The following lawsuits were filed at the Court of International Trade during the week of July 5-11
Harmonized Tariff Schedule
The Harmonized Tariff Schedule (HTS) is a reference manual that provides duty rates for almost every item that exists. It is a system of classifying and taxing all goods imported into the United States. The HTS is based on the international Harmonized System, which is a global standard for naming and describing trade products, and consists of a hierarchical structure that assigns a specific code and rate to each type of merchandise for duty, quota, and statistical purposes. The HTS was made effective on January 1, 1989, replacing the former Tariff Schedules of the United States. It is maintained by the U.S. International Trade Commission, but the Customs and Border Protection of the Department of Homeland Security is responsible for interpreting and enforcing the HTS.
CBP issued the following releases on commercial trade and related matters:
Revisions to the tariff schedule over the past six months echoed the back and forth between the U.S. and the European Union over retaliatory tariffs under both the Airbus and digital services tax disputes. Provisions for new tariffs were added then suspended, some immediately. Other changes include updates for USMCA tariff-rate quotas, a Section 301 exclusion extension and an extension to Section 201 safeguards on large residential washers.
The International Trade Commission posted Revision 5 to the 2021 Harmonized Tariff Schedule. The semiannual update to the HTS removes General Note 12 for NAFTA from the tariff schedule, and adds new tariff numbers for a variety of products, including frozen warmwater shrimp, tomatoes, organic berries and high-strength steel. All changes take effect July 1, unless otherwise specified.
The International Trade Commission posted Revision 5 to the 2021 Harmonized Tariff Schedule late on July 2, following resolution of technical issues that had delayed its publication. The semiannual update to the HTS removes General Note 12 for NAFTA from the tariff schedule, and adds new tariff numbers for a variety of products, including frozen warmwater shrimp, tomatoes, organic berries and high-strength steel. All changes take effect July 1, unless otherwise specified.
The following lawsuits were filed at the Court of International Trade during the week of June 28 - July 4.
A domestic manufacturer seeks the imposition of new antidumping and countervailing duties on urea ammonium nitrate solutions from Russia and Trinidad and Tobago, they said in petitions filed with the Commerce Department and the International Trade Commission June 30. Commerce will now decide whether to begin AD/CVD investigations, which could result in the imposition of permanent AD/CV duty orders and the assessment of AD and CV duties on importers. The petition was filed by CF Industries Nitrogen and its subsidiaries Terra Nitrogen and Terra International (Oklahoma).
CBP issued the following releases on commercial trade and related matters:
The International Trade Commission posted its mid-year update to the Harmonized Tariff Schedule. Publication had been “delayed due to technical difficulties,” the ITC website said. Changes take effect July 1.
A domestic manufacturer filed petitions June 30 with the Commerce Department and the International Trade Commission requesting new antidumping duties on acrylonitrile butatiene rubber from France, Mexico and South Korea. Commerce will now decide whether to begin AD duty investigations on non-latex, non-hydrogenated nitrile rubber from these three countries. Zeon Chemicals and Zeon GP filed the petition.