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Tariffs. The Ecuador Shrimp Tariff Act (S. 5613, introduced Sept. 30 by Sen. Hyde-Smith, R-Miss.) would, according to a press release (1) phase in higher tariffs on specified shrimp and prepared shrimp products imported from Ecuador, reaching 40 percent beginning Jan. 1, 2029, (2) impose an additional duty of $0.10 per kilogram on covered shrimp imports, with an amount equal to the receipts dedicated to inspections of imported shrimp and catfish, and (3) strengthen country-of-origin labeling for whole cooked shrimp, whole cooked crawfish, and specified cooked shrimp and crawfish sections.
S. 5666 (introduced Sept. 30 by Sen. Moreno, R-Ohio) would require the assessment and collection of duties improperly waived under the solar tariff moratorium.
Imports. The Critical Biomanufacturing Input Assessment Act (H.R. 10658, introduced Oct. 2 by Reps. Davids, D-Kan., and Alford, R-Mo.) would direct the Department of Commerce to publish annual assessments of U.S. dependency on imported, fermentation-based biomanufacturing inputs.
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