Recent Department of Commerce regulations affecting small businesses

The USPTO is terminating its Fast-Track for COVID-19-Related Appeals Pilot Program, which expedited patent application reviews for businesses affected by the pandemic.

U.S. Department of Commerce maintains countervailing duty order on oil country tubular goods from China, finding that revocation would likely result in continuation or recurrence of countervailable subsidies.

The U.S. Department of Commerce maintains an antidumping duty order on frozen fish fillets from Vietnam, finding that revocation would likely result in continuation or recurrence of dumping.

NMFS issues a 5-year affirmative finding for Panama allowing U.S. imports of yellowfin tuna and products harvested in the eastern tropical Pacific Ocean under the Marine Mammal Protection Act and AIDCP compliance standards.

NMFS seeks public comment on an Incidental Harassment Authorization for marine mammal takes during Turnagain Marine Construction's Aak'w Landing Development Project in Juneau, Alaska, with potential one-year renewal eligibility.

NMFS proposes listing Southern Africa and Southwest Atlantic populations of tope shark as threatened species under the Endangered Species Act while finding four other populations do not warrant protection.

NMFS issues affirmative findings allowing Colombia, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Mexico, Peru, and Spain to export yellowfin tuna and products from the eastern tropical Pacific Ocean into the United States under the Marine Mammal Protection Act.

U.S. Department of Commerce maintains antidumping duties on citric acid and citrate salts from China, finding that revoking the order would likely result in continued or recurring dumping.

NMFS proposes 2026 harvest specifications for salmon in Cook Inlet's exclusive economic zone to conserve and manage salmon resources under the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act.

The U.S. Department of Commerce maintains antidumping duty orders on forged steel fittings from India and South Korea, finding that revocation would likely cause dumping to recur.

U.S. Department of Commerce preliminarily finds Malaysian mattress manufacturers sold below normal value during May 1, 2024–April 30, 2025, and rescinds review for companies with no subject merchandise entries.

U.S. Department of Commerce maintains countervailing duties on forged steel fittings from India, finding that revoking the order would likely result in continuation of countervailable subsidies.

U.S. Commerce Department maintains countervailing duty order on citric acid and citrate salts from China, finding that revocation would likely result in continuation or recurrence of countervailable subsidies.

The U.S. Department of Commerce preliminarily determines countervailable subsidies were provided to certain Chinese aluminum extrusion producers and exporters during January 1–December 31, 2024, and invites interested party comments on the findings.

U.S. Commerce Department maintains antidumping duties on oil country tubular goods from China, finding that revoking the order would likely result in continued or recurring dumping.