Federal Circuit Denies Bid for Rehearing in Ford Transit Tariff Engineering Case
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit recently denied a petition from Ford Motor Company to reconsider its recent decision that Ford Transit passenger vans converted into cargo vans post-importation are nonetheless classified in the tariff schedule as…
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cargo vans (see 1906070061). Trade groups had criticized the June 7 ruling in briefs filed in support of Ford’s rehearing requests, arguing that the Federal Circuit’s consideration of the van’s use after importation upends a century of precedent on the current tariff classification scheme, and results in confusion for importers (see 1908070066). Ford’s lawyer did not immediately comment on the company’s next steps.