The International Trade Administration (ITA) has issued a notice that corrects the amended final results of its antidumping (AD) duty administrative review of ball bearings and parts thereof from Japan for the period May 1, 2003 through April 30, 2004. The ITA is now correcting a ministerial error with regard to the margin for NPB.
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.
In the matter of U.S. v. Pan Pacific Textile Group et al., the Court of International Trade (CIT) ruled that the principal is responsible for unpaid duties under 19 CFR 1592(d) stemming from fraudulent customs violations by his agent, who was the "importer of record" for certain tracksuits imported from China.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has issued an administrative message which announces that the most recent update of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the U.S. Annotated (HTSA) includes new statistical breakouts for ski pants (which are assigned to textile categories 647 or 648, as appropriate), creates a new statistical note in Chapter 62 to define the term ski/snowboard pants, and deletes Chapter 61 statistical note 4 and Chapter 62 statistical Note 2.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has posted a summary of changes to the Automated Export System Trade Interface Requirements (AESTIR) on its Web site, indicating that Version 1.0 was changed or features were added or deleted on October 18, 2005, October 21, 2005, and October 26, 2005 regarding:
The International Trade Administration (ITA) and the Department of Interior's Office of Insular Affairs (Insular Affairs) have issued a final rule, effective December 8, 2005, which amends 15 CFR Part 303 which governs watch duty-exemption allocations an the watch and jewelry duty-refund benefits for producers in the U.S. insular possessions (the Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands).
The International Trade Administration (ITA) has issued the final results of the antidumping (AD) duty administrative review of certain steel concrete reinforcing bars from Turkey for the period of April 1, 2003 through March 31, 2004.
In the October 26, 2005 issue of the U.S. Customs and Border Protection Bulletin (CBPBulletin) (Vol. 39, No. 44), CBP issued a notice proposing to revoke a classification ruling on an item described in error as an Ethernet card. CBP states that it is also proposing to revoke any treatment it has previously accorded to substantially identical transactions that are contrary to its position in this notice.
The International Trade Administration (ITA) has initiated new shipper reviews for the antidumping (AD) duty order on freshwater crawfish tail meat from China with respect to the following companies, which are both the producer and exporter, and review period:
The International Trade Administration (ITA) has issued its final results of the antidumping (AD) duty new shipper review of certain preserved mushrooms from China from one exporter/manufacturer, for the review period of February 1, 2004 through July 31, 2004.
The International Trade Administration (ITA) has made a preliminary affirmative antidumping (AD) duty determination that certain artist canvas from China is being, or is likely to be, sold in the U.S. at less than fair value.