Importers Yellow Bird and Vantage Point filed a complaint at the Court of International Trade July 18 arguing that a 1955 Jaguar race car, driven in competitions by multiple Australian racing drivers, is a collector's item, not a used motor vehicle (Yellowbird Enterprises v. U.S., CIT # 24-00121).
CBP created Harmonized System Update 2411 on July 18, containing 131 Automated Broker Interface (ABI) records and 27 Harmonized Tariff Schedule records. "In support of the PGA Message Set, Participating Government Agency (PGA), PGA flag indicators for [Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service] (AQ1 to AQ2) were updated," CBP added.
CBP issued the following releases on commercial trade and related matters:
The Commerce Department issued notices in the Federal Register on its recently initiated antidumping and countervailing duty investigations on brake drums from China and Turkey (A-570-174/C-570-175, A-489-853/C-489-854). The CVD investigations cover entries for the calendar year 2023. The AD investigation on Turkey covers entries April 1, 2023, through March 31, 2024, and the AD investigation on China covers entries Oct. 1, 2023, through March 31, 2024.
The Commerce Department issued a Federal Register notice on its recently initiated antidumping duty investigation on large top mount combination refrigerator-freezers from Thailand (A-549-853). The agency will determine whether imports of Thai refrigrator-freezers are being sold in the U.S. at less than fair value. The investigation covers entries from Thailand during the period April 1, 2023, through March 31, 2024.
A U.S. producer seeks the imposition of new antidumping and countervailing duties on imports of tungsten shot from China, it said in petitions filed July 9 with the Commerce Department and the International Trade Commission. Commerce will now decide whether to begin AD/CVD investigations, which could result in the imposition of permanent AD/CVD orders on tungsten shot.
The Commerce Department issued notices in the Federal Register on its recently initiated antidumping and countervailing duty investigations on low-speed personal transportation vehicles from China (A-570-176/C-570-177). The CVD investigation covers entries Jan. 1 - Dec. 31, 2023. The AD investigation covers entries Oct. 1, 2023 - March 31, 2024.
CBP affirmed an earlier ruling that hand sanitizer dispensing stations manufactured in China should be classified for tariff purposes as “other furniture” instead of parts of mechanical appliances suited for projecting liquids, according to an agency decision rendered April 26.
National Council of Textile Organizations CEO Kimberly Glas, speaking at a left-of-center think tank on trade policy, said that companies need to be able to file antidumping and countervailing duty cases without having to wait so long and pay so much money.
CBP created Harmonized System Update 2410 on July 11, containing 52 Automated Broker Interface (ABI) records and 15 Harmonized Tariff Schedule records. The update includes the "latest Section 232 Mexico Aluminum and Steel updates and adjustments required by the verification of the 2024 Harmonized Tariff Schedule (HTS)."