CBP has added three additional answers to question cards submitted at the CBP Trade Symposium that was held November 2-4, 2005 in Washington D.C. Answers have been added to:
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.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has posted to its Web site various materials related to presentations made at the February 26 - March 1, 2006 meeting of the Trade Support Network (TSN).
The International Trade Administration (ITA) has issued its final results of the antidumping (AD) duty changed circumstances review of certain softwood lumber products from Canada.
The National Customs Brokers and Forwarders Association of America (NCBFAA) has sent a letter to the Secretary of Commerce encouraging him to continue the Commerce Department's long-standing policy of safeguarding competition-sensitive export information as it establishes mandatory filing of data through the Automated Export System (AES). According to an NCBFAA press release, concern arose when U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) refused to approve regulations clarifying filers' responsibilities under the law and implementing the statutory requirement for mandatory filing through AES. Central to the controversy is a CBP demand for concessions on AES "Option 4" and on the availability of Census data to foreign governments. (NCBFAA press release, dated March 2006) available via email by emailing documents@brokerpower.com.)
In the March 15, 2006 issue of the U.S. Customs and Border Protection Bulletin (CBP Bulletin) (Vol. 40, No. 12), CBP issued a notice modifying one classification ruling and revoking two classification rulings on certain textile braids with metallic strip. CBP states that it is also revoking any treatment it has previously accorded to substantially identical transactions.
The Washington Post reports that the European Commission will slap antidumping (AD) duties on Chinese and Vietnamese shoes that will be phased in from April, starting at 4 percent and rising to 19.4% for Chinese shoes and 16.8% for Vietnamese footwear over six months. Children's shoes and hi-tech shoes will be exempt. The article adds that these dumping duties could be in effect for up to five years. (WP, dated 03/17/06, www.washingtonpost.com.)
According to a notice issued by U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), the third tranche for the FY 2006 specialty sugar tariff rate quota (TRQ) opened on March 17, 2006.
The International Trade Administration (ITA) has issued the final results of its antidumping (AD) duty administrative review of certain corrosion-resistant carbon steel flat products from Canada for the period of August 1, 2003 through July 31, 2004.
In U.S. v. Golden Gate Petroleum Co., the Court of International Trade (CIT) ruled that Golden Gate Petroleum, Co. (Golden Gate) was liable for over $1 million in unpaid duties, even though the purchaser of the goods was its (now out-of-business) subsidiary, Golden Gate Petroleum International, Ltd. (Golden Gate Int'l), as Golden Gate was listed on the entry documents as the "importer of record."
The International Trade Administration (ITA) is revoking in part the antidumping (AD) duty order on certain cased pencils from China with respect to the pencils described below.