Settlement Reached in Another Case Involving Classification of Photoresists
The U.S. and plaintiff Tokyo Ohka Kogyo America filed April 10 a stipulated judgment for a 2017 case involving a dispute over the classification of certain photoresists (Toykyo Ohka Kogyo America v. United States, CIT # 17-00070).
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CBP classified the photoresists under Harmonized Tariff Schedule subheading 3707.90.32 for “other” chemical preparations used in photography. The parties agreed in the April 10 filing that the products would be classified under subheading 3707.10.00 for “sensitizing emulsions” for photography, carrying a 3% antidumping duty rate rather than a 6% rate.
Litigation in the case had been suspended in 2017 to allow a 2013 test case to proceed. That case ended with a similar settlement.