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Importer Can't Challenge Classification of Models Not Listed in Protest Supplement, CIT Says
February 28, 2017 |Penalties and Courts

The Court of International Trade on Feb. 28 dismissed parts of an importer’s lawsuit challenging CBP’s tariff classification of its graduated compression hosiery, arm sleeves and gauntlets (here). While the classification of other models remains to be decided, CIT ruled importer Sigvaris cannot contest the classification of certain lines of compression hosiery and arm sleeves because they were not listed in supplements to the importer’s protests or were not listed in documents during the case’s discovery phase.

Topics:Customs duty, Court of International Trade
Three Plead Guilty to Smuggling Counterfeit iPhones and iPads
February 23, 2017 |Penalties and Courts

Three members of a conspiracy to smuggle counterfeit Apple iPhones, iPads and iPods from China pleaded guilty Feb. 22 in New Jersey U.S. District Court, the Justice Department said (here). Andreina Becerra, Roberto Volpe and Rosario La Marca conspired to smuggle into the U.S. more than 40,000 counterfeit electronic devices from 2009 to 2014. They shipped the devices separately from the labels bearing the counterfeit Apple trademarks for later assembly to avoid detection by CBP officials, DOJ said. Becerra, Volpe and La Marca each pleaded guilty to counts of conspiracy, trafficking in counterfeit goods, smuggling and structuring of financial transactions.

DOJ Says CBP Has Broad Authority to Detain Goods; Aluminum Goods at Issue Now Seized
February 13, 2017 |Penalties and Courts

The lengthy detention of some $25 million worth of aluminum products falls within the government's broad authority to control the movement of cargo through seaports, the Justice Department said in a Feb. 10 filing with the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California's Eastern Division. The court filing was in response to a lawsuit filed by Perfectus Aluminum over the detention of aluminum goods in September (see 1701130033). While the Perfectus suit claimed that CBP's detentions of the goods was costing the company millions of dollars before any seizure or forfeiture proceeding began, the containers were seized soon after the company filed, the DOJ said.