Articles imported within sets may be eligible for duty-free treatment under the Generalized System of Preferences, even if other components of the set are not, the Court of International Trade said in a decision issued Aug. 23. In a test case on whether sets of Thai pots and Chinese lids imported by Meyer Corp. qualify for GSP, CIT held that the pots are GSP-eligible, and that the lids are not, despite the entire sets being classified in a single tariff provision for kitchen articles of stainless steel.
CBP posted more documents on the agency's website for the upcoming Commercial Customs Operations Advisory Committee (COAC) meeting on Aug. 23 in San Diego. Among other things, CBP posted draft recommendations from the International Engagement and Trade Facilitation Working Group that describe some best practices that the agency could suggest to other customs administrations. For example, CBP should advocate that other customs regimes include standard public commenting procedures for regulatory changes, implement advanced ruling programs and simplify clearance procedures.
CBP posted draft recommendations from the Commercial Customs Operations Advisory Committee (COAC) e-commerce working group on Section 321 entries ahead of the COAC meeting on Aug. 23 in San Diego. The recommendations "are intended to improve the import process from a facilitation and enforcement perspective for section 321-eligible shipments across all modes of transportation," the working group said. CBP issued an interim final rule on the de minimis level last year and raised a number of questions on the role of other agencies' requirements for such shipments (see 1608250029).
CBP posted on the agency's website some documents for the upcoming Commercial Customs Operations Advisory Committee (COAC) meeting on Aug. 23 in San Diego. Only the government papers and the agenda for the meeting were posted. Among other things, CBP said in its Border Interagency Executive Council issue paper that the BIEC principals plan to meet on Aug. 28 to consider a working group report on partner government agency targeting and manifest access. "The BIEC is working on several major projects, along with developing a process to prioritize enhancements to Automated Commercial Environment (ACE) that are considered 'post-core,'" the agency said. The BIEC will also "be focusing on continued ACE enhancements and simplifying CBP processes, in line with CBP’s trade priorities and funding availability," it said.
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Consolidated online orders of goods that fall under the de minimis value threshold and are sent directly to the consumer are eligible for Section 321 exemptions, CBP said in a July 26 ruling. Unlike situations in which commercial shipments of low-value products are sent to a retailer to be put up for sale (see 1707310053), CBP allows for duty-free entry of grouped orders addressed to the end customer, CBP said. The ruling request involved e-commerce orders of merchandise through Zara.com and Fashion Retail, a Spanish company that handles shipments of the orders, CBP said.
The Commercial Customs Operations Advisory Committee (COAC) for CBP will next meet Aug. 23 in San Diego, CBP said in a notice.
The aggregate value limit of $800 per day for informal entry and duty-free treatment for commercial shipments covers retailers, rather than end-purchasers, CBP said in a July 19 ruling, HQ H275530. The ruling followed a request from Arkel about the company's ability to ship bike parts under the de minimis value to be stocked by retail stores in the U.S. Section 321 allows for importations under the de minimis value to enter duty free and with less processing by the government.
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