The following lawsuits were filed at the Court of International Trade during the week of June 12-18:
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.
The following lawsuits were filed at the Court of International Trade during the week of June 5-11:
NAFTA negotiators should embrace trade facilitation and “do no harm” to existing cross-border relationships as they rework the agreement, trade associations said in comments to the U.S. Trade Representative (here). USTR on June 13 extended the deadline for comment submission on the expected NAFTA renegotiation from June 12 until 11:59 p.m. on June 14, citing "high interest" and a need to ensure all interested participants have an opportunity to comment. USTR requested input on potential modifications to the agreement following the administration’s formal notification to Congress that it intends to start renegotiating the agreement as early as mid-August (see 1705220007 and 1705180043).
The following lawsuits were filed at the Court of International Trade during the week of May 29 - June 1:
CBP is seeking applicants for the Commercial Customs Operations Advisory Committee (COAC), the agency said in a notice (here). Applications should be submitted to CBP by July 24. The COAC meets quarterly each year, though additional meetings may be scheduled, CBP said. The COAC provides advice on commercial operations of CBP "with respect to significant changes that are proposed with respect to regulations, policies, or practices of CBP," it said.
The following lawsuits were filed at the Court of International Trade during the week of May 22-28:
The following lawsuits were filed at the Court of International Trade during the week of May 15-21:
A mattress material supplier in Puerto Rico can’t claim its imported innerspring units qualify for duty free treatment under the U.S.-Singapore Free Trade Agreement, and must add certain additional payments to the transaction value of the merchandise, CBP said in a recent ruling (here). Following a visit from its Regulatory Audit office in Miami, the agency found in ruling HQ H270834 that Adorable Pillows did not provide enough information to justify its claim for duty free treatment or its determination that the payments were unrelated to the subject innersprings.
The following lawsuits were filed at the Court of International Trade during the week of May 8-14:
Failure to accurately report data elements required by the Food and Drug Administration’s Foreign Supplier Verification Program could also have compliance implications for customs brokers, Domenic Veneziano, president of Veneziano Consulting, said during a webinar hosted by the National Customs Brokers & Forwarders Association of America on May 12 (here). Brokers that file inaccurate data could be prevented from entering food under FDA’s Voluntary Qualified Importer Program, given that VQIP importers must use brokers that passed their most recent filer evaluation (see 1611100028). As a result, it is “extremely important” that brokers get accurate information from their clients, Veneziano said. A presentation from the webinar is available (here).