CBP announced that it is conducting an Enforce and Protect Act investigation on whether Fortress Iron (doing business as Fortress Fence Products and Fortess Building Products) evaded antidumping and countervailing duty orders on aluminum extrusions from China. According to the Jan. 24 notice, CBP found reasonable suspicion of evasion by Fortress and has imposed interim measures.
Ben Perkins
Ben Perkins, Assistant Editor, is a reporter with International Trade Today and its sister publications, Trade Law Daily and Export Compliance Daily, where he covers sanctions, court rulings, and other international trade issues. He previously worked as a trade analyst for a Washington D.C. advisory firm. Ben holds a B.A. in English from the University of New Hampshire and an M.A. in International Relations from American University. Ben joined the staff of Warren Communications News in 2022.
Industrial shredders should be classified as "Other machines and mechanical appliances... other," dutiable at 2.5% rather than as duty-free machines for "mixing, kneading, crushing, grinding, screening, sifting, homogenizing, emulsifying or stirring,” argued the DOJ in a Jan. 25 cross-motion for summary judgment at the Court of International Trade (Vecoplan v. United States # 20-00126).
The following are short summaries of recent CBP NY rulings issued by the agency's National Commodity Specialist Division in New York:
CBP found sufficient evidence to initiate an Enforce and Protect Act investigation on whether YVC USA evaded antidumping and countervailing duty orders on Chinese-origin forged steel fittings that were transshipped through Sri Lanka without declaring the merchandise, according to a notice released Jan. 24. CBP also imposed interim measures on the company.
CBP found reasonable suspicion that 14 importers evaded antidumping duty orders on thermal paper from Germany and South Korea, and initiated an Enforce and Protect Act investigation and imposed interim measures, according to a Jan. 24 notice.
The following are short summaries of recent CBP NY rulings issued by the agency's National Commodity Specialist Division in New York:
Counterweights for mini excavators should be subject to Section 301 tariffs because they qualify as parts for "backhoes," the government argued in a Jan. 23 brief at the Court of International Trade. DOJ asked the court to deny plaintiff Norca Engineered Products' Nov. 3 motion for summary judgment and to find that the counterweights are backhoe parts and therefore not subject to a Section 301 exclusion (Norca Engineered Products v. U.S., CIT #21-00305).
The following are short summaries of recent CBP NY rulings issued by the agency's National Commodity Specialist Division in New York:
The following are short summaries of recent CBP NY rulings issued by the agency's National Commodity Specialist Division in New York:
The Customs Rulings Online Search System (CROSS) was updated Jan. 18 with the following headquarters rulings (ruling revocations and modifications will be detailed elsewhere in a separate article as they are announced in the Customs Bulletin):