The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) will be opening the Voluntary Qualified Importer Program (VQIP) application portal on October 1, 2018. This is three months earlier than originally scheduled to allow importers to submit their Notice of Intent to Participate and their completed VQIP applications early for the Fiscal Year 2020 benefit period
Link: U.S. FDA Opening VQIP …
As a result of the United States International Trade Commission (USITC) affirmative determinations, Commerce will issue antidumping and countervailing duty orders on imports of this product from India
Link: Stainless Steel Flanges from India Injure U.S. Industry, Says USITC…
Commerce will instruct U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to collect AD cash deposits and, as a result of the affirmative final CVD determination, if the USITC makes an affirmative injury determination, Commerce will instruct CBP to collect CVD cash deposits
Upon publication of the final affirmative AD determinations, Commerce will instruct U.S. Customs and Border Protection to continue to collect cash deposits equal to the applicable final weightedaverage dumping rates
Upon publication of the final affirmative determinations, Commerce will instruct U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to collect cash deposits based on the applicable final dumping margins
These updates will help perfect the process to ensure a fair hearing for all parties involved
TRQs allow countries to export specified quantities of a product to the United States at a relatively low tariff, but subject all imports of the product above a pre-determined threshold to a higher tariff
The United States achieved important steps to improve the large trade deficit in industrial goods and to address KORUS implementation concerns that have hindered U.S. export growth
Link: USTR Fact Sheet on U.S.-Korea Free Trade Agreement Outcomes…
The U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) has determined that particular products should be excluded from the safeguard measure applied to certain solar products and is modifying subchapter III of chapter 99 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States
Link: Exclusion of Particular Products From the Solar Products Safeguard Measure…
The U.S. Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) will use the notice-based process for approving all new fruits and vegetables for importation.