Certain Certs breath mints are not preparations for oral or dental hygiene. In Warner-Lambert Company v. U.S., the Court of International Trade (CIT) ruled in favor of U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) that certain Certs Powerful Mints are properly classified under HTS 2106.90.99 (6.4%), which provides for food preparations not elsewhere specified or included.
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.
The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) has issued a press release announcing that on June 15, 2004, the U.S. and Morocco signed the U.S.-Morocco Free Trade Agreement (FTA).
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has posted to its Web site its "critical list" of textiles and apparel subject to import quotas with entered quantities 85% or more filled as of June 14, 2004. CBP states that this "critical list" may be used by CBP as a reference for releasing quota merchandise "off line" when the Automated Commercial System (ACS) is down for longer than four hours. CBP notes that textile and apparel merchandise for Electronic Visa Information System (ELVIS) countries cannot be released "off line" until it is processed through quota. CBP further notes that if the system is down for more than 24 hours, Headquarters Quota Branch should be contacted for further instructions. CBP also states that merchandise subject to tariff-rate quotas (TRQs), which are filled, may be released if entered under the "over quota" (high) rate of duty. (CBP's critical list, dated 06/14/04, http://www.cbp.gov/xp/cgov/import/textiles_and_quotas/textile_critical_list/)
1 The ITA previously stated that all four producers are affiliated.
(a) For previously reviewed or investigated companies not listed above (including Bedini as both exporter and producer)1, the cash deposit rate will continue to be the company-specific rate published for the most recent period.
In the June 9, 2004 issue of the U.S. Customs and Border Protection Bulletin (CBPBulletin) (Vol. 38, No. 24), CBP issued notices (a) modifying a ruling regarding the country of origin marking for imported auto parts that are repackaged in the U.S. for retail sale, (b) modifying two classification rulings on certain multiple switches, and (c) revoking a classification ruling on certain laryngectomy covers. CBP states that it is also modifying or revoking any treatment it has previously accorded to substantially identical transactions that are contrary to its position in notices (a) and (c).
The International Trade Administration (ITA) has initiated antidumping (AD) duty investigations of chlorinated isocyanurates (chlorinated isos) from China and Spain.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has posted to its Web site the preliminary dollar amounts available to disperse under the Continued Dumping and Subsidy Offset Act of 2000 (Offset Act) for fiscal year (FY) 2004.
(a) For previously reviewed or investigated companies not listed above, the AD cash deposit rate will continue to be the company-specific rate published for the most recent period.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has issued a third administrative message concerning the liquidation date change which resulted from June 11, 2004 being designated a "holiday." According to CBP, the Automated Commercial System (ACS) will automatically convert summaries with a liquidation date of June 11, 2004 to a liquidation date of June 14, 2004 to reflect the holiday designation. CBP adds that liquidation notices that went out to the trade indicating a liquidation date of June 11, 2004 will actually have a liquidation date of June 14, 2004. (See ITT's Online Archives or 06/10/04 news, 04061005, for BP summary of ACS modification for June 11, 2004.) (See ITT's Online Archives or 06/14/04 news, (Ref; 04061405), for BP summary of additional details of the June 11, 2004 designation.) (Adm: 04-1446, dated 06/10/04, available via email or fax by emailing documents@brokerpower.com)