NEW YORK -- Brian Hoxie, director of CBP's Forced Labor Division, told an apparel industry conference audience this week that DHS has been hearing their pleas for more transparency in forced labor enforcement.
Import quotas for polyester staple fiber under a safeguard announced Nov. 8 will start at zero in year one, then go to 453,592 in the second year, 907,185 in the third and 1,360,777 in the fourth and last year the safeguard is planned to be in effect, according to an annex to President Joe Biden's proclamation released Nov. 13 ahead of its publication in the Federal Register. The quotas and associated adjustments to the Harmonized Tariff Schedule take effect on Nov. 23 for imports of polyester staple fiber admitted temporarily free of duty under bond that are entered under subheading 9813.00.0520 (see 2411120039).
NEW YORK -- Tyler Beckelman, a Commerce deputy assistant secretary who also sits on the interagency Forced Labor Enforcement Task Force, told a garment industry audience that the Biden administration still intends to issue a notice of proposed rulemaking on de minimis "before we all turn into pumpkins on Jan. 20."
President Joe Biden is imposing Section 201 safeguard remedies on imports of fine denier polyester staple fiber (PSF), he said in a Nov. 8 proclamation. The action creates an absolute quota of fine denier PSF that can enter the country under temporary importation under bond (TIB). The safeguard takes effect Nov. 23, and the quota starts at zero.
The following lawsuits were filed at the Court of International Trade during the week of Nov. 4-10:
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A past trade staffer from the Senate Finance Committee said that if Congress wanted to write tariffs into law in order to use that revenue as a partial pay-for in tax cut extensions, those tariffs would likely wait until January 2026, as that's when the tax laws would take effect.
The CEO of footwear company Steve Madden expects to reduce its imports from China and increase sourcing from other regions to hedge against proposed punitive tariffs on China by President-elect Donald Trump.
Uncertainties over labor negotiations affecting U.S. East Coast and Gulf Coast ports, plus concerns over tariffs proposed by President-elect Donald Trump (see 2411060037), could result in a higher volume of U.S. imports in the coming weeks, the National Retail Federation said Nov. 8.
CBP has released its Nov. 6 Customs Bulletin (Vol. 58, No. 44), which includes the following ruling action: