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Commerce Launches Circumvention Inquiries on Aluminum Containers Completed in Thailand and Vietnam
The U.S. Department of Commerce has officially initiated country-wide circumvention inquiries to determine whether disposable aluminum containers, pans, trays, and lids completed in Thailand and Vietnam using Chinese-origin aluminum…
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U.S. Department of Commerce Puts Tariffs on Household Appliances
On June 16, 2025 the Unite States Department of Commerce published a notice in the Federal Register applying Section 232 tariffs on steel to 8 common household appliances. A duty rate of up to 50% will now apply to the steel content of…
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Commerce Slaps SE Asian Solar Cells With Heavy ADCVDs
On November 29 the United States Department of Commerce (“Commerce”) announced preliminary duties on solar cells manufactured in Malaysia, Thailand, Cambodia, and Vietnam. This comes as determined that manufacturers in these countries…
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More Duties and Tariffs
More Duties and Tariffs 1. New AD/CV Duties Possible on Ceramic Tile from China A petition was filed on April 11, 2019, alleging that ceramic tiles from China is being sold at less than fair value in the U.S. market and benefitting from…
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Trade Expansion Act Investigations
This is an old blog we lost during our transfer of site hosting. On April 20, 2017, President Trump directed the U.S. Department of Commerce (DOC) to conduct an investigation into the effects of steel imports on U.S. national security.…
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Enhanced Enforcement of Antidumping and Countervailing Duties, New Petitions
This is an old blog we lost during our transfer of site hosting. Update on this topic is forthcoming in a future blog. Executive Orders President Trump issued two Executive Orders on March 31, 2017, signaling the new administration’s…
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U.S. CBP New Regulations
This is an old blog we lost during our transfer of site hosting. Update on this topic is forthcoming in a future blog. When foreign manufacturers sell below the cost of production or “fair market value”, it is known as “dumping.”…
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Antidumping Duties: What You Need to Know
As any Customs broker can tell you, there are an ever-increasing number of antidumping duty cases filed. It is imperative that importers (and their brokers) understand this topic. Dumping duties are tariffs imposed by a government when…
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