The following lawsuits were filed at the Court of International Trade during the week of Jan. 4-10:
Brian Feito
Brian Feito is Managing Editor of International Trade Today, Export Compliance Daily and Trade Law Daily. A licensed customs broker who spent time at the Department of Commerce calculating antidumping and countervailing duties, Brian covers a wide range of subjects including customs and trade-facing product regulation, the courts, antidumping and countervailing duties and Mexico and the European Union. Brian is a graduate of the University of Florida and George Mason University. He joined the staff of Warren Communications News in 2012.
Major concerns persist among the trade community about readiness for the fast-approaching Feb. 28 mandatory use date for Automated Commercial Environment entry summary and cargo release. Despite the reprieve granted by CBP when it delayed the deadline from Nov. 1, the ACE adoption rate remains low. A constant stream of programming tweaks from CBP has made it impossible to finalize software, and as-yet-undeployed capabilities make it difficult even for some filers that want to file in ACE to make the switch to the new system, said several involved in implementation from the industry side in recent interviews.
The following lawsuits were filed at the Court of International Trade during the week of Dec. 28 - Jan. 3:
The following lawsuits were filed at the Court of International Trade during the week of Dec. 21-27:
Lawyers for the U.S. government recently conceded an apparent victory to an importer in a Court of International Trade case on the extent to which the government can reliquidate entries that have deemed liquidated. In a Dec. 21 filing that marked a reversal from its previous position, the government moved for liquidation “as entered” for an entry by Consolidated Fibers that it had previously reliquidated at a higher rate, even though the entry had deemed liquidated nearly three years earlier.
A furniture importer agreed to pay $15 million to settle a False Claims Act lawsuit that alleged it submitted false entry documentation in an effort to avoid antidumping duties on wooden bedroom furniture from China, said the Justice Department in a Dec. 21 press release (here). University Furniture and its Freedom Furniture Group allegedly classified its imported furniture as office furniture between 2009 and 2012, despite selling the furniture in the student housing market for use in dormitory bedrooms, said DOJ.
The following lawsuits were filed at the Court of International Trade during the week of Dec. 14-20:
The following lawsuits were filed at the Court of International Trade during the week of Dec. 7-13:
The Food and Drug Administration is making no changes at the present time to the data elements it requires for filing in its Automated Commercial Environment pilot, said Domenic Veneziano, director of FDA’s import division, in response to our inquiry Nov. 11. The data elements outlined in FDA’s current supplemental guide are “critical” in admissibility decisions, allowing the agency to more timely process releases, he said at a webinar hosted by Integration Point the previous day. “The only change, at this time, to the pilot is the need to complete and submission of the template,” Veneziano said, referring to FDA’s decision to end a pilot requirement that the agency prevalidate shipment data before it is filed in ACE (see 1512080075).
The following lawsuits were filed at the Court of International Trade during the week of Nov. 30 - Dec. 6: