The International Trade Commission published a new report detailing its recommended changes to the 2022 Harmonized Tariff Schedule, mostly to implement upcoming changes in the new year to the World Customs Organization’s Harmonized System nomenclature. Changes adopted as a result of these final recommendations will take effect Jan. 1, 2022.
The Commerce Department recently issued two scope rulings that found wheels and wheel components purportedly imported for passenger vehicle use are not subject to antidumping and countervailing duties on steel wheels 12 to 16.5 inches in diameter from China (A-570-090/C-570-091). In scope rulings issued April 30 and May 3, the agency found that the wheels and wheel components are not intended for use on trailers.
The Court of International Trade will allow a customs broker test-taker to proceed with a challenge to his failing grade, denying a motion to dismiss from the government that argued his case didn’t meet procedural requirements. Byungmin Chae’s delay in appealing to the trade court was caused in part by CBP’s own misleading statements, and his early missteps in the case before hiring a lawyer should not bar him from a hearing in court, CIT said in a decision May 7.
The Agricultural Marketing Service is in the process of writing a final rule to require electronic filing of certificates for organic products at entry, among other provisions intended to strengthen organic enforcement, said Jennifer Tucker, AMS deputy administrator, at the National Customs Brokers & Forwarders Association of America annual conference May 5.
The Agricultural Marketing Service has secured funding for its Section 8(e) partner government agency (PGA) message set for imports of specialty crops, and now awaits CBP programming before it can move forward with full implementation, said Brian Barber of Wilson International during a panel discussion at the National Customs Brokers & Forwarders Association of America annual conference May 3.
Diamond sawblades made by Protech in Canada from a core and segments each of Chinese and non-Chinese origin are not subject to antidumping duties on diamond sawblades from China (A-570-900), but some are covered by duties nonetheless due to Protech’s partial ineligibility for making the required certifications, the Commerce Department said in a scope ruling issued April 27.
Window wall kits imported by Reflection Window + Wall are not subject to antidumping and countervailing duties on aluminum extrusions from China (A-570-967/C-570-968), the Commerce Department said in a scope ruling issued April 26. The window wall kits qualify for the finished goods kit exemption, and are distinct from curtain wall units ineligible for exemptions from aluminum extrusions duties, Commerce said.
A newly issued CBP ruling further clarifies how the agency determines country of origin for electric motors. After having recently found that the stator and the rotor are the “most essential components” of an electric motor and, under a substantial transformation analysis, determine the country of origin (see 2104210041), the agency on April 22 issued another ruling that considered motors where the rotor and stator were made in different countries, and found the stator assembly controlling.
Chests of drawers imported by Mitchell Gold are covered by antidumping duties on wooden bedroom furniture from China (A-570-970), but separately imported metal bases and drawer pulls for those chests are not, the Commerce Department said in a scope ruling issued April 19.
Solar modules made from unfinished solar cells imported from China into Vietnam for finishing are likely subject to antidumping and countervailing duties on crystalline silicon photovoltaic cells, whether or not assembled into modules, from China (A-570-979/C-570-980), the Commerce Department said in a preliminary scope ruling issued March 30. The country where the p/n junction is formed on the cells determines country of origin, which in the case of these cells is China, Commerce said.