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.
The White House announced this week it has selected Joseph Barloon to be its ambassador to the World Trade Organization, a role of a deputy U.S. trade representative. Barloon served as general counsel to the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative 2019-2020, during the first Trump administration. He also was nominated to be a judge at the Court of International Trade by President Donald Trump in that first term but wasn't confirmed (see 2102050032).
CBP has released its Feb. 12 Customs Bulletin (Vol. 59, No. 7), which includes a ruling action involving the revocation of 10 ruling letters, modification of four ruling letters and revocation of treatment relating to the tariff classification of training pants. Also included are five Court of International Trade slip opinions.
The following lawsuits were filed at the Court of International Trade during the week of Feb. 3-9:
CBP has released its Feb. 5 Customs Bulletin (Vol. 59, No. 6), which includes the following ruling actions: