Components of Display Wall System Classifiable as Monitors, Not Parts, Court Says

Laser phosphor displays (LPDs) that Prysm imports for integrating into display wall systems are classifiable as finished monitors, and not parts of monitors, ruled the Court of International Trade Tuesday. The LDPs can’t be considered parts of a larger whole because there's no uniform configuration of which a single LDP can be considered a part, the court found, siding with Customs and Border Protection. CBP classified the LDPs Prysm imported in 2016 as color monitors and assessed 5 percent duties on them. Prysm protested, arguing the LDPs should have been treated as duty-free parts. The court disagreed, deciding a proprietary image processor receives the input video source and can control up to 30 LPDs. Even a single LPD is capable of displaying an image, rendering it a monitor under Harmonized Tariff Schedule definitions, it said. Prysm didn't comment.