🏗️Notification of FTZ Production Activity by PINNACLEMOD LLC
The Department of Commerce has received a notification from PINNACLEMOD LLC regarding proposed production activity at its Aberdeen, Washington facility within Foreign-Trade Zone 173. The activity includes manufacturing prefabricated modular steel buildings using various foreign-status materials, subject to specific regulations and public comment.
Learn More⚖️USITC Notice on Boiler Protection Complaint and Public Interest Comments
Notice is hereby given that the U.S. International Trade Commission has received a complaint entitled "Certain Boiler Protection for Absorption Refrigeration Systems, Components Thereof, and Products Containing the Same, DN 3829;" the Commission is soliciting comments on any public interest issues raised by the complaint or complainant's filing pursuant to the Commission's Rules of Practice and Procedure.
Learn More⚗️Usona Institute Seeks Registration to Import Controlled Substances
Usona Institute. has applied to be registered as an importer of basic class(es) of controlled substance(s). Refer to Supplementary Information listed below for further drug information.
Learn More⚖️Preliminary Results on Antidumping Duties for Fluid End Blocks from Italy
The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily finds that certain producers/exporters of forged steel fluid end blocks (fluid end blocks) from Italy made sales of subject merchandise at less than normal value (NV) during the period of review (POR) January 1, 2023, through December 31, 2023. We are rescinding this administrative review, in part, with respect to one company. We invite interested parties to comment on these preliminary results.
Learn More🦐Annual Certification of Shrimp-Harvesting Nations for U.S. Imports
On April 11, 2025, the Department of State certified to Congress that wild-caught shrimp harvested in the following nations and Hong Kong are eligible to enter the United States: Argentina, the Bahamas, Belgium, Belize, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Denmark, the Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Estonia, Fiji, Gabon, Germany, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Iceland, Ireland, Jamaica, Mexico, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Norway, Oman, Panama, Russia, Sri Lanka, Suriname, Sweden, the United Kingdom, and Uruguay. The Department of State determined that wild-caught shrimp harvested in particular fisheries of certain nations and products from that shrimp are eligible to enter the United States: Australia (Northern Prawn Fishery, the Queensland East Coast Trawl Fishery, the Spencer Gulf, and the Torres Strait Prawn Fishery), France (French Guiana), Italy (giant red shrimp), Japan (shrimp baskets in Hokkaido), Republic of Korea (mosquito nets), and Spain (Mediterranean red shrimp). For nations, economies, and fisheries not listed above, only shrimp harvested from aquaculture and products from that shrimp are eligible to enter the United States. Shrimp and products from shrimp (products containing shrimp) imports into the United States must be accompanied by the DS-2031 Shrimp Exporter's/Importer's Declaration.
Learn More⚖️Circumvention Inquiry on Acidic Solid HEDP Imports from China
The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily determines that imports of 1-hydroxyethylidene-1, 1-diphosphonic acid, also referred to as hydroxyethylidenendiphosphonic acid, hydroxyethanediphosphonic acid, acetodiphosphonic acid, and etidronic acid, in solid or powder form (acidic solid HEDP) from the People's Republic of China (China) are circumventing the antidumping duty (AD) and countervailing duty (CVD) orders on 1-hydroxyethylidene-1, 1- diphosphonic acid (HEDP) from China. Interested parties are invited to comment on this preliminary determination.
Learn More🖥️ITC Investigation on Electronic Devices and Patent Violations
Notice is hereby given that the U.S. International Trade Commission ("Commission") has determined to review in its entirety a final initial determination ("ID") of the presiding administrative law judge ("ALJ"), finding no violation of section 337. The Commission requests written submissions from the parties on the issues under review and submissions from the parties, interested government agencies, and other interested persons on the issues of remedy, the public interest, and bonding, under the schedule set forth below.
Learn More🎨Notice of Cultural Objects Determinations for Upcoming Exhibition
Notice is hereby given of the following determinations: I hereby determine that certain objects being imported from abroad pursuant to agreements with their foreign owners or custodians for temporary display in the exhibition "A Room of Her Own: Women Artist- Activists in Britain, 1875-1945" at The Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, Williamstown, Massachusetts, and at possible additional exhibitions or venues yet to be determined, are of cultural significance, and, further, that their temporary exhibition or display within the United States as aforementioned is in the national interest. I have ordered that Public Notice of these determinations be published in the Federal Register.
Learn More🏗️New Section 232 Tariff Inclusion Procedures for Steel and Aluminum
On February 10, 2025, the President issued Proclamations 10895, "Adjusting Imports of Aluminum into The United States" (Aluminum Proclamation), and 10896, "Adjusting Imports of Steel into the United States" (Steel Proclamation), imposing specified rates of duty on imports of aluminum and steel articles and certain derivative steel and aluminum articles, respectively (collectively, the Inclusions Proclamations). The Inclusions Proclamations also required the Secretary of Commerce to establish a process for including additional derivative aluminum and steel articles within the scope of the ad valorem duties. The Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS), in this interim final rule (IFR), establishes the process for including additional derivative aluminum and steel articles within the scope of the ad valorem duties authorized by the President under Section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962, as amended (Section 232). This IFR also removes the aluminum and steel exclusions process authorized by clause 3 of the March 18, 2018, Presidential Proclamations 9704 and 9705 (collectively, the Exclusions Proclamations).
Learn More📦Notice of Scope Ruling Applications in Trade Compliance
The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) received scope ruling applications, requesting that scope inquiries be conducted to determine whether identified products are covered by the scope of antidumping duty (AD) and/or countervailing duty (CVD) orders and that Commerce issue scope rulings pursuant to those inquiries. In accordance with Commerce's regulations, we are notifying the public of the filing of the scope ruling applications listed below in the month of March 2025.
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