Rule 2 May 2025 tariffs, imports, import regulations, business and industry, confidential business information, section 232, national security, administrative practice and procedure, aluminum, commerce, classified information, steel, investigations

🏗️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).

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Notice 13 Mar 2025 trade regulations, national security, u.s. department of commerce, timber, lumber, section 232

🌲Public Comment Request on Timber and Lumber National Security Investigation

The Secretary of Commerce has initiated an investigation to determine the effects on the national security of imports of wood products: timber, lumber, and their derivative products. This investigation has been initiated under section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962, as amended. Interested parties are invited to submit written comments, data, analyses, or other information pertinent to the investigation to the Department of Commerce's Bureau of Industry and Security. This notice identifies issues on which the Department is especially interested in obtaining the public's views.

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