The following lawsuits were filed at the Court of International Trade during the week of Aug 10-16:
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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.
The following lawsuits were filed at the Court of International Trade during the week of Aug 3-9:
Clerical errors in a recently enacted law will increase duties on some outerwear apparel products unless Congress acts to fix them by December, according to trade lawyers and lobbyists. A section of the Trade Preferences Extension Act, which was signed into law in June, created new HTS subheadings for recreational performance outerwear, but specified the wrong duty rates for the new tariff lines. As a result, importers of certain water resistant apparel will see their duty liability change if the provisions take effect as scheduled on Dec. 28. Trade groups say there is already consensus on Capitol Hill that the errors need to be addressed, and fixes could be made in the upcoming Customs Reauthorization bill conference.
The following lawsuits were filed at the Court of International Trade during the week of July 27 - Aug 2:
The bulk of the remaining Automated Commercial Environment pilot tests of partner government agency (PGA) message sets will begin on Aug. 19, said Cynthia Whittenburg, CBP executive director-trade policy and programs, at a meeting of the Advisory Committee on Commercial Operations (COAC) held July 29 in Chicago. A total of 13 PGA message set pilots will begin on that date, including the Food and Drug Administration, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service-Lacey Act, National Marine Fisheries Service, and Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau, she said.
The addition of house bill release capability to the Automated Commercial Environment would be a “fairly significant piece of programming” and CBP is considering temporary alternatives in the meantime, said CBP Assistant Commissioner Brenda Smith on July 29. CBP is looking for short-term fixes while it considers where development of the capability can be fit in “from a workload perspective,” she said at the Advisory Committee on Commercial Operations (COAC) meeting.
CBP should adopt a “phased adoption” schedule for implementation of Automated Commercial Environment entry summary and cargo release, delaying ACE requirements for partner government agencies and entry types that are currently still in the early stages of development, said the Advisory Committee on Commercial Operations in recommendations adopted at a meeting held July 29 in Chicago. The agency should also adopt an “informed compliance” approach for entry summary and cargo release, holding laggards accountable but keeping the Automated Commercial System online as a fallback for filers having trouble with the transition, it said.
The following lawsuits were filed at the Court of International Trade during the week of July 20-26:
The following lawsuits were filed at the Court of International Trade during the week of July 13-19:
Industry pressure is growing for CBP to soften its deadline for Automated Commercial Environment entry summary and cargo release, as concerns grow over the readiness of the trade community for Nov. 1. On the heels of a letter from Trade Support Network leadership asking CBP to delay ACE requirements for some capabilities, other industry groups, including the Advisory Committee on Commercial Operations (COAC), are considering their own courses of action, with some already coming out in favor of a delay.