CBP on July 31 provided guidance on new tariffs on Canadian imports, which were raised from 25% to 35% Aug. 1 (see 2507310082).
CBP will be watching for entries that don't fully calculate the duty value of merchandise that falls under Section 232 duties for copper and intensive copper derivatives products, according to a cargo systems message offering guidance on the tariff that was announced earlier this week (see 2507300061). The Section 232 tariff calls for a 50% ad valorem duty on all imports of semi-finished copper products and intensive copper derivative products from all countries.
All active judges at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit on July 31 heard oral argument in the lead case on the legality of tariffs imposed under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act. The 11 judges peppered counsel for the government and the parties challenging the tariffs, which include five importers and 12 U.S. states, with questions about whether the statute authorizes tariffs at all; whether there are limits to that tariff authority, should it exist; and whether the major questions or non-delegation doctrines strip IEEPA of its ability to convey tariff authority (V.O.S. Selections v. Trump, Fed. Cir. # 25-1812).
The ability to import low-value packages duty-free will end for goods from around the world on Aug. 29, the president declared in an executive order July 30.
An entry of gold jewelry from Oman qualifies for duty-free treatment under the U.S.-Oman Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act, importer Empire Jewelry argued in a July 28 complaint to the Court of International Trade. The importer noted that CBP doesn't disagree as to the Harmonized Tariff Schedule subheading that applies to the case, subheading 7113.19.5090, but rather whether the jewelry originates in Oman under the terms of the FTA (Empire Jewelry v. United States, CIT # 24-00127).
CBP created Harmonized System Update 2528 on July 25, containing 10 Automated Broker Interface records and two Harmonized Tariff Schedule records. In support of the PGA Message Set, the USDA APHIS tariff flag AQ1 has been removed from HTS 2827.39.90.10 and 2827.39.90.50.
A domestic producer recently filed a petition with the Commerce Department and the International Trade Commission requesting antidumping and countervailing duties be imposed on freight rail couplers imported from the Czech Republic and India. Commerce now will decide whether to begin AD/CVD investigations, which could result in the imposition of permanent AD/CVD orders and the assessment of AD and CVD on importers. The Coalition of Freight Coupler Producers, composed of McConway & Torley LLC and the United Steel, Paper and Forestry, Rubber, Manufacturing, Energy, Allied Industrial and Service Workers International Union, requested the investigation.
The U.S. government's "newfound" theory of jurisdiction in two importers' case against the legality of tariffs imposed under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act is "both convoluted and wrong," the importers, Learning Resources and Hand2Mind, argued in a reply brief at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit (Learning Resources v. Donald J. Trump, D.C. Cir. # 25-5202).
CBP has set a target date of Sept. 27 for implementation of an ACE enhancement that would automatically reject manifest filings with insufficient cargo information, such as insufficient cargo descriptions, consignee information or shipper information, according to CBP's Notional Development & Deployment Schedule for July.
The Commerce Department recently initiated antidumping duty and countervailing duty investigations on oleoresin paprika from India (A-533-938/C-533-939). The AD investigation period is April 1, 2024, through March 31, 2025. The CVD investigation period is calendar year 2024.