The following lawsuits were filed at the Court of International Trade during the week of Oct. 21-27:
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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 International Trade Commission has issued Revision 15 to the 2019 Harmonized Tariff Schedule. The only substantive change from the previous HTS edition is the removal of an exemption from solar cells safeguard duties for double-sided solar panels, as announced by the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative in early October (see 1910080054).
Window shutters manufactured in the Dominican Republic from Chinese aluminum extrusions are still subject to antidumping and countervailing duties on aluminum extrusions from China (A-570-967/C-570-968), the Commerce Department said in a scope ruling filed Oct. 16. The agency found that the processing in the Dominican Republic was minor, and the Chinese parts did not undergo a substantial transformation conferring Dominican origin.
The following lawsuits were filed at the Court of International Trade during the week of Oct. 14-20:
A Canadian man faces up to a year in prison after pleading guilty Oct. 18 to importing fish into the U.S. that had already been refused entry, the Department of Justice said in a press release. John Heras and his company, the seafood wholesaler Seven Seas Fish Company, admitted that between October 2014 and August 2015, they imported more than 9,000 pounds of potentially adulterated fish into the U.S. that had already been refused admission by the Food and Drug Administration because the fish was too decomposed and putrid, DOJ said.
RANCHO MIRAGE, Calif. -- Brokers may still have a role in a blockchain world, but the profession could be different, and brokers need a seat at the table if they’re going to successfully transition, said government and industry officials during a panel discussion at the Western Cargo Conference (Wesccon) on Oct. 11.
RANCHO MIRAGE, Calif. -- CBP has “kicked off” an industry task force on customs broker continuing education requirements, and is committed to 2020 “being the year that we will tackle continuing education together” with the trade community, said Cynthia Whittenburg, deputy executive assistant commissioner of CBP’s trade office, at the Western Cargo Conference (Wesccon) on Oct. 11.
RANCHO MIRAGE, Calif. -- CBP is seeing exponential growth in filing under its entry Type 86 pilot for de minimis shipments, spurred by the benefit of electronic release for the traditional air mode, said Jim Swanson, CBP director-cargo and security controls. And while the bulk of filing has been in the air environment, Swanson expects to see participation in the ocean and truck modes to rise as well once filers see they are able to clear cargo more quickly, he said at the Western Cargo Conference on Oct. 11.
The following lawsuits were filed at the Court of International Trade during the week of Oct. 7-13:
The International Trade Commission is opening up the petition process for Miscellaneous Tariff Bill duty suspensions (see 1910010060), it said in a notice. Petitions may be filed on the ITC’s MTB portal during a 60-day period beginning on Oct. 11, and ending at 5:15 p.m. EST on Dec. 10, the ITC said. After reviewing petitions and comments through mid-2020, the ITC will submit a report with its recommendations to Congress, which must pass the MTB for the three-year duty suspensions to take effect on Jan. 1, 2021.