CBP has released its March 12 Customs Bulletin (Vol. 59, No. 11), which includes a ruling notice involving the revocation of one ruling letter and revocation of treatment relating to the tariff classification of certain wheels and hubs for trucks and trailers. Also included are four Court of International Trade slip opinions and one U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit decision.
A State Department notice declaring that all agency efforts to control international trade now constitute a "foreign affairs function" of the U.S. under the Administrative Procedure Act will ultimately be subject to the discretion of the courts, trade lawyers told us.
The Commerce Department has published amended final results of the antidumping duty administrative review on passenger vehicle and light truck tires from China (A-570-016), originally published April 26, 2019, to align with a partial judgment in a court case that challenged a rate in those results.
The following lawsuits were filed at the Court of International Trade during the weeks of Feb. 10-16, Feb. 17-23, Feb. 24 - March 2 and March 3-9:
CBP has released its March 5 Customs Bulletin (Vol. 59, No. 10), which includes a ruling action involving the revocation of one ruling letter and revocation of treatment relating to the tariff classification of women's pants. Also included are two Court of International Trade slip opinions.
The Commerce Department is ending antidumping duties on mattresses from Indonesia (C-560-836), after a recent Court of International Trade decision caused rates from the final determination of Commerce's investigation to fall to zero for Indonesian exporters. Zero rates in a final determination result in termination of an investigation and no resulting order. The AD order that was at the center of the court case was published May 14, 2021.
CBP has postponed indefinitely an enhancement within ACE that would withhold the release of de minimis shipments that exceed the $800 per person/per day threshold, according to the February development and deployment schedule released last week.
CBP has released its Feb. 26 Customs Bulletin (Vol. 59, No. 9). While it contains no ruling notices, it does include one U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit decision and one Court of International Trade slip opinion.
George Bogden has been appointed the new executive director of CBP's Office of Trade Relations, the agency confirmed Feb. 25. Bogden has served as a fellow at various think tanks, including the Steamboat Institute, which praised Bogden for his "spirit of principled leadership and a deep commitment to the values of free markets, limited government, and individual liberty." He has also had fellowships with the Yorktown Institute, the MacMillan Center for International and Area Studies at Yale, the Hungary Foundation, Columbia Law School, the Wilson Center's Kennan Institute, and the German Marshall Fund. In addition, he previously served as a senior law clerk at the Court of International Trade and as an associate director at the Hudson Institute. According to his LinkedIn profile, he started at CBP in January.
President Donald Trump's directive in his proclamation expanding Section 232 steel tariffs to assess penalties for the misclassification of entries resulting in non-payment of the duties without regard for "evidence of mitigating factors" may run afoul of existing customs laws, trade lawyers said. Even if the directive stays within the bounds of the current statutory scheme, expect more prior disclosures and proactive steps to ensure the proper customs treatment of steel entries, the lawyers added.