AD Duties on Tomatoes from Mexico
The International Trade Administration has announced its intent to withdraw from a 2019 agreement suspending the antidumping duty investigation of fresh tomatoes from Mexico. As a result, effective July 14 the ITA intends to institute an AD duty order that will impose an AD duty of 20.91 percent on most imports of tomatoes from Mexico.
Sugar Import Duties Increased
The Department of Agriculture’s Foreign Agricultural Service has announced that a special agricultural safeguard duty on imports of articles containing over 65 percent by dry weight of sugars will be imposed from April 16 through Sept. 30. This action is being taken because imports of such goods during the period Oct. 1, 2024, through Sept. 30, 2025, exceeded the trigger level of 1,252 metric tons.
The additional tariffs will be imposed on goods imported under the following HTSUS subheadings.
- 11.3 cents/kg plus 1.7 percent (HTSUS 1701.91.48 and 1702.90.68)
- 13.3 cents/kg plus 3.5 percent (HTSUS 1704.90.68)
- 11.2 cents/kg (HTSUS 1806.10.28 and 1806.10.55)
- 10.2 cents/kg plus 2.8 percent (HTSUS 1806.20.73)
- 12.4 cents/kg plus 2 percent (HTSUS 1806.90.49)
- 14.1 cents/kg plus 2.8 percent (HTSUS 1901.20.25 and 1901.20.60)
- 7.9 cents/kg plus 2.8 percent (HTSUS 1901.90.54)
- 10.2 cents/kg plus 2.8 percent (HTSUS 1901.90.54)
- 23.5 cents/kg plus 2.8 percent (HTSUS 2101.12.48 and 2101.20.48)
- 9.6 cents/kg plus 2.8 percent (HTSUS 2106.90.76 and 2106.90.94)
These duties will not apply to (1) goods of Canada, Mexico, Jordan, Singapore, Chile, Australia, Morocco, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Guatemala, Bahrain, the Dominican Republic, Costa Rica, Peru, Oman, Korea, Colombia, or Panama and (2) any goods enroute on the basis of a contract settled before April 16.
Almond Exports
The FAS reports that on April 1 Japan formally lifted its mandatory aflatoxin testing requirements on U.S. almonds compliant with the new U.S.-Japan Almond Export Protocol. As a result, U.S. almonds being exported to Japan that conform to the requirements of that protocol will be waived from the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare's ordered-inspection upon arrival. Those requirements include that (1) almonds are shipped directly from the U.S. to Japan and from the registered handlers listed on the MHLW’s website, (2) almonds are tested for aflatoxin by the USDA-approved laboratories that AMS has registered for this program, (3) a certificate of analysis confirming compliance with Japan’s limit of 10 parts per billion total aflatoxin is attached, and (4) the handler’s name and address is consistent and identical in all trade documents.
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