07/18/2025
CBP Launches New Forced Labor WROs and Findings Dashboard
Check out this week's Customs Corner to read about the New Forced Labor WROs and Finding Dashboard, Section 301 Investigation into Brazil, and more.
Trade and Customs Updates
1) CBP Launches New Forced Labor WROs and Findings Dashboard
U.S. Customs and Border Protection has launched an enhanced Withhold Release Orders and Findings Dashboard, offering real-time, interactive access to enforcement statistics from 1950 to the present, with user-friendly features for filtering and downloading data
In a significant development, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has unveiled an enhanced Withhold Release Orders (WROs) and Findings Dashboard. This newly launched platform provides a comprehensive overview of active WROs and Findings issued by the agency from 1950 to the present, with updates made as new orders are issued.
The revamp of the WRO and Findings dashboard was driven by feedback from key stakeholders, resulting in a highly interactive tool that simplifies the process of accessing enforcement statistics. Among its features, users can now view the latest number of active WROs and Findings categorized by country, industry, and affected merchandise in real-time. The dashboard also allows for filtering results based on specific criteria such as effective date, status, country, and industry, as well as the ability to download data files for further analysis or reporting.
Additionally, users can access press releases related to individual enforcement actions or Federal Register publications.
For those interested in exploring the upgraded dashboard, it is available at CBP's official website.
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CSMS # 65651741 - Launch of Updated Forced Labor WROs and Findings Dashboard
2) Section 301 Investigation into Brazil
The U.S. Trade Representative has launched a Section 301 investigation into Brazil's trade practices, focusing on digital trade, tariffs, and other barriers that may unfairly restrict U.S. commerce, following longstanding concerns outlined in the National Trade Estimate Report.
The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) announced on July 15 the initiation of an investigation into Brazil under Section 301 of the 1974 Trade Act. This probe will assess whether Brazil's policies on digital trade, electronic payment services, preferential tariffs, anti-corruption measures, intellectual property, ethanol market access, and illegal deforestation are unjust or discriminatory, thereby impacting U.S. commerce.
More information can be found in the Federal Register
A docket for comments regarding the investigation will be available here.
3) Tariff Treatment under USMCA for Imports of Passenger Vehicles and Light Trucks
Presidential Proclamation 10908 allows a 25 percent tariff on non-U.S. content of USMCA-qualifying passenger vehicles and light trucks, with new Commerce Department guidelines detailing submission procedures for importers, effective April 3, 2025.
On April 3, 2025, Presidential Proclamation 10908 enabled the Secretary of Commerce to authorize preferential tariff treatment under the USMCA for imports of passenger vehicles and light trucks, allowing a 25 percent ad valorem tariff to be applied solely to the non-U.S. content of these automobiles. Subsequently, on May 20, 2025, the Commerce Department released guidance outlining procedures for importers to submit entries to U.S. Customs and Border Protection for vehicles approved to apply the Section 232 tariff only to non-U.S. content.
Entry Filing Instructions can be found in the CSMS.
The 25 percent tariff will apply exclusively to the value of the non-U.S. content with respect to certain USMCA-qualifying goods that were entered for consumption, or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption, on or after 12:01 a.m. Eastern Daylight Time on April 3, 2025.
9903.94.03 – 25%: Applies to the non-U.S. content of passenger vehicles and light trucks eligible for special tariff treatment under the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA), upon approval from the Secretary of Commerce to apply the 25% ad valorem rates of duty exclusively to the value of the non-U.S. content of the automobile.
9903.94.02 - 0%: Applies to imports classified under the Chapter 87 HTSUS to U.S. note 33(b) to Subchapter III to Chapter 99 provisions subject to Section 232 duties,
1) that are not passenger vehicles and light trucks; or
2) the U.S. content of passenger vehicles and light trucks that have received approval from the Secretary of Commerce as noted under HTSUS 9903.94.03.
4) Antidumping on Mexican Tomatoes Take Effect July 14
The Commerce Department has issued a notice confirming antidumping duties on Mexican tomatoes will go into effect July 14, 2025.
Antidumping duties on Mexican tomatoes went into effect on July 14, following the Commerce Department's decision to withdraw from a 2019 suspension agreement. The antidumping rates range from 2.81% to 273.43%, based on company-specific rates, with a general "all-others" rate of 17.09%. The Commerce Department will direct U.S. Customs and Border Protection to suspend liquidation of relevant tomato imports from Mexico starting July 14, 2025, requiring cash deposits at the applicable rates and assessing antidumping duties on these entries.
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