CBP no longer plans to move forward with an advance notice of proposed rulemaking (ANPRM) on risk-based bonding that had been under discussion by the agency, but it still plans to implement risk-based bonding “by leveraging existing authorities and completing several initiatives,” it said in a document released ahead of the Commercial Customs Operations Advisory Committee (COAC) meeting scheduled for June 23.
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit on June 15 affirmed without opinion a lower court ruling that found women’s trousers made of a yarn extruded from a slurry that contained zinc nanoparticles are not classifiable in the tariff schedule as if they were made from metallized yarn. The appeals court’s Rule 36 judgment follows oral argument held Oct. 10 in the case, appealed by Lockhart Textiles. The decision is non-precedential, and contains no explanation.
Cabinets with moveable shelves installed after importation meet the criteria of a scope exclusion for medicine cabinets from the antidumping and countervailing duty orders on wooden cabinets and vanities from China (A-570-106/C-570-107), including that they are assembled at the time of entry, and are not subject to AD/CV duties, the Commerce Department said in a June 11 scope ruling.
Regulatory agencies with import authorities listed several new rules in their first regulatory agenda since the arrival in office of President Joe Biden. New rulemakings listed by the agencies include new restrictions on chemicals, a slate of regulatory amendments related to Section 232 investigations, and a new proposal on administrative destruction of medical devices refused entry.
Importers must file protests to preserve their ability to obtain refunds under exclusions from Section 301 tariffs, the Court of International Trade said in a June 11 decision. Dismissing a lawsuit from importers ARP Materials and Harrison Steel Castings, Judge Miller Baker found the court did not have jurisdiction to hear their challenge since the importers did not timely file protests of the CBP liquidations assessing the Section 301 duties.
A pasta maker found ineligible for an acquired company’s antidumping duty exemption in a 2014 changed circumstances review cannot use that predecessor’s antidumping and countervailing duty rates for entries before the effective date of the final results of that review, CBP said in a recent ruling. Instead, the pasta maker must file at the all others rate for entries before the changed circumstances review took effect, CBP said in HQ H287183, issued March 26 and posted to CBP’s CROSS database June 3.
Imports of corrosion-resistant steel from Malaysia are subject to antidumping and countervailing duty orders on corrosion-resistant steel from China and Taiwan, the Commerce Department said in final determinations from anti-circumvention inquiries covering the two countries (A-570-026/C-570-027, A-583-856). Commerce continued to find producers in Malaysia are taking hot-rolled steel and cold-rolled steel from China and Taiwan and turning it into corrosion-resistant steel before exporting it to the U.S., in circumvention of AD/CV duties.
Self-drilling anchor bolt system (SDABS) couplers imported by Midwest Diversified Technologies (MDT) are likely not subject to antidumping and countervailing duties on forged steel fittings from China (A-570-067/C-570-068), the Commerce Department said in a preliminary scope ruling issued May 17. While the scope of the order says it covers all fittings, it also indicates that low-pressure fittings are exempt, and MDT’s fittings, intended to connect hollow bars, are not able to convey liquids and gases at high pressure, Commerce said.
The Commerce Department on May 20 released a final rule confirming its June 28 effective date for licensing requirements under its Aluminum Import Monitoring System (see 2103290041), but extending by six months, until June 28, 2022, the period during which filers can put “unknown” for data elements on where the aluminum was smelted.
A flooring system for pig farrowing made of a galvanized steel tribar truss floor is subject to antidumping and countervailing duties on steel grating from China (A-570-947/C-570-948), even when the flooring is imported as part of a pig farrowing crate system, the Commerce Department said in a scope ruling issued May 14.