing duty regulations authorizing the agency to investigate subsidies provided by third country governments to manufacturers in the country under investigation. From 1997 to the present, Commerce limited its examination of subsidies to those programs and benefits provided by the investigated
On March 28, 2024, CC Metals and Alloys, LLC (“CCMA”) and Ferroglobe USA, Inc.(“Ferroglobe”) (“Petitioners”), filed a petition for the imposition of antidumping and countervailing duties on ferrosilicon from the Federative Republic of Brazil (“Brazil”), the Republic of Kazakhstan (“Kazakhstan”), Malaysia, and the Russian Federation (“Russia”).
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On February 23, 2024, the Federal Maritime Commission (FMC) issued a Final Rule intended to add clarity to invoicing requirements outlined in the Ocean Shipping Reform Act of 2022 (OSRA 2022). In particular, the Final Rule provides minimum information for demurrage and detention (D&D) invoices and procedures for disputing charges. D&D invoices have created a host of issues for importers and shippers throughout the economy, especially as they relate to the lack of information provided on the invoices.
On February 14, 2024, the Cornerstone Chemical Company (the “Cornerstone” or “Petitioner”), filed a petition for the imposition of antidumping duties on imports from Germany, India, Japan, the Netherlands, Qatar, and Trinidad and Tobago and countervailing duties on imports of melamine from Germany, India, Qatar, and Trinidad and Tobago.
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A recent ruling analyzed whether certain functions performed in preparation for filing an entry with U.S. Customs and Border Protection (“CBP”) arise to the level of “Customs Business” that must be performed by a licensed broker. Ruling HQ H326926, issued to Heizwerthy Customs & Freight Solutions (“Heizwerthy”), states that allowing an unlicensed company to extract
On December 26, 2023, the United States Trade Representative (“USTR”) announced that it will further extend 352 reinstated exclusions and 77 COVID-related exclusions to duties imposed on goods from China pursuant to Section 301 of the Trade Act of 1974 until May 31, 2024. USTR imposed Section 301 duties in four tranches or “lists,” and
On December 8, 2023, Senators Bill Cassidy and Sheldon Whitehouse introduced a new version of the Customs Modernization bill to amend the Tariff Act of 1930. The new proposal comes over two years after Senator Cassidy initially proposed draft legislation, which we explained in a prior post. The most recent proposed bill aims to
Husch Blackwell’s Technology, Manufacturing & Transportation group has published its second-annual Legal Insights for Manufacturing report, covering the top challenges facing U.S.-based manufacturers and including a section on international trade and supply chain concerns. In particular, our team takes a closer look at the elevated importance of know-your-customer/business (KCY/B) practices and how they are
On October 25, 2023, the American Shrimp Processors Association (“ASPA” or “Petitioner”) filed a petition for the imposition of antidumping duties on frozen warmwater shrimp from Ecuador and Indonesia as well as the imposition of countervailing duties on frozen warmwater shrimp from Ecuador, India, Indonesia, and the Socialist Republic of Vietnam.
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On October 17, 2023, the United Steel, Paper and Forestry, Rubber, Manufacturing, Energy, Allied Industrial and Service Workers International Union, AFL-CIO, CLC (“USW”) (collectively “Petitioners”) filed a petition for the imposition of antidumping duties on truck and bus tires from Thailand.
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The scope of the investigation covers truck and bus tires.