The Commerce Department (Commerce) has announced that the Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (CITA) has extended until August 31, 2005 the period for making determinations on whether to request consultations with China, and at the same time impose safeguard quotas, on the following China categories for which "threat"-based and/or "actual" market disruption petitions have been filed:
In the July 20, 2005 issue of the U.S. Customs and Border Protection Bulletin (CBP Bulletin) (Vol. 39, No. 30), CBP issued two notices proposing to revoke or modify seven classification rulings on certain sports equipment. CBP states that it is also proposing to revoke any treatment it has previously accorded to substantially identical transactions that are contrary to its position in these notices.
The Washington File reports that the Group of Eight (G8) industrialized nations has agreed to convene a meeting of experts in autumn to develop a plan for improving national anti-piracy and anti-counterfeiting capabilities, noting that the theft of intellectual property rights (IPR) can be linked to organized crime. The leaders of the G8 (Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, United Kingdom, U.S., and Russia) met on July 6-8, 2005 in Scotland. (Washington File Pub 07/08/05, available at http://usinfo.state.gov/xarchives/display.html?p=washfile-english&y=2005&m=July&x=20050708152328AKllennoCcM0.9995691&t=livefeeds/wf-latest.html)
Entry "deemed liquidated" as Customs did not act w/in six months of Federal Register notice of final results of AD administrative review. In International Trading Co. v. U.S., the CAFC affirmed the CIT's decision that Customs did not liquidate a March 1994 entry of shop towels from Bangladesh within the six month statutorily allotted time pursuant to 19 USC 1504(d). As a result, the CAFC concurred with the CIT that the entry was deemed liquidated at the rate and amount of duty deposited by the importer.
On June 28, 2005, a three-judge panel of the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC) issued its opinion in USA-ITA v. U.S. et. al. which upholds its stay (lifting) of the Court of International Trade's (CIT's) preliminary injunction that had prevented the Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (CITA) from considering, accepting, or taking further action on any China safeguard petitions based on the threat of market disruption.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) recently issued a Customs Bulletin notice requesting written comments by July 29, 2005 on its proposal to limit the application of the court decisions in Park B. Smith Ltd. vs. U.S. (Park) to the specific cotton woven table linens and cotton woven dhurry rug entries before the courts in that litigation. (See ITT's Online Archives or 07/01/05 news, 05070110 for BP summary.)
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has issued a Customs Bulletin notice requesting written comments by July 29, 2005 on its proposal to limit the application of the decisions of the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC) and the Court of International Trade (CIT) in Park B. Smith Ltd. vs. U.S. (Park) to the specific cotton woven table linens and cotton woven dhurry rug entries before the courts in that litigation.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has issued a new informed compliance publication (ICP) entitled, "What Every Member of the Trade Community Should Know About: Textile Costumes under the HTSUS."
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has issued a memorandum which informs CBP personnel and the trade community of the impact of a recent federal court case, Bauer Nike Hockey USA, Inc. v. U.S., on the classification of textile merchandise in HTS 9506.
CIT rules unused country-specific quotas for ice cream must be reallocated. In Pillsbury Company v. U.S., the Court of International Trade (CIT) ruled that with respect to the tariff rate quota (TRQ) imposed on ice cream, Customs is required to reallocate to the "common pool" of entries any unused, country-specific quotas.