RANCHO MIRAGE, Calif. -- Brokers may still have a role in a blockchain world, but the profession could be different, and brokers need a seat at the table if they’re going to successfully transition, said government and industry officials during a panel discussion at the Western Cargo Conference (Wesccon) on Oct. 11.
The following lawsuits were filed at the Court of International Trade during the week of Oct. 7-13:
RANCHO MIRAGE, Calif. -- CBP is seeing exponential growth in filing under its entry Type 86 pilot for de minimis shipments, spurred by the benefit of electronic release for the traditional air mode, said Jim Swanson, CBP director-cargo and security controls. And while the bulk of filing has been in the air environment, Swanson expects to see participation in the ocean and truck modes to rise as well once filers see they are able to clear cargo more quickly, he said at the Western Cargo Conference on Oct. 11.
The International Trade Commission is opening up the petition process for Miscellaneous Tariff Bill duty suspensions (see 1910010060), it said in a notice. Petitions may be filed on the ITC’s MTB portal during a 60-day period beginning on Oct. 11, and ending at 5:15 p.m. EST on Dec. 10, the ITC said. After reviewing petitions and comments through mid-2020, the ITC will submit a report with its recommendations to Congress, which must pass the MTB for the three-year duty suspensions to take effect on Jan. 1, 2021.
The following lawsuits were filed at the Court of International Trade during the week of Sept. 30 - Oct. 6:
Cars assembled by Volvo in Sweden as part of a “knockdown operation” using subassemblies manufactured in China are products of China and are subject to Section 301 tariffs, CBP said in a recent ruling. The “complex assembly process” occurs in China, not Sweden, so that’s where substantial transformation happens for the purposes of determining country of origin, CBP said in HQ H302821, issued July 26 and published by CBP on Oct. 2.
The following lawsuits were filed at the Court of International Trade during the week of Sept. 23-29:
CBP can sometimes correct mistaken duty assessments past the normal statutory time limit for reliquidation if it does so quickly enough after discovering the error, the Court of International Trade said in a Sept. 27 decision. In a case involving a court-approved settlement on the amount of antidumping duties owed on ironing tables from China, the trade court allowed CBP to reliquidate entries from Target and other companies that the agency had liquidated at the wrong rate, even though the 90-day period for reliquidation had already passed.
CBP recently found an importer evaded antidumping and countervailing duties on aluminum extrusions, despite a pending scope ruling request and no allegations of transshipment or misclassification. In a final determination issued Sept. 18 to close out an Enforce and Protect Act investigation, CBP said Worldwide Door Components evaded AD/CV duties by importing door thresholds that the agency says were clearly listed in the scope as subject merchandise. Worldwide says it was simply following instructions in CBP’s own written correspondence.
CBP will not be enforcing its power of attorney (POA) requirements and one-person, one-shipment limits on an entry-by-entry basis as it conducts its Type 86 pilot of filing de minimis shipments via the ACE Automated Broker Interface, said Jim Swanson, CBP director-cargo and security controls, during a trade call held Sept. 26. The agency will still apply existing regulations on those areas in the pilot, but that will come in the “post-audit environment,” not at the time of entry, Swanson said.