In Millenium Lumber Distribution Ltd. v. U.S., the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit agreed with the Court of International Trade and U.S. Customs and Border Protection that the correct classification of certain cut lumber was under Harmonized Tariff Schedule heading 4407.
In Peerless Clothing International, Inc. v. U.S., the Court of International Trade concluded that Customs did not violate 19 USC 1625(c), despite the lack of a notice and comment period before changing its appraisement of Peerless USA's entries, because the entries claimed by Peerless USA to establish treatment were not substantially identical to those modified by Customs.
In the February 26, 2009 U.S. Customs and Border Protection Bulletin (Vol. 43, No. 10), CBP provides a table of ten abstracted classification decisions issued by the Court of International Trade (CIT).
In International Custom Products, Inc. ("ICP") v. U.S., the Court of International Trade stated that neither ICP nor the Government had submitted sufficient evidence for the Court to render a decision and stated that a new trial would be necessary to resolve the issue.
On February 25, 2009 the American Association of Exporters and Importers (AAEI) sent a letter to President Obama advocating a "stimulus package for trade."
CBP has posted a summary of changes to the Automated Export System Trade Interface Requirements (AESTIR) to its Web site, indicating that Version 1.0 was changed on February 24, 2009 as follows:
In Outer Circle Products v. U.S., the Court of International Trade upheld Customs' classification of bottle and jug wraps under HTS 4202.92.20 as "bottle cases""with outer surface of sheeting of plastic or of textile materials, other" at a duty rate of 19.3%.
On February 2, 2009, Senator Snowe1 (R) introduced the Trade Complaint and Litigation Accountability Improvement Measures Act of 2009 (the Trade CLAIM Act, S. 363), a bill aimed at strengthening and improving the enforcement of U.S. trade rights.
The International Trade Administration has issued a "Timken" notice of a Court of International Trade (CIT) decision not in harmony with the International Trade Commission's final negative injury determinations in the antidumping duty investigations of diamond sawblades and parts thereof from China and Korea.
In the February 5, 2009 issue of the U.S. Customs and Border Protection Bulletin (Vol. 43, No. 7), CBP published a notice proposing to revoke two rulings and a treatment as follows: