CIT rules in favor of Customs' classification of Vitamin C drops. In Warner-Lambert Company v. U.S., the Court of International Trade (CIT) ruled in favor of U.S. Customs that Halls DefenseTM Vitamin C Supplement Drops were properly classified as sugar confectionary in HTS 1704.90.35 (6.1% or 5.8%, depending on the year of entry) rather than as medicaments in HTS 3004.50.5010 (duty-free).
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.
According to an International Trade Commission (ITC) press release, the ITC on September 29, 2004 issued final negative antidumping (AD) injury and threat of injury determinations for light-walled rectangular pipe and tube from Mexico and Turkey.
Effective August 20, 2004, the International Trade Administration (ITA) is revoking the antidumping (AD) duty order on aspirin from Turkey, as no domestic interested party responded to the sunset review notice of initiation by the applicable deadline.
In the September 29, 2004 issue of the U.S. Customs and Border Protection Bulletin (CBP Bulletin) (Vol. 38, No. 40), CBP issued notices: (a) proposing to modify a classification ruling on a feather "duster" tickler, and (b) revoking a classification ruling on certain laser units for barcode scanners. CBP states that it is also revoking, or proposing to revoke, any treatment it has previously accorded to substantially identical transactions that are contrary to its position in these notices.
The ITA is expected to instruct U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to liquidate entries of subject merchandise, as appropriate, during the review period at the calculated importer-specific assessment rates (unless it is zero or de minimis (i.e., less than 0.50%), in which case liquidation will occur without regard to AD duties).
The International Trade Administration (ITA) has amended its final results of the antidumping (AD) duty administrative review of polyethylene terephthalate (PET) film, sheet and strip from Taiwan for the review period of December 21, 2001 through June 30, 2003 in order to correct a ministerial error, as well as an inadvertent error to the "All Others" rate that was published in the final results.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has issued a press release detailing the emergency interim measures being implemented at all land border ports in California, Arizona, New Mexico, and in El Paso, TX as a result of the detection and confirmation of adult Mediterranean Fruit Fly (ceratitis capiata, Medfly) in the municipality of Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico.
According to Reuters, on September 27, 2004, the World Trade Organization (WTO) launched a probe into a complaint by the European Union (EU) that the U.S. had failed to drop illegal import duties on certain EU steel products from Britain, France and Spain. The article states that the panel request followed consultations where the EU stated that the U.S. had not removed all safeguard duties, while the U.S. stated that they had been adjusted after the WTO ruled them illegal two years ago. (Reuters dated 09/27/04, available at http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=businessNews&storyID=6344486 )
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has posted to its Web site a notice announcing the 2004/2005 quantities of certain knit apparel, described below, that are eligible to receive duty-free treatment under the U.S.-Caribbean Basin Trade Partnership Act (CBTPA) pursuant to HTS 9820.11.09 and 9820.11.12.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has announced that the Customs Electronic Bulletin Board (CEBB) is being systematically migrated into CBP's Web site (www.cbp.gov), and that the CEBB URL will become invalid in the near future.