🧬Duty-Free Entry Approval for Scientific Instruments by Commerce
This notice from the Department of Commerce announces the approval of duty-free entry for several scientific instruments used in advanced research. The decision indicates that no equivalent instruments are manufactured in the U.S., allowing educational and research institutions to obtain foreign equipment without import duties, thereby enhancing their technical capabilities.
Learn More🪵Amendments to Duties for Multilayered Wood Flooring from China
On August 29, 2025, the U.S. Court of International Trade (CIT) issued its final judgment in Evolutions Flooring, Inc. et al. v. United States, Consol. Court No. 21-00591, sustaining the U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce)'s remand results pertaining to the administrative review of the countervailing duty (CVD) order on multilayered wood flooring from the People's Republic of China (China) covering the period January 1, 2018, through December 31, 2018. Commerce is notifying the public that the CIT's final judgment is not in harmony with Commerce's final results of the administrative review, and that Commerce is amending the final results with respect to the countervailable subsidy rate assigned to Jiangsu Senmao Bamboo Wood Industry Co., Ltd. (Jiangsu Senmao), Riverside Plywood Corporation (Riverside Plywood) and its cross-owned affiliate Baroque Timber Industries (Zhongshan) Co., Ltd. (Baroque Timber), and the non-selected companies under review.
Learn More🌍USTR Calls for Comments on Foreign Trade Barriers for 2026 Report
The Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR), through the Trade Policy Staff Committee (TPSC), publishes the National Trade Estimate Report on Foreign Trade Barriers (NTE Report) each year. USTR invites comments to assist it and the TPSC in identifying significant foreign barriers to, or distortions of, U.S. exports of goods and services and U.S. foreign direct investment for inclusion in the NTE Report. USTR also will consider responses to this notice as part of the annual review of the operation and effectiveness of all U.S. trade agreements regarding telecommunications products and services that are in force with respect to the United States.
Learn More⚖️Court Decision Impacts Antidumping Duties on Steel from Italy
On September 3, 2025, the U.S. Court of International Trade (CIT) issued its final judgment in Officine Tecnosider SRL v. United States, Court no. 23-00001, sustaining the U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce)'s second remand results pertaining to the administrative review of the antidumping duty (AD) order on certain carbon and alloy steel cut-to-length plate (CTL Plate) from Italy covering the period May 1, 2020, through April 30, 2021. Commerce is notifying the public that the CIT's final judgment is not in harmony with Commerce's final results of the administrative review, and that Commerce is amending the final results with respect to the dumping margin assigned to Officine Tecnosider s.r.l. (OTS).
Learn More🚬JUUL Labs Initiates Patent Investigation Against Vaporizer Competitors
Notice is hereby given that a complaint was filed with the U.S. International Trade Commission on August 8, 2025, under section 337 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, on behalf of JUUL Labs, Inc. of Washington, DC. The complaint alleges violations of section 337 based upon the importation into the United States, the sale for importation, and the sale within the United States after importation of certain vaporizer devices, cartridges used therewith, and components thereof by reason of the infringement of certain claims of U.S. Patent No. 12,156,533 ("the '533 patent"). The complaint further alleges that an industry in the United States exists as required by the applicable Federal Statute. The complainant requests that the Commission institute an investigation and, after the investigation, issue a limited exclusion order and cease and desist orders.
Learn More⏳Postponement of Preliminary Determinations in Silicon Metal Investigations
The U.S. Department of Commerce has postponed the preliminary determinations in less-than-fair-value investigations of silicon metal imports from Australia and Norway, delaying the findings required for potential trade remedy actions. The decision is based on requests from petitioners for additional time to develop the investigative record effectively.
Learn More⚖️Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Review for Citric Acid
The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily determines that RZBC Group Co., Ltd., RZBC Co., Ltd., RZBC Import & Export Co., Ltd., and RZBC (Juxian) Co., Ltd. (collectively, RZBC) did not make sales of citric acid and certain citrate salts (citric acid) from the People's Republic of China (China) at less than normal value (NV) during the period of review (POR) May 1, 2023, through April 30, 2024. Interested parties are invited to comment on these preliminary results of review.
Learn More⚖️Preliminary Antidumping Duty Review Results for CTL Plate from Korea
The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) determines that POSCO, POSCO International Corporation, POSCO MS, Taechang Steel Co., Ltd., and Winsteel Co., Ltd., (collectively, the POSCO single entity) did not make sales of cut to length plate (CTL plate) from the Republic of Korea (Korea) in the United States below normal value (NV) during the period of review (POR). The POR is May 1, 2023, through April 30, 2024. Interested parties are invited to comment on these preliminary results.
Learn More⚖️Preliminary Antidumping Duty Review Results for Silicomanganese Imports
The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) is conducting an administrative review of the antidumping duty (AD) order on silicomanganese from India for the period of review (POR) May 1, 2023, through April 30, 2024. Commerce preliminarily finds that silicomanganese from India was not sold in the United States at prices below normal value during the POR. Interested parties are invited to comment on these preliminary results of review.
Learn More⚒️Temporary Steel Fencing Investigations by USITC Announced
The Commission hereby gives notice of the scheduling of the final phase of antidumping and countervailing duty investigation Nos. 701-TA-754 and 731-TA-1732 (Final) pursuant to the Tariff Act of 1930 to determine whether an industry in the United States is materially injured or threatened with material injury, or the establishment of an industry in the United States is materially retarded, by reason of imports of temporary steel fencing from China, provided for in subheading 7308.90.95 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States, preliminarily determined by the Department of Commerce ("Commerce") to be subsidized and sold at less-than-fair-value.
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