“Sports equipment” does not include clothing, confirmed the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit June 20 as it upheld a lower court ruling that football uniforms imported by Riddell should be classified as apparel. Regardless of whether it is for exclusive use in a sport, apparel should be classified as apparel in the Harmonized Tariff Schedule unless it contains a “character-transforming” amount of protection, said CAFC. Riddell’s football uniforms, imported without pads, do not, it said.
A listing of recent antidumping and countervailing duty messages from the Commerce Department posted to CBP's website June 20, 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 http://adcvd.cbp.dhs.gov/adcvdweb.
The International Trade Commission published notices in the June 20 Federal Register on the following AD/CV injury, Section 337 patent, and other trade proceedings (any notices that warrant a more detailed summary will be in another ITT article):
The Commerce Department published notices in the June 20 Federal Register on the following AD/CV duty proceedings (any notices that announce changes to AD/CV duty rates, scope, affected firms, or effective dates will be detailed in another ITT article):
The International Trade Commission won’t begin a changed circumstances review to consider ending antidumping duties on diamond sawblades from China. The ITC said that it is already considering revocation in an ongoing five-year sunset review, and conducting two reviews at once would duplicate efforts.
The Commerce Department is beginning antidumping and countervailing duty investigations on steel nails from India, South Korea, Malaysia, Oman, Taiwan, Turkey, and Vietnam, it said in a fact sheet released June 19. Mid Continent Steel & Wire requested the investigations on May 29, alleging that importers have shifted their orders to these seven countries and continued to import dumped and illegal subsidized steel nails since duties were put on China and the United Arab Emirates (see 14053027). The International Trade Commission is set to make its preliminary injury determination by July 14. These AD/CV duty investigations will only continue if the ITC finds injury. ITT will provide more details upon publication of the initiation notice in the Federal Register.
Consumer Product Safety Commission announced on June 19 the following voluntary recalls of imported products:
On June 19 the Food and Drug Administration posted new and revised versions of the following Import Alerts on the detention without physical examination of:
Correction: The Food and Drug Administration is loosening controls on nonabsorbable expandable hemostatic sponges for temporary internal use by reclassifying them as Class II medical devices (see 14061615).
On June 19 the Foreign Agricultural Service posted the following GAIN reports: