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US – President continues some section 232 exemptions

By 3 Mins Read

On April 30, 2018, the President signed Presidential Proclamation Adjusting Imports of Aluminum into the United States.  The Proclamation states that the United States has agreed in principle with Argentina, Australia, and Brazil on satisfactory alternative means to address the threatened impairment to our national security posed by aluminum articles imported from these countries, so they will remain exempt from the tariff in Proc. 9704 until details are finalized. The United States is continuing discussions…

US – CBP issues guidance on treatment of GSP goods subject to 201 safeguards, 232 measures and AD/CVD

By 3 Mins Read

On April 26, 2018, US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) issued CSMS #18-000307 GSP Goods Subject to Section 201 Measures, which provides additional Information with respect to articles of Thailand or Philippines, which are covered by Section 201 safeguard remedies (certain solar cells, solar panels, washing machines, and washing machine parts). According to the CSMS:

US – Update on (sec. 232) national security implications of steel imports and aluminum imports

By 4 Mins Read

As you may recall, early last year, President Trump issued two presidential memoranda instructing the U.S. Commerce Department to initiate an investigation into the national security implications of steel imports and aluminum imports into the United States.  If these so-called “section 232” (section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962, as amended) investigations determine that steel import and/or aluminum imports “threaten to impair the national security[,]” then the President can impose additional customs duties (among other things) on covered products.

On June 16, 2018, the Secretary of Commerce issued his reports to the President in both matters (unclassified versions of the reports are available here).   In each case, the Department of Commerce concluded that the quantities and circumstances surrounding steel and aluminum imports “threaten to impair the national security,” thereby opening the door to the imposition of import restraints.  Specifically, Commerce’s recommendations are as follows:

Brazil – Public consultation on new import process

By 3 Mins Read

On 21 September 2017, the Secretary of Foreign Commerce published in the Diário Oficial da União (Official Gazette) an announcement that the federal government is holding a public consultation on the New Import Process, as part of the Single Foreign Trade Portal Program, starting 21 September for a period of 30 days. The recast, which should be implemented by the end of 2018, will benefit more than forty thousand importers.

USTR issues FY 2018 TRQ allocations for raw cane sugar, refined and specialty sugar and sugar-containing products

By 2 Mins Read

On July 14, 2017, the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) published in the Federal Register a notice providing country-by-country allocations of the Fiscal Year (FY) 2018 (October 1, 2017 through Sept. 30, 2018) in-quota quantity of the tariff-rate quotas for imported raw cane sugar, certain sugars, syrups and molasses (also known as refined sugar), specialty sugar, and sugar-containing products.