📦Register Now for the 2025 Trade and Cargo Security Summit
This document announces that U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) will convene the 2025 Trade and Cargo Security (TCS) Summit in New Orleans, LA, on May 6-8, 2025. The 2025 TCS Summit will be open for the public to attend in person or via webinar. The 2025 TCS Summit will feature CBP personnel, members of the trade community, and members of other government agencies in panel discussions on CBP's role in international trade initiatives and programs. Members of the international trade and transportation communities and other interested parties are encouraged to attend.
Learn More🛠️Final Results of Countervailing Duty Review on Stainless Steel from Korea
The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) determines that certain producers and exporters of stainless steel sheet and strip in coils (SSSS in coils) from the Republic of Korea (Korea) received countervailable subsidies during the period of review (POR) January 1, 2022, through December 31, 2022.
Learn More💊Request for Comments on National Security Investigation of Pharmaceuticals
The Secretary of Commerce initiated an investigation to determine the effects on the national security of imports of pharmaceuticals and pharmaceutical ingredients, including finished drug products, medical countermeasures, critical inputs such as active pharmaceutical ingredients, and key starting materials, and derivative products of those items. 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 (Department) Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS), Office of Strategic Industries and Economic Security. This notice identifies issues on which the Department is especially interested in obtaining the public's views.
Learn More🍬Notice of Special Safeguard Duties on Sugar Imports in 2025
After reviewing the volume of articles containing over 65 percent by dry weight of sugars described in the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTS), the Administrator of the Foreign Agricultural Service has determined that the yearly special safeguard trigger level has been met and a special safeguard duty on articles containing over 65 percent by dry weight of sugars will be imposed.
Learn More📦Modifying Tariff Rates
Executive Order 14266 announces modifications to reciprocal tariff rates in response to international trade dynamics, particularly focusing on China. It addresses retaliatory tariffs and outlines a temporary suspension of duties for specific foreign trading partners, aiming to rectify trade imbalances and enhance U.S. economic security. The order emphasizes collaboration with various international partners to ensure equitable trade practices.
Learn More🛡️Reforming Foreign Defense Sales
Executive Order 14268 aims to enhance the speed and accountability of foreign defense sales to bolster U.S. military capabilities and partner collaboration. Key policies focus on improved transparency, streamlined decision-making, and strengthened defense industrial base, promoting efficiency and competitiveness in defense exports.
Learn More🚪Countervailing Duty Investigation on Fiberglass Door Panels from China
The U.S. Department of Commerce has initiated a countervailing duty investigation concerning imports of fiberglass door panels from China, based on allegations of subsidies that harm the domestic industry. This investigation may lead to tariffs and regulatory changes impacting U.S. fiberglass door manufacturers.
Learn More📦Amendment to Tariffs and Duties on Low-Value Imports from China
Executive Order 14259 modifies reciprocal tariffs and duties applied to low-value imports from China in response to ongoing trade imbalances. The order outlines new duty rates, increased tariff measures in retaliation to Chinese tariffs, and mandates actions for implementation by relevant U.S. agencies to safeguard national security and economic stability.
Learn More🍬2023 Preliminary Results of Sugar CVD Agreement with Mexico
The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily determines that the signatory, the Government of Mexico (GOM), and the respondent companies selected for individual examination, respectively, Azucarera San Jose De Abajo S.A. and Santa Rosalia de la Chontalpa, SA de CV, were in compliance with the Agreement Suspending the Countervailing Duty Investigation on Sugar from Mexico, as amended (CVD Agreement) during the period of review (POR) January 1, 2023, through December 31, 2023. Commerce also preliminarily determines that the CVD Agreement met the applicable statutory requirements during the POR.
Learn More🔭Duty-Free Entry Applications for Scientific Instruments in 2025
This notice invites comments on applications for duty-free entry of scientific instruments from esteemed educational institutions. The applications highlight the lack of equivalent domestically manufactured instruments, seeking to facilitate advanced scientific research across multiple universities in the United States.
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