Complex composite temperature screening devices are properly classified as thermometers of Harmonized Tariff Schedule heading 9025 and are excluded from Section 301 duties under secondary tariff number 9903.88.12 CBP, ruled in a recently released headquarters ruling. The items at issue consisted of an infrared camera, a visual imaging camera, a temperature reference source, an ethernet cable, a power adapter and a power cord.
Ben Perkins
Ben Perkins, Assistant Editor, is a reporter with International Trade Today and its sister publications, Trade Law Daily and Export Compliance Daily, where he covers sanctions, court rulings, and other international trade issues. He previously worked as a trade analyst for a Washington D.C. advisory firm. Ben holds a B.A. in English from the University of New Hampshire and an M.A. in International Relations from American University. Ben joined the staff of Warren Communications News in 2022.
A listing of recent Commerce Department antidumping and countervailing duty messages posted to CBP's website April 28, along with the case number(s) and CBP message number, is provided below. The messages are available by searching for the listed CBP message number at CBP's ADCVD Search page.
Apparel imported through the port at Newark, New Jersey, held under suspicion of being manufactured using forced labor was found to be inadmissible by CBP, in an April 26 ruling. In a rare ruling focused on forced labor, CBP found that importer Muji U.S.A. failed to provide satisfactory evidence that the goods were not manufactured with forced labor or that their supply chain was not connected with the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region of China, finding the goods are subject to a withhold release order on Xinjiang cotton.
Comments to the International Trade Commission are due May 9 in a potential Section 337 case concerning imported tourniquets. Complainants Composite Resources Inc. (CRI), a South Carolina-based manufacturer, and North American Rescue (NAR), a medical supply distributor, have asked the ITC to consider a general exclusion order against all imported blood flow restriction devices with rotatable windlasses.
A listing of recent Commerce Department antidumping and countervailing duty messages posted to CBP's website April 27, along with the case number(s) and CBP message number, is provided below. The messages are available by searching for the listed CBP message number at CBP's ADCVD Search page.
A listing of recent Commerce Department antidumping and countervailing duty messages posted to CBP's website April 26, along with the case number(s) and CBP message number, is provided below. The messages are available by searching for the listed CBP message number at CBP's ADCVD Search page.
A listing of recent Commerce Department antidumping and countervailing duty messages posted to CBP's website April 25, along with the case number(s) and CBP message number, is provided below. The messages are available by searching for the listed CBP message number at CBP's ADCVD Search page.
A listing of recent Commerce Department antidumping and countervailing duty messages posted to CBP's website April 24, along with the case number(s) and CBP message number, is provided below. The messages are available by searching for the listed CBP message number at CBP's ADCVD Search page.
Height adjustable workstations are products of the U.S. for government procurement purposes, CBP said in a notice released April 25. RightAngle Products had requested a ruling for its NewHeights series of electronic and manual height adjustable desks.
Video surveillance and data management systems made by Security Lab are products of the U.S. for government procurement purposes, CBP said in a notice of final determination released April 25.