In Ammex, Inc. v. U.S., the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC) affirmed a Court of International Trade (CIT) ruling that U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) wrongly revoked permission for Ammex to sell fuel from its duty-free store (a Class 9 Customs bonded warehouse) at Ambassador Bridge, where all products are sold to be exported.
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 issued a press release stating that over the last four months, CBP has seized more than $10 million in textile and apparel articles (textiles) that were misdescribed in an effort to circumvent trade laws and regulations.
The International Trade Administration (ITA) has issued a notice announcing the opportunity to request administrative reviews by February 28, 2006 for individual producers or exporters subject to the following antidumping (AD) and/or countervailing (CV) duty orders:
The Washington File reports that the U.S. and South Korea will open negotiations on a comprehensive bilateral free trade agreement (FTA) to remove tariff and nontariff barriers and expand trade between the countries. The talks are expected to begin in or around May 2006 after a consultation period. (Washington File Pub 02/03/06, available at http://usinfo.state.gov/usinfo/Archive/2006/Feb/02-508129.html)
The International Trade Administration (ITA) has initiated a new shipper review for the antidumping (AD) duty order on hand trucks and certain parts thereof from China with respect to the following company, as both the exporter and producer, and review period:
In Xerox Corporation v. U.S., the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC) ruled that the Court of International Trade (CIT) was correct in dismissing Xerox's protest of U.S. Customs and Border Protection's (CBP's) liquidation of 21 entries of electrostatic photocopiers and wire harnesses from Mexico, as Xerox did not timely file claims for NAFTA preferential treatment.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has announced that the fourth tranche of low-duty fiscal year (FY) 2006 refined sugar tariff rate quota (TRQ) additional allocation did not oversubscribe at opening moment on January 24, 2006. As a result, all entries presented at opening have been charged and may be released. (See ITT's Online Archives or 01/25/06 news, 06012545, for BP summary of the opening of the fourth tranche.)(QBT-06-511, dated 01/25/06, available at http://www.cbp.gov/linkhandler/cgov/import/textiles_and_quotas/qbts/qbt2006/06_511.ctt/06_511.doc.)
The International Trade Administration (ITA) has initiated new shipper reviews for the antidumping (AD) duty order on honey from China with respect to the following companies, as both the exporter and producer, and review period:
The International Trade Administration (ITA) has made a preliminary affirmative antidumping (AD) duty determination that metal calendar slides from Japan are being, or are likely to be, sold in the U.S. at less than fair value. The period of investigation for subject merchandise from Japan is April 1, 2004 through March 31, 2005.
The International Trade Administration (ITA) has amended its final results of the antidumping (AD) duty new shipper review of honey from China for the period of December 1, 2001 through May 31, 2002 in light of the Court of International Trade's (CIT's) final and conclusive decision in Wuhan Bee v. U.S.