On February 19, 2021, US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) published in the Federal Register a notice [Docket No. USCBP-2021-0006] that the Commercial Customs Operations Advisory Committee (COAC) will hold its quarterly meeting on Wednesday, March 17, 2021. The meeting will be open to the public via webinar only. There is no on-site, in-person option for this quarterly meeting. The webinar link and conference number will be provided to all registrants by 5:00 p.m. EDT…
On February 12, 2021, the Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) published in the Federal Register a notice stating that the USTR together with the affected United States industry have agreed that it is unnecessary at this time to revise the action in the Section 301 investigation involving the enforcement of US rights in the World Trade Organization (WTO) dispute involving Large Civil Aircraft subsidies provided by certain current or former member States…
On January 27, 2021, CBP issued CSMS #45967303 – United Arab Emirates Section 232 Aluminum Absolute Quota limits beginning February 3, 2021, to implement Presidential Proclamation 10139. However, on February 1, 2021, President Biden revoked Proclamation 10139 before it was to take effect and restored the 10% duties for aluminum from the UAE. As a result, CBP issued CSMS #46027083 – United Arab Emirates Section 232 Aluminum Presidential Proclamation 10139 REVOKED February 1, 2021, which…
On January 25, 2021, the Federal Register published Proclamation 10139 of January 19 – Adjusting Imports of Aluminum Into the United States, which modified the terms of Proc. 9704 of March 8, 2018, imposing a 10% additional ad valorem duty on aluminum imports from most countries under section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962, as amended (19 U.S.C. 1862). Proclamation 10139 added the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to the list of countries exempt…
On January 27, 2021, the International Trade Administration, Department of Commerce published in the Federal Register a document delaying the effective date of a final rule and requesting comments [Docket No. 210122-0011; ITA-2021-0001] on the “Aluminum Import Monitoring and Analysis System,” from January 25, 2021 until March 29, 2021. This delay in effective date is necessary to allow the incoming Administration time to review the Final Rule [See 85 FR 83804 (Dec. 23, 2020)], and…
On January 27, 2021, CBP issued CSMS #45967303 – United Arab Emirates Section 232 Aluminum Absolute Quota limits beginning February 3, 2021, which is provided below: The 2021 Section 232 United Arab Emirates Absolute Quota Aluminum threshold is announced on Quota Bulletin QB 21-701A at: https://www.cbp.gov/trade/quota/bulletins. All entries submitted From January 1 through March 31, 2021 will count towards the Q1 quota limit. Entries as of February 3, 2021 must utilize HTS 9903.85.06 through 990385.08…
On January 22, 2021, the Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) published in the Federal Register a notice [Docket No. USTR-2020-0037] that USTR has determined that Vietnam’s acts, policies, and practices related to currency valuation, including excessive foreign exchange market interventions and other related actions, taken in their totality, are unreasonable and burden or restrict US commerce, and thus actionable under Section 301. Under section 303 of the Trade Act, the U.S. Trade…
On January 21, 2021, the Office of the US Trade Representative (USTR) published in the Federal Register individual determinations regarding whether the Digital Services Taxes (DST) of Austria, Spain and the United Kingdom are actionable pursuant to Section 301 of the Trade Act of 1974. Austria: USTR has determined that Austria’s DST is unreasonable or discriminatory and burdens or restricts US commerce and thus is actionable under Section 301. Based on information obtained during…
On January 15, 2021, the Office of the US Trade Representative (USTR) published in the Federal Register a notice that announces the U.S. Trade USTR’s determination to make a technical amendment to a previously granted exclusion and the extension to that exclusion. The product exclusion amendment announced in annex A of the notice will apply from September 24, 2018 to August 7, 2020. The product exclusion extension amendment announced in annex B of the notice…
On January 15, 2021, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration (ITA), Department of Commerce, published in the Federal Register a notice announcing that, effective immediately upon publication of the notice, it is discontinuing its policy to issue liquidation instructions in certain segments of antidumping duty (AD) and countervailing duty (CVD) administrative proceedings to US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) 15 days after publication or mailing, whichever applies, of final administrative determinations where no statutory injunction…