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[Foreign Trade Zones (FTZs) and bonded warehouses]
3.10. (...) Customs and Border Protection (CBP) oversees FTZs through audit and inspection. Other local, state, or federal rules apply as they may pertain to, inter alia, environmental, safety, and labor measures. (...)

3.14. (...) The misclassification of goods and missing or fake country of origin markings are the other most significant categories of violations. CBP also coordinates with other government agencies on enforcement of laws on safety, consumer protection, and health matters, so as to streamline federal efforts and inspections.[18]
[18] Through the Commercial Targeting and Analysis Center (CTAC), CBP has memoranda of understanding (MOUs) with the following federal agencies: (...), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), (...), National Marine Fisheries Services (NMFS), and Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA).

Table 3.3 Customs and Border Protection (CBP) enforcement statistics, FY2018-21
Wildlife trafficking violation seizures: FY2018 - ...; FY2019 - 595; FY2020 - 346; FY2021 - 531.

Table 3.11 Excise taxes, 2022
Category/Fund - Ozone-depleting chemicals
Amount/rate - USD 1.435 – USD 143.50/lb
Revenues (USD million): FY2019 - .. F Y2020 - ..

3.59. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) is responsible for enforcing laws on behalf of other agencies that restrict or otherwise prohibit importation of a number of goods, often to protect human, animal, plant life and health, or to conserve exhaustible natural resources. (...). Many of the measures are codified in CBP statutes (19 C.F.R. Part 12 – Special classes of merchandise), contained in various trade legislation, i.e. the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, or in legislation of other agencies, e.g. the Clean Air Act. A few new measures were put in place or amended during the review period.

3.60. The American Innovation and Manufacturing (AIM) Act of 2020 (42 U.S.C. 7675) contains provisions for the phasedown of production and consumption of hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) by 85% by 2036. As of 1 January 2022, entities are required to expend allowances established by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) when HFCs are produced and imported, with limited exceptions. New regulations setting up the allocation and trading program have recently been issued and provide for 3.60. The American Innovation and Manufacturing (AIM) Act of 2020 (42 U.S.C. 7675) contains provisions for the phasedown of production and consumption of hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) by 85% by 2036. As of 1 January 2022, entities are required to expend allowances established by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) when HFCs are produced and imported, with limited exceptions. New regulations setting up the allocation and trading program have recently been issued and provide for producers and importers to receive allowances based on their historical production and import volumes; a set-aside pool is also being created for a limited set of entities.

3.62. In April 2020, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA) National Marine Fisheries Service imposed import restrictions on shrimp and other fish and fish products caught in the Upper Gulf of California due to unsustainable bycatch of vaquita, a species of porpoise on the brink of extinction. The restrictions were imposed under the Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA), which includes provisions to reduce marine mammal bycatch associated with fisheries that supply imports to the United States. Specifically, the MMPA requires that the United States ban imports of commercial fish or fish products caught in commercial fisheries resulting in the accidental killing or serious injury (bycatch) of marine mammals in excess of U.S. standards.

3.64. In October 2021, the United States and the European Union issued a joint statement announcing, inter alia, that they were resolved to negotiate future arrangements for trade in steel and aluminum that take account of both global non-market excess capacity and the carbon intensity of these industries (Section 2.3.3). [98] Thus, steel and aluminum Section 232 tariffs were replaced with a TRQ for EU imports as of 1 January 2022 with volumes based on historical trade levels. (...)
[98] USTR (2021), Fact Sheet: U.S. – EU Arrangements on Global Steel and Aluminium Excess Capacity and Carbon Intensity, 31 October. Viewed at: https://ustr.gov/about-us/policy-offices/press-office/fact-sheets/2021/october/fact-sheet-us-eu-arrangements-global-steel-and-aluminium-excess-capacity-and-carbon-intensity.

Table 3.13 Anti-circumvention determinations made 1 January 2018 31 January 2022
Case - A-570-051 and C-570-052: Hardwood Plywood from China
Determination - Certain plywood products with a Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) or California Air Resources Board (CARB) label and made with a resin, exported from China, circumvent the AD and CV duty orders; 22 November 2019.

3.102. Between 1 January 2018 and 31 January 2022, Department of Commerce (USDOC) made 169 final scope rulings. Several of the cases involved both AD and CVD orders; all the cases involved at least one AD order. In some cases, the same order was the subject of more than one investigation/ruling. (...). Other scope rulings dealt with wood products, chemicals, photovoltaic products, (...).