President Donald Trump told reporters that there are no concessions Mexico, Canada or China could make to avoid tariffs on Feb. 1, which he wants to use to punish them for trade deficits, fentanyl trafficking, and, in the case of Canada and Mexico, migration across their borders.
Parts of brake discs used in airplanes are "parts of an aircraft" and properly classified under Harmonized Tariff Schedule heading 8803, the Court of International Trade held on Jan. 30. Judge Mark Barnett said that since the parts are "used for no other purpose," require "no further processing prior" to their use in a brake disc and have "no other substantial commercial application," they should be classified as aircraft parts.
The Commerce Department released notices in the Federal Register on its recently initiated antidumping and countervailing duty investigations on slag pots from China (A-570-196/C-570-197). The CVD investigation covers entries Jan. 1, 2023, through Dec. 31, 2023. The AD investigation covers entries April 1, 2024, through Sept. 30, 2024.
The following lawsuits were filed at the Court of International Trade during the week of Jan. 20-26:
CBP created Harmonized System Update 2504 on Jan. 24, containing four Automated Broker Interface (ABI) records and one Harmonized Tariff Schedule record. In support of the Participating Government Agency message set, PGA flag indicator AL1 for APHIS was updated.
A bipartisan bill has been introduced in the House that would require that the minimum tariff charged on Chinese goods be 35%, that tariffs higher than 35% in Column 2 of HTS be applied to some Chinese imports, 100% tariffs on hundreds of items on the Section 301 target list, and that the bound rates for U.S. tariffs, as declared at the World Trade Organization, should be changed to Column 2 for all countries.
CBP issued the following releases on commercial trade and related matters:
CBP created Harmonized System Update 2503 on Jan. 22, containing 70 Automated Broker Interface (ABI) records and 10 Harmonized Tariff Schedule records. HSU 2503 includes the updated HTS Watermelon Fee for the National Watermelon Promotion Board rate assessment.
In the Jan. 15 Customs Bulletin (Vol. 59, No. 3), CBP published proposals to modify or revoke ruling letters concerning the tariff classification of women's underwear.
CBP created Harmonized System Update 2502 on Jan. 21, containing 193 Automated Broker Interface (ABI) records and 30 Harmonized Tariff Schedule records. HSU 2502 includes HTS updates for the National Watermelon Promotion Board rate assessment, which will increase to 9 cents per hundredweight as of Jan. 22.