CBP created Harmonized System Update (HSU) 2102 on March 1, containing 1,644 Automated Broker Interface records and 269 Harmonized Tariff Schedule records, it said in a CSMS message. The changes reflect adjustments related to the Craft Beverage Modernization and Tax Act and the extension of trade remedies on residential washers and washer parts (see 2101150049). They also reflect the discontinuation of Agricultural Marketing Service promotion order assessments on frozen mangoes, as announced by an AMS final rule Feb. 24
The following lawsuits were filed at the Court of International Trade during the week of Feb. 22-28:
Mesh Wi-Fi network extenders perform a different function than routers or switches and should be classified in a separate subheading, CBP said in a recently released ruling dated Dec. 18, 2020. The ruling is the result of an application for further review of protest submitted by Calix over an entry of mesh network extenders, which was liquidated in subheading 8517.62.0020. The classification issue is “whether or not the protested merchandise is 'switching and routing apparatus' of subheading 8517.62.0020, [Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUSA)], or 'other' of subheading 8517.62.0090,” CBP said.
The Commerce Department issued Federal Register notices on its recently initiated antidumping and countervailing duty investigations on granular polytetrafluoroethylene resin from India and Russia (A-533-899/C-533-900, A-821-829/C-821-830).
The following lawsuits were filed at the Court of International Trade during the week of Feb.8-14:
TCL Communication Technology Holdings’ North American smartphone subsidiary became one of the largest importers to join the massive Section 301 litigation when it filed a complaint Feb. 12 in the Court of International Trade. Like the roughly 3,500 other lawsuits inundating the court, TCT Mobile (US) seeks to get the lists 3 and 4A tariffs on Chinese goods vacated and the duties refunded with interest. TCT's claims “accrued with each and every entry of products” with List 3 or List 4A tariff exposure, the company said. The “instant action” was filed within two years of the date that TCT paid the lists 3 and 4A duties, it said, satisfying the court’s two-year statute of limitations on the timeliness of complaints.
Board members and people who provide services to foreign-trade zones talked about what the National Association of Foreign-Trade Zones should work on now that it lost the battle on USMCA rules of origin treatment for goods produced in those zones. “Now that provision’s back in the act, it’s going to be a real challenge,” said Melissa Irmen, chair of the NAFTZ board. The group wants to make sure a U.S.-United Kingdom free trade agreement doesn't prohibit goods made in FTZs from qualifying for rules of origin, as USMCA does. “They are concerned that the USMCA approach could be a precedent.”
CBP issued the following releases on commercial trade and related matters:
The Commerce Department made an affirmative antidumping preliminary determination that imports of metal lockers from China (A-570-133) are being sold in the U.S. at less than fair value. The agency will impose AD duty cash requirements on entries of subject merchandise beginning on Feb. 11, the date that its preliminary determination is set to be published in the Federal Register.
The following lawsuits were filed at the Court of International Trade during the week of Feb.1-7: