An importer of recyclable material with a negative valuation can use the transaction value of similar goods that had a positive valuation to appraise the merchandise, CBP said in a recent ruling. Though goods with a negative price can’t be appraised using transaction value, fluctuations in the prices of the underlying metals means some shipments of the recyclable materials will have positive prices that can be used to appraise the negatively priced entries, CBP said.
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.
Two importers each will pay seven-figure sums to settle False Claims Act lawsuits related to the undervaluation of their customs entries and underpayment of duties, DOJ said Aug. 11. Apparel importer Luchiano Visconti and its manager, Sasha Hourizadeh, will together pay $3.64 million to settle allegations they sent fraudulent invoices to their customs broker that understated the actual price paid. In a separate settlement, Eos Energy Storage will pay $1.02 million to resolve allegations that it failed to declare assists and other additions to transaction value.
FDA has issued its Enforcement Report for Aug. 10, listing the status of recalls and field corrections for food, cosmetics, tobacco products, drugs, biologics and devices. The report covers both domestic and foreign firms.
CBP has no basis to consider a country’s non-market economy status when determining whether to grant first sale treatment to a transaction, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit said Aug. 11 in a widely anticipated decision involving cookware imported by Meyer.
Importers of hardwood plywood from Vietnam must now either certify the merchandise was not assembled from certain Chinese inputs or else pay antidumping and countervailing duties under the orders on hardwood plywood from China (A-570-051/C-570-052), the Commerce Department said in preliminary scope and circumvention determinations issued July 29.
Partner government agencies listed several new rulemakings in the spring 2022 Unified Agenda involving trade. FDA added new proposals on prior notice requirements and canned tuna standards, and indicated a final rule on traceability requirements for high risk foods is imminent. The CDC said it will propose changes to its dog import requirements, and USDA added a new proposed rule on its user fees.
FDA has issued its Enforcement Report for July 20, listing the status of recalls and field corrections for food, cosmetics, tobacco products, drugs, biologics and devices. The report covers both domestic and foreign firms.
As CBP moves toward collecting data from “non-traditional” parties earlier in the supply chain as part of its reimagined 21st Century Customs Framework, major questions include the standard to which that data will be held, as well as how CBP will enforce those standards on supply chain actors beyond the agency’s jurisdiction, CBP and industry officials said during a panel discussion July 18.
FDA has issued its Enforcement Report for July 13, listing the status of recalls and field corrections for food, cosmetics, tobacco products, drugs, biologics and devices. The report covers both domestic and foreign firms.
CBP’s reversal in an antidumping and countervailing duty evasion case at the Court of International Trade case puts the agency’s entire Enforce and Protect Act program “in jeopardy,” the domestic industry group Aluminum Extruders Council said in a blog post July 13.