Newly Released CBP HQ Rulings on April 19
The Customs Rulings Online Search System (CROSS) was updated April 19 with the following headquarters rulings (ruling revocations and modifications will be detailed elsewhere in a separate article as they are announced in the Customs Bulletin):
H327710: Coastwise Transportation; Scour Protection; Outer Continental Shelf; 46 U.S.C. § 55102
| Ruling: The transportation of the scour protection material between a port in Europe or Canada and the pristine seabed on the outer continental shelf would not be in violation of the Jones Act. |
| Issue: Whether the transportation of the subject scour protection material as described above violates the Jones Act? |
| Item: N/A |
| Reason: Because the scour protection material will be laden aboard the vessel at non-coastwise points, these materials will not be transported between two coastwise points even if the work performed off the coast of the U.S. formed a coastwise point in the process. |
| Ruling Date: April 1, 2023 |