The use of transaction value is inappropriate when there is insufficient documentation to prove bona fide sales, CBP ruled in HQ ruling H323585, dated Aug. 31.
Spirulina Blue Colour is a "binder for foundry molds" for tariff purposes rather than a microorganism or animal product, according to an Aug. 26 CBP headquarters ruling, HQ H324168. The product at issue is Spirulina Blue, a water-soluble, coloring powder that ranges from light greenish blue to dark blue. Made in China, it's sold to food manufacturers for use in the beverage, confectionary, dairy, nutraceutical and pet food industries, according to Calico Food Ingredient. The product is said to “enhance immunity” and have “anti-inflammatory, anti-oxidant, and anti-cancer effects.” The powder originates with spirulina, a one-cell algae from which the blue color phycocyanin is extracted. The ingredients in the CA2786 Spirulina Blue Colour are composed of 50%-55% phycocyanin from China, 45%-50% trehalose from Japan, and 5% sodium citrate from China. The trehalose is meant to protect the protein and the sodium citrate is meant to adjust the PH and can protect the color.
The International Trade Commission issued a limited exclusion order barring from entry certain electrolyte-containing beverages and their associated labeling and packaging imported by eight Mexican companies (ITC Inv. No. 337-TA-1269).
The International Trade Commission issued a limited exclusion order on baseball and softball bats manufactured or imported by Proton Sports of Scottsdale, Arizona, and a cease and desist order against Proton, it said in a notice released Nov. 3.
Public interest comments are due to the International Trade Commission by Nov. 9 in a case concerning bio-layer interferometers, according to a Federal Register notice (ITC Docket No. 3652).
Silicon wafers made from U.S.-origin polysilicon turned into ingots in Ukraine and finished in Belarus are products of Ukraine, according to an Oct. 17 CBP ruling. The doping process that creates a positive or negative current occurs in Ukraine, and imparts the essential character, CBP said in NY N328489.
In the Oct. 26 Customs Bulletin (Vol. 56, No. 42), CBP published a proposal to revoke rulings on betel nut food products.
Public interest statements on a possible exclusion order on imported golf club shaft and head adapters are due to the International Trade Commission by close of business Nov. 3, ITC said in a notice. The notice follows a ruling by the ITC in which it found the lone respondent, Top Golf Equipment, to be in default after the company failed to respond to various investigation deadlines. The ITC is now considering a permanent limited exclusion order and a permanent cease and desist order against Top Golf.
President Joe Biden signed a new executive order expanding the power of the Treasury Department to potentially block imports from Nicaragua. The Oct. 24 Executive Order on Taking Additional Steps to Address the National Emergency With Respect to the Situation in Nicaragua allows the Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation with the Secretaries of State and Commerce to prohibit imports of Nicaragua-origin products from certain sectors.
Public interest statements are due to the International Trade Commission by Nov. 2 in a potential Section 337 case involving certain video processing devices, according to a Federal Register notice (ITC Docket No. 3650). The notice follows an Oct. 19 complaint filed by VideoLabs, Inc., which alleged that HP imports, sells, as well as maintains and services, video recording and processing devices that infringe on three of VideoLabs's patents concerning picture coding and decoding. VideoLabs has asked the ITC to issue a limited exclusion order and a cease and desist order against HP.