Major Chinese seafood processing plants are employing Uyghurs that have forcibly been shipped in from Xinjiang, and imports from those plants are likely entering U.S. supply chains, according to a report from the Outlaw Ocean Project that was also published in The New Yorker on Oct. 9. Citing internal company newsletters, local news reports and posts from Uyghur workers on social media, among other things, the report tied use of Uyghur forced labor to processors in China's Shandong province, including Chishan Group, Yantai Sanko Fisheries and Yantai Longwin Foods, as well as Shandong Haidu and Rongcheng Haibo, which together handle 30% of all squid processed in China.
CBP was to resume on a "limited schedule" commercial operations at the Bridge of the Americas cargo facility Oct. 10, according to an agency news release the previous day.
A listing of recent Commerce Department antidumping and countervailing duty messages posted on CBP's website Oct. 6, along with the case number(s) and CBP message number, is provided below. The messages are available by searching for the listed CBP message number at CBP's ADCVD Search page.
CBP issued the following releases on commercial trade and related matters:
A listing of recent Commerce Department antidumping and countervailing duty messages posted on CBP's website Oct. 5, along with the case number(s) and CBP message number, is provided below. The messages are available by searching for the listed CBP message number at CBP's ADCVD Search page.
CBP released the quarterly IRS interest rates used to calculate interest on overdue accounts (underpayments) and refunds (overpayments) of customs duties. For the quarter that began Oct. 1, the interest rate for overpayments is 7% for corporations and 8% for non-corporations. The rate for underpayments is 8% for both corporations and non-corporations. That's up from the previous quarter, when rates were 6% for overpayments for corporations, 7% for overpayments for non-corporations, and 7% for underpayments (see 2307050040).
CBP has released its Sept. 27 Customs Bulletin (Vol. 57, No. 35), which includes the following ruling actions:
CBP has released its Oct. 4 Customs Bulletin (Vol. 57, No. 36), which includes the following ruling actions:
A listing of recent Commerce Department antidumping and countervailing duty messages posted on CBP's website Oct. 4, along with the case number(s) and CBP message number, is provided below. The messages are available by searching for the listed CBP message number at CBP's ADCVD Search page.
CBP issued the following releases on commercial trade and related matters: