President Donald Trump criticized business officials who have said his tariffs actions are damaging, bragged about countries and executives asking for breaks, and made a list of non-tariff cheating he wants countries to end, all on social media over the weekend.
CBP created Harmonized System Update 2516 on April 18, containing 65 Automated Broker Interface records and 21 Harmonized Tariff Schedule records. HSU 2516 includes the Safeguard for Sugar adjustments and PGA updates. In support of the PGA updates, an FDA tariff flag was added to HTS 2702.10.0000 Lignite, whether or not pulverized, but not agglomerated.
President Donald Trump seemed to say April 17 he doesn’t intend to raise tariffs on China further, and that he might actually be looking to lower them.
Customs brokers are still wishing for guidance from CBP on the in-transit exemptions mentioned in the April 2 executive order on reciprocal tariffs, according to remarks made during the April 17 bi-weekly ACE support call hosted by CBP.
Effective April 21, transportation and logistics firm DHL expects to temporarily suspend the collection and shipping of business-to-consumer shipments to private individuals in the U.S. where the declared customs value exceeds $800, according to an online notice.
The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative is planning a phased-in approach to assessing fees on foreign-built vessels calling at U.S. ports, according to an April 17 announcement unveiling the results of its year-long Section 301 investigation.
Forty-seven senators and representatives, led by Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., expressed concern April 16 that the Trump administration’s reciprocal tariff policies negotiations could become a spoils system.
CBP has released its April 16 Customs Bulletin (Vol. 59, No. 16). It contains one ruling action, related to the tariff classification of Cub Cadet Utility Vehicles. It also includes four Court of International Trade slip opinions.
Air cargo transportation is likely eligible for reciprocal tariff exemptions for goods in transit as of April 5 or 9, according to two trade lawyers with law firm Grunfeld Desiderio, echoing similar comments from a DHL official the previous day who said the exemption applies to both air and truck modes (see 2504160027).
USDA's Foreign Agricultural Service will impose an additional safeguard duty on certain sugars, syrups and molasses that fall under the Uruguay Round Agreements Act, it said in a Federal Register notice.