In the April 7 Customs Bulletin (Vol. 55, No. 13), CBP published notices that propose to revoke or modify rulings on menorahs.
Customs Duty
A Customs Duty is a tariff or tax which a country imposes on goods when they are transported across international borders. Customs Duties are used to protect countries' economies, residents, jobs, and environments, by limiting the flow of imported merchandise, especially restricted and prohibited goods, into the country. The Customs Duty Rate is a percentage determined by the value of the article purchased in the foreign country and not based on quality, size, or weight.
CBP did not liquidate imports of wooden bedroom furniture from China past a key six-month time limit, the U.S. Court of International Trade found in an April 9 opinion. Ruling in favor of the U.S. government, Chief Judge Mark Barnett found that CBP properly liquidated the furniture entries within six months of being notified by a message from Commerce that an injunction against the entries' liquidation was lifted. Barnett also found that the agency's reliquidation of another entry from importer Aspects Furniture International, following the entry's deemed liquidation without a notice to the importer, did not violate the pre-2016 version of the reliquidation statute.
In the March 31 Customs Bulletin (Vol. 55, No. 12), CBP published notices that propose to revoke or modify rulings on wristwatches produced in more than one country.
Chipmakers and Chip Purchasers Tell Commerce Department More US Production Needed, but Imports Vital
A wide range of companies and trade groups told the Commerce Department that the semiconductor supply is vulnerable because of over-concentration in Taiwan, China and Japan in particular, and because packaging and testing is becoming more concentrated in China. Comments in docket BIS-2021-0011 closed April 5, but some comments were not published until April 6. The comments were sought to flesh out policy to follow an executive order on the semiconductor shortage (see 2103110048).
A U.S. manufacturer seeks the imposition of new antidumping and countervailing duties on walk-behind snow throwers from China, it said in a petition filed with the Commerce Department and the International Trade Commission March 30. Commerce will now decide whether to begin AD/CVD investigations, which could result in the imposition of permanent AD/CV duty orders and the assessment of AD and CV duties on importers.
The Customs Rulings Online Search System (CROSS) was updated March 31. The following headquarters rulings were modified recently, according to CBP:
The following lawsuits were filed at the Court of International Trade during the week of March 22-28:
The Commerce Department issued notices in the Federal Register on its recently initiated antidumping and countervailing duty investigations on mobile access equipment and subassemblies thereof from China (A-570-139/C-570-140). The CV duty investigation covers entries Jan. 1, 2020, through Dec. 31, 2020. The AD duty investigation covers entries July 1, 2020, through Dec. 31, 2020.
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