Wood moldings from China & Brazil (From Sandler Travis)
Commerce reports preliminary affirmative AD and/or CV injury determinations on wood moldings and millwork products from Brazil and China. We will report further determinations as they arise.
FDA Suspends Foreign Inspections, Takes Measures to Ensure Import Safety (From Sandler Travis)
The Food and Drug Administration has announced that it is postponing most foreign inspections through April in response to the COVID-19 outbreak. Foreign inspections deemed mission-critical will still be considered on a case-by-case basis. For more info, please go to
https://www.strtrade.com/news-publications-foreign-inspection-import-safety-COVID-FDA-031220.html?mkt_tok=eyJpIjoiWVRBNFpXTm1aV0ZqWkdZMCIsInQiOiJvZGN3S3k2NGtkVzNWMkJ2S2RmdENZWldKV2pOR2hmV28wNVdiK2dTRkMyNXYwSDVWS09nUVwvK1ZcL1wva0JWQWZ6NmhKcVZQeUxNcVY3RUVWdWtrRE83bUZDdms4Q1paVTU2bVZoVFJmaGp1XC9oOVRkRStvdzVKRCtZR0UrU2ludUoifQ%3D%3D#utm_source=tradereport&utm_medium=email
Change to Lacey Act for de minimis shipments (From Sandler Travis)
Under a new final rule issued by the Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, effective April 1, there will be an exception to this requirement for imported products containing plant material that represents no more than five percent of the total weight of the individual product unit. This exception will be available provided that the total weight of the plant material in an entry of products in the same 10-digit HTSUS provision does not exceed 2.9 kilograms. However, this exception is not available for products containing plant material listed in an appendix to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora or as an endangered or threatened species under the Endangered Species Act.
APHIS acknowledges that using percentage of weight may be a new process importers will have to develop to take advantage of this de minimis exception. However, APHIS anticipates that once importers have determined the percentage weight of an individual product unit and the maximum number of such units that will meet the de minimis threshold, they will be able to use that as a model for future shipments. For more info, please go to
https://www.strtrade.com/news-publications-import-plant-material-Lacey-declaration-de-minimis-030220.html?mkt_tok=eyJpIjoiWkRnM1ltUTRaREEyTW1NMSIsInQiOiJ1ZWV5XC9SQmFcLzhWV2RrRlB2Y0RzWjIxcFRRUnVuZzAzeEdsYjE5K3lGeUZRc3lRaDNjdkZ1eHJ2RWlHMVM4dzB2K2lLYUVkMis5QVpZTjFmQ1FHYXBTNjNsZW9DaUVVYlBTUjhERDdmbWNBbVZpV0l1RXJxbEpSY0FUcU1jWTZkIn0%3D#utm_source=tradereport&utm_medium=email
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