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Harmonized Tariff Schedule

The Harmonized Tariff Schedule (HTS) provide classification provisions and 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 CBP is responsible for interpreting and enforcing the HTS. 

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DOJ Says It Can't Provide Former Employees' Addresses, Unredacted Emails in Discovery
December 22, 2023 by Kathryn Nucci|Litigation

An importer seeking to compel the government to provide addresses of former CBP employees and underacted versions of documents handed over during discovery didn't show the sufficient need for, or relevance of, either, DOJ said Dec. 20 (Lutron Electronics v. U.S.​​​​, CIT # 22-00264).

Topics:Court of International Trade activity, Tariff classification rulings, Country of origin cases
Trade Court Sustains Finding That Chinese Exporter Didn't Make Bona Fide Sale to US
December 19, 2023 by Jacob Kopnick|Litigation

The Commerce Department "did not err" when it found exporter Dalian Hualing Wood Co.'s lone U.S. sale was bona fide in a countervailing duty review but not bona fine in the antidumping duty review on the same goods, the Court of International Trade ruled on Dec. 18. Sustaining a 251.65% China-wide AD rate on Hualing's lone sale in the 2019-21 AD review of wooden cabinets and vanities from China, Judge Jane Restani said nothing in the new shipper review statute, nor any other statute, "compels Commerce to reach the same conclusion in distinct administrative proceedings, even if based upon the same sale."

Topics:Court of International Trade activity
Importer Dismisses Customs Suit on Priobiotics Powder
December 18, 2023 by Jacob Kopnick|Litigation

Importer CHR. Hansen filed a notice of dismissal in its customs suit at the Court of International Trade on Dec. 12. The company filed the case in December 2021 to contest CBP's denial of its protest claiming its probiotics powder of Harmonized Tariff Schedule subheading 2106.90.9897, dutiable at 6.4%, should be classified under subheading 3002.90.1000. Counsel for the importer didn't respond to a request for comment (CHR. Hansen v. United States, CIT # 21-00636).

Topics:Court of International Trade activity