A pump assembly assembled in Mexico is subject to Section 301 duties, even though the electric motor that powers the pump is the only Chinese component and all of the other parts are Mexican, CBP said in a recent ruling. The assembly process in Mexico does not result in a substantial transformation of the motor, so the pump assembly remains a product of China, CBP said in HQ H303864, issued Dec. 26 and posted to the agency's CROSS database Jan. 9.
The Customs Rulings Online Search System (CROSS) was updated with 43 rulings on Jan. 9. The following headquarters rulings not involving carriers were modified on Jan. 9, according to CBP:
A portable solar charger with a plastic cover on its photovoltaic panel does not qualify for an exclusion for off-grid and portable panels from Section 201 safeguards on solar products from China, CBP said in a recently published ruling. The relevant exclusion covers only portable and off-grid panels that are foldable or that have glass covers, so Arlo’s chargers with plastic covers don’t qualify, CBP said in HQ H299136, issued in May but only posted to CBP’s Customs Rulings Online Search System (CROSS) database on Dec. 18.
The Customs Rulings Online Search System (CROSS) was updated with 162 rulings on Dec.18. The following headquarters rulings not involving carriers were modified on Dec. 18, according to CBP:
The Customs Rulings Online Search System (CROSS) was updated with seven rulings on Dec.3. The following headquarters rulings not involving carriers were modified on Dec. 3, according to CBP:
The Customs Rulings Online Search System (CROSS) was updated with eight more rulings on Nov. 25. The following additional headquarters ruling (see 1911250017) involving carriers was modified on Nov. 25, according to CBP:
The Customs Rulings Online Search System (CROSS) was updated on Nov. 25. The following headquarters rulings not involving carriers were modified on Nov. 25, according to CBP:
The $3.3 million offer in compromise that settled civil liability for customs violations with CBP came about due to the work of an agency import specialist, a CBP spokesperson said. Satisloh, which imports machinery that is used in making optical lenses, made the offer in compromise (see 1911200042) after CBP said it “provided false descriptions, tariff classification numbers, and/or duty rates to CBP for the entries of certain machinery and repair parts.”
The Customs Rulings Online Search System (CROSS) was updated with 38 rulings on Nov. 14. The following headquarters rulings not involving carriers were modified on Nov. 14, according to CBP:
The Customs Rulings Online Search System (CROSS) was updated with 6 rulings on Nov. 1. The following headquarters rulings not involving carriers were modified on Oct. 30, according to CBP: