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Correction
August 18, 2025 |Customs

In the Aug. 15 International Trade Today article (see 2508150032), customs lawyer Jen Diaz asked about CBP's process for applying additional tariffs for transshipment: "How is CBP making this determination? Is CBP going to start treating this more like a forced labor evaluation?"

Topics:Forced Labor
CBP AD and CVD Messages as of Aug. 15
August 18, 2025 |Customs

A listing of recent Commerce Department antidumping and countervailing duty messages posted on CBP's website Aug. 15, 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 CBP's ADCVD Search page.

CBP Issues Harmonized System Update
August 18, 2025 |Customs

CBP created Harmonized System Update 2532 on Aug. 17, containing 52 Automated Broker Interface records and 21 Harmonized Tariff Schedule records. HSU 2532 includes Executive Order Section 232 Additional Aluminum and Steel Inclusion Product Updates, effective Aug. 18, and miscellaneous tariff adjustments required by verification of the 2025 Harmonized Tariff Schedule.

Topics:Section 232 Tariffs
Aug. 13 CBP Bulletin Proposes to Revoke Rulings on Auto Springs and Bushings, Heading 9801
August 18, 2025 |Customs

In the Aug. 13 Customs Bulletin (Vol. 59, No. 33), CBP published proposals to modify and revoke ruling letters concerning the tariff classification of metal and rubber automotive air springs and suspension bushings, as well as modify ruling letters and revoke treatment relating to the documentary requirements of subheading 9801.00.20.

Topics:321 de minimis, Section 301 tariff exclusions, Harmonized Tariff Schedule, Entry Type 86 , Customs duty, Court of International Trade, Drawback, Manifest Confidentiality, CBP CROSS Rulings, Generalized System of Preferences (GSP), Forced Labor , Trump tariffs
Murphy: Download ACE Records of Tariff Payments to Ensure Possible IEEPA Refunds
August 18, 2025 |Customs

Sidley trade practice co-lead Ted Muprhy advised clients to prepare now for a potential court ruling overturning International Emergency Economic Powers Act tariffs by downloading import reports from ACE to demonstrate how much they have paid in IEEPA tariffs since they began. He also said they should do so each month from now on, until there is a final resolution in court.

CBP AD and CVD Messages as of Aug. 14
August 15, 2025 |Customs

A listing of recent Commerce Department antidumping and countervailing duty messages posted on CBP's website Aug. 14, 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 CBP's ADCVD Search page.