Department of Commerce

In Husch Blackwell’s September 2021 Trade Law Newsletter, you’ll learn about the following updates in international trade and supply chain law:

  • The Court of International Trade issued an order in the Section 301 litigation resolving the steps Plaintiffs will need to take to preserve their rights to receive refunds
  • The United States Environmental Protection

On October 5, 2021, the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (“BIS”) published a final rule in the Federal Register that places new controls on software and technology that can potentially be used for manufacturing biological weapons. The rule comes after a decision in May 2021 by the forty-three (43) participant countries

The Department of Commerce’s (“Commerce”) Bureau of Industry & Security (“BIS”) recently issued requests for comment on risks to the information communications and technology (“ICT”) and semiconductor supply chains.  These comments are being requested as part of the U.S. government’s broader review of supply chain vulnerabilities (see here, here, and here).

ICT

On October 1, 2021, the Department of Commerce (“Commerce”) announced in the Federal Register the opportunity to request an annual administrative review for products that are currently subject to antidumping and countervailing duties. The products and countries that have been listed in the Federal Register notice are the following:

AD

  • Australia: Certain Hot-Rolled Steel Flat

In Husch Blackwell’s August 2021 Trade Law Newsletter, you’ll learn about the following updates in international trade and supply chain law:

  • U.S. Customs and Border Protection issued updated guidance for returned goods under HTSUS subheading 9801.00.10
  • Domestic industry filed anti-circumvention cases involving three countries and imports of crystalline silicon photovoltaic (“CSPV”) cells
  • An update

On September 7, 2021, the U.S. Department of Commerce published a notice initiating new administrative reviews for antidumping duty (AD) and countervailing duty (CVD) orders with July anniversary dates. Listed below are the countries and products named in the notice:

  1. Belgium
    • Citric Acid and Certain Citrate Salts (A–423–813)
  2. Columbia
    • Citric Acid and Certain Citrate Salts

The Petitioners representing the U.S. domestic industry filed new petitions with the U.S. Department of Commerce (“Commerce”) against imports from three countries, Thailand, Vietnam, and Malaysia, alleging that certain Chinese producers are diverting Chinese-origin components through Thailand to undergo minor processing to complete Crystalline Silicon Photovoltaic (“CSPV”) cells and modules subject to the Orders and subsequently to export the merchandise to the United States to avoid AD/CVD duties.  The companies that were named in the circumvention submissions were: