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Plywood Pressure Treatment Is 'Manufacture' or 'Production' for Drawback Purposes, CBP Says
August 30, 2023 by Ben Perkins|Customs Rulings

Plywood imported from Uruguay that is subjected to pressure treatment is ineligible for unused merchandise drawback, CBP headquarters said in an Aug. 21 ruling. The ruling followed a 2021 ruling request by International Forest Products (IFP) as to whether certain activities counted as “manufacturing” or “use” of such products under 19 U.S.C. § 1313(j)(1) and 19 CFR § 190.31(c).

CBP Concludes Three More Importers Evaded Steel Wheel Duties
August 30, 2023 by Ben Perkins|Customs Rulings

Lionshead Specialty Tire and Wheel, TexTrail and TRAILSTAR evaded antidumping and countervailing duty orders on imported steel trailer wheels from China, CBP concluded in the results of a recently released Enforce and Protect Act (EAPA) investigation. CBP found that the three importers had entered steel wheels using false statements that they didn't contain covered merchandise even though the importers contended that they believed the wheels were out of scope.

Topics:Court of International Trade activity, Court of Federal Appeals Trade activity, Country of origin cases, EAPA Litigation
Untimely Reliquidations Protect 2 Entries of Mirror-Speakers From Reclassification
August 25, 2023 by Ben Perkins|Customs Rulings

Vanity mirrors with speaker and a charging port or wireless charging pad are still classifiable in the tariff schedule as mirrors, CBP said in a recent ruling, denying an importer's protest for one entry but granting it for two others on the basis that the underlying entries were untimely reliquidated.

Topics:Court of International Trade activity, Tariff classification rulings, Country of origin cases, CBP CROSS Rulings
CBP Finds Importer Evaded Steel Wheel Duties
August 24, 2023 by Ben Perkins|Customs Rulings

Vanguard National Trailer Corporation imported steel wheels from China covered by antidumping and countervailing duty orders through evasion, according to the results of a recently released Enforce and Protect Act (EAPA) investigation. CBP said that Vanguard had entered steel wheels "using false statements that they didn't contain covered merchandise," despite the company's protests that it believed the wheels were out of scope.

Topics:Country of origin cases