U.S. Customs and Border Protection has posted guidance on the classification of decorative light fixtures in accordance with the June 2007 U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC) decision in Home Depot, USA v. U.S., that certain lighting fixtures could not be classified without considering all of their components.
In E.I. DuPont de Nemours & Company v. U.S., the Court of International Trade ruled on the amount of manufacturing substitution drawback due to Dupont from Customs on a single entry.
The U.S. Court of International Trade has ruled that Totes-Isotoner Corporation, which had challenged the constitutionality of different U.S. tariff rates for men's and other gloves, had standing to bring its claims but did not plead sufficient facts to state a claim of unconstitutional discrimination. Therefore, the CIT dismissed the case without prejudice.
The following Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC) and Court of International Trade (CIT) cases on international trade issues were dated or decided during June 26 - July 2, 2008:
In the June 25, 2008 issue of the U.S. Customs and Border Protection Bulletin (Vol. 42, No. 27), CBP published a notice proposing to revoke three classification rulings and revoke a treatment as follows:
The following Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC) and Court of International Trade (CIT) cases on international trade issues were dated/decided during June 16 - 17, 2008:
In U.S. v. Optrex America Inc., the Court of International Trade found that Optrex1 failed to exercise reasonable care in classifying certain Liquid Crystal Display products (LCDs) and is subject to 1592 penalties for such negligence.
The following Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC) and Court of International Trade (CIT) cases on international trade issues were dated/decided during May 28 - June 10, 2008:
In The Pomeroy Collection, Ltd. v. U.S., the Court of International Trade agreed with the importer and ruled that certain non-electric lamps from Mexico, the "Geo Table Lighting", the "St. Tropez CLS", the "St. Tropez Cardinal Bowl", and the "Serenity Votives" were all properly classified as "lights and light fittings" under Harmonized Tariff Schedule (HTS) 9405.50.40 (MX, duty free).
The following Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit and Court of International Trade cases on international trade issues were dated/decided during May 27 - May 29, 2008: