In the Sept. 11 Customs Bulletin (Vol. 58, No. 36), CBP published a proposal to revoke ruling letters concerning polyurethane-coated weft knit fabric materials from China.
Economists at the Peterson Institute for International Economics said that if the U.S. were to move all Chinese imports into Column 2 of the tariff schedule, removing permanent normal trade relations status, it would increase inflation by four-tenths of a percent if China were to retaliate, and it would hurt manufacturing the most -- the area politicians most want to protect.
In the Sept. 11 Customs Bulletin (Vol. 58, No. 36), CBP published a proposal to revoke ruling letters concerning steel assembly hardware sets from Vietnam and training pants.
When filing unused merchandise drawback claims, companies can select the unit of measure they want to use for calculating per unit averaging where two units of measure are provided on the entry summary, provided that companies keep two conditions, according to a recent CROSS ruling issued by CBP.
The Biden administration will issue a notice of proposed rulemaking to forbid all goods subject to major trade actions, including Section 301 tariffs, from de minimis entry, the White House announced. It will also issue a notice of proposed rulemaking to require information submissions for de minimis packages, including the 10-digit HTS code and the person receiving the goods.
The administration rebranded two pending rulemaking processes and revived one that was abandoned in 2021 to address the compliance risks of de minimis shipments as well as shrink the volume of direct-to-consumer imports.
Tariffs on imports from China of electric vehicles, EV batteries, solar cells and wafers, face masks, needles and syringes, critical minerals and steel and aluminum will go up Sept. 27, with more Section 301 tariff hikes planned for Jan. 1, 2025, and Jan. 1, 2026.
The Commerce Department is setting new countervailing duty cash deposit requirements for imports of 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid, also known as 2,4-D, from China (C-570-161) and India (C-533-923), after finding countervailable subsidization of producers and exporters in the two countries in the preliminary determinations of its CV duty investigations. Suspension of liquidation and cash deposit requirements are set to take effect Sept. 13, the date that the preliminary determinations are scheduled to be published in the Federal Register.
The following lawsuits were filed at the Court of International Trade during the weeks of Aug. 19-25, Aug. 26 - Sept. 1, Sept. 2-8:
CBP implemented on Sept. 4 a nationwide rejection of vague descriptions in Air Cargo Advance Screening (ACAS). The agency won't issue rejections during a 30-day warning period that runs through Oct. 6. Rejections will be effective Oct. 7, CBP said in a Sept. 5 cargo systems message.