Rep. Chris Deluzio, D-Pa., and four other House Democrats wrote to the president with questions about possible tariff rate quotas for Mexican steel, after reading reports that the U.S. might agree to drop 50% tariffs on Mexican steel in a TRQ arrangement.
The following lawsuits were filed at the Court of International Trade during the week of June 23-29:
CBP unlawfully excluded importer Agri Spray Drones' entries of drone controllers without explanation, the importer argued in a June 30 complaint at the Court of International Trade (Agri Spray Drones v. United States, CIT # 25-00141).
CBP issued the following releases on commercial trade and related matters:
A listing of recent Commerce Department antidumping and countervailing duty messages posted on CBP's website June 30, along with the case number(s) and CBP message number, is provided below. The messages are available by searching for the listed CBP message number at CBP's ADCVD Search page.
CBP created Harmonized System Update 2525 on June 28 and HSU 2526 on June 30. HSU 2525 contains nine Automated Broker Interface records and three Harmonized Tariff Schedule records. HSU 2526 contains 131 ABI records and 32 HTS records.
In the June 25 Customs Bulletin (Vol. 59, No. 26), CBP published proposals to revoke ruling letters concerning the tariff classification of certain dimmers and certain styles of men's footwear.
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The Senate passed the Trump tax bill with a tie-breaking vote from the vice president on July 1. The House of Representatives will vote on whether it will accept the Senate's changes to its bill.
CBP is embarking on a radical restructuring of the Commercial Customs Operations Advisory Committee, directing all COAC subcommittees and workgroups to complete their work by the advisory body’s September meeting as the agency brings “all existing COAC subcommittees and related workgroups to a close,” according to an email obtained by International Trade Today.