An importer is liable for duties on merchandise that it sought to import in 2019, despite arguing that it didn't consent to having its broker designate it as an importer of record, according to a recent CBP ruling.
The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative is seeking comments on whether any act, policy or practice relating to drug prices appears "unreasonable or discriminatory," or appears to have "the effect of forcing American patients to pay for a disproportionate amount of global pharmaceutical research and development, including by suppressing the price of pharmaceutical products below fair market value in foreign countries," it said in a Federal Register notice,
The International Emergency Economic Powers Act doesn't allow the president to impose tariffs, the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia ruled on May 29. A day after the Court of International Trade vacated and permanently enjoined all the tariff executive orders issued under IEEPA by President Donald Trump, the D.C. court went a step further and categorically ruled that IEEPA doesn't include the power to impose tariffs (Learning Resources v. Trump, D.D.C. # 25-1248).
The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is allowing imports of fresh pineapple fruit (Ananas comosus) for consumption from Indonesia into the U.S., it said in a Federal Register notice. The change is effective May 29. The agency made its decision following a pest risk analysis that determined that the application of one or more designated phytosanitary measures would be sufficient to mitigate the risks of introducing or disseminating plant pests or noxious weeds.
USDA's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is reopening a comment period for two notices: a pest risk analysis to import Chrysanthemum spp., synonymous genera cuttings and in vitro plantlets into the U.S., and an economic evaluation on regulating chrysanthemum white rust as a quarantine pest.
In the wake of President Donald Trump's May 12 executive order on prescription drug prices, CBP warned that it would "pursue any violations to the fullest extent possible" if it discovers that a party is failing to correctly input values related to prescription drug prices.
A reduction in reciprocal tariffs on Chinese goods to 10% has not ended the harm to families that need to stock up for new babies, Congress's "Dads Caucus" argued at a press conference May 15.
Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Md., and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., are teaming to introduce a bill called the Truth in Tariffs Act.
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit on May 9 upheld the Court of International Trade's classification of 14 mixtures of frozen fruits and vegetables under Harmonized Tariff Schedule subheading 0811.90.80, the residual category for "other" frozen fruit.
The chaotic situation that importers and customs brokers have been facing as tariff policy swings wildly from one extreme to the next is partially due to the fact that CBP is unable to influence policy in the Trump administration, Pete Mento, director of customs and international trade at DSV, said on May 8. Decisions about tariffs are made without expert insight into how their actual implementation will affect the broader trade community, he said.