Notice 19 Aug 2025 business compliance, trade regulations, bureau of industry and security, steel tariffs, aluminum tariffs

🛠️New Steel and Aluminum Tariffs

BIS is adding 407 Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS) codes to the list of products that will be considered as steel or aluminum derivative products. For such products, steel and aluminum tariffs based on Section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962 (Section 232) will apply to the steel and aluminum content. The non-steel and non-aluminum content will remain subject to the reciprocal and other applicable tariffs. For 60 HTSUS codes, BIS has decided not to include them as steel and aluminum derivative products at this time, because they are subject to other ongoing investigations pursuant to Section 232 or other trade statutes. The complete list of HTSUS codes added to the Section 232 tariffs by today's action is listed in the annexes to this notice.

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Notice 18 Aug 2025 business compliance, trade regulations, foreign assets control, sanctions, ofac, u.s. treasury

🚫OFAC Sanctions Notice

The U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) is publishing the names of one or more persons that have been placed on OFAC's Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons List (SDN List) based on OFAC's determination that one or more applicable legal criteria were satisfied. All property and interests in property subject to U.S. jurisdiction of these persons are blocked, and U.S. persons are generally prohibited from engaging in transactions with them. Additionally, OFAC is publishing the removal of persons currently on OFAC's SDN List based on OFAC's determination that one or more applicable legal criteria were satisfied. All property and interests in property subject to U.S. jurisdiction of such persons are unblocked, and U.S. persons are permitted to engage in lawful transactions with them. Finally, OFAC is publishing updates to the identifying information of two persons currently included on the SDN List.

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Notice 18 Aug 2025 compliance, cybersecurity, trade regulations, treasury, sanctions, ofac, russia, financial risk

🚫OFAC Sanctions Action

The U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) is publishing the names of one or more persons that have been placed on OFAC's Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons List (SDN List) based on OFAC's determination that one or more applicable legal criteria were satisfied. All property and interests in property subject to U.S. jurisdiction of these persons are blocked, and U.S. persons are generally prohibited from engaging in transactions with them.

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Notice 18 Aug 2025 countervailing duties, imports, trade regulations, commerce department, india, freight rail

🚂Initiation of Countervailing Duty Investigation on Freight Rail Couplers

The Department of Commerce has initiated a countervailing duty investigation into imports of freight rail couplers and parts from India based on allegations of government subsidies causing injury to the domestic industry. Interested parties are invited to comment on the scope of the investigation and submit relevant factual information as the process unfolds.

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Notice 15 Aug 2025 china, trade regulations, antidumping duties, import compliance, activated carbon

⚖️Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Review on Activated Carbon

The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily finds that certain activated carbon (activated carbon) from the People's Republic of China (China) was sold in the United States at prices below normal value (NV) during the period of review (POR), April 1, 2023, through March 31, 2024. Additionally, we are rescinding this administrative review with respect to six companies for which there were no reviewable entries of subject merchandise during the POR. We invite interested parties to comment on these preliminary results of review.

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Notice 15 Aug 2025 commerce, international trade, china, trade regulations, ceramics

⚖️Trade Regulation on Ceramic Abrasive Grains from China

The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) determines that sol gel alumina-based ceramic abrasive grains (ceramic abrasive grains) from the People's Republic of China (China) are being, or are likely to be, sold in the United States at less-than-fair-value (LTFV). The period of investigation (POI) is April 1, 2024, through September 30, 2024.

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Rule 13 Aug 2025 regulatory compliance, trade regulations, foreign assets control, sanctions, business opportunities

📄Analysis of Syrian Sanctions Regulations General License 25

The Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) is publishing a general license (GL) issued pursuant to multiple regulations, including the Syrian Sanctions Regulations: GL 25. This GL was previously made available on OFAC's website.

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Notice 12 Aug 2025 compliance, trade regulations, import investigation, china, commerce, tariffs, fiberglass

📦Fiberglass Door Panels Investigation

The U.S. Department of Commerce has postponed the preliminary determination of its less-than-fair-value investigation concerning imports of fiberglass door panels from China. This postponement, requested by the American Fiberglass Door Coalition, allows for necessary additional data collection regarding the pricing practices in question.

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Notice 12 Aug 2025 turkiye, trade regulations, commerce department, china, brake drums, countervailing duties, international trade

🚗Countervailing Duty Orders on Brake Drums from China and Türkiye

Based on affirmative final determinations by the U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) and the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC), Commerce is issuing countervailing duty (CVD) orders on certain brake drums (brake drums) from the People's Republic of China (China) and the Republic of T[uuml]rkiye (T[uuml]rkiye).

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Notice 12 Aug 2025 trade regulations, vietnam, antidumping duties, steel wire hangers, cambodia, china, imports

🏭Initiation of Circumvention Inquiries for Steel Wire Garment Hangers

In response to a request from a domestic interested party, M&B Metal Products Co., Inc. (the requester), the U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) is initiating country-wide circumvention inquiries to determine whether imports of steel wire garment hangers (hangers) completed in Cambodia using components manufactured in the People's Republic of China (China) or the Socialist Republic of Vietnam (Vietnam) are circumventing the antidumping duty (AD) order on hangers from China, or the AD and countervailing duty (CVD) orders on hangers from Vietnam.

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