The following are short summaries of recent CBP NY rulings issued by the agency's National Commodity Specialist Division in New York:
In the Aug. 13 Customs Bulletin (Vol. 59, No. 33), CBP published proposals to modify and revoke ruling letters concerning the tariff classification of metal and rubber automotive air springs and suspension bushings, as well as modify ruling letters and revoke treatment relating to the documentary requirements of subheading 9801.00.20.
The following are short summaries of recent CBP NY rulings issued by the agency's National Commodity Specialist Division in New York:
The following lawsuits were filed recently at the Court of International Trade:
The Commerce Department properly relied on Maersk data as the surrogate value for ocean freight and found that certain fabricated steel components used by respondent Zhejiang Dingli Machinery shouldn't be valued using data under Harmonized System subheadings covering "primary or raw steel products," petitioner Coalition of American Manufacturers of Mobile Access Equipment argued. Submitting remand comments to the Court of International Trade on Aug. 11, the coalition urged the court to accept the agency's remand results in the antidumping duty investigation on mobile access equipment from China (Coalition of American Manufacturers of Mobile Access Equipment v. United States, CIT Consol. # 22-00152).
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 U.S. agreed to liquidate GoPro's action camera housings under the company's preferred Harmonized Tariff Schedule subheadings, 8529.90.86 or 8529.90.87, which come free of duty. Settling five customs cases brought by GoPro, the U.S. said it will reliquidate the entries under the two subheadings, which provide for parts "suitable for use solely or principally with the apparatus” of HTS heading 8525, and refund any duties paid. The settlements come after a December 2023 CIT decision finding that GoPro's camera housings are camera parts and not cases of subheading 4202.99.9000, dutiable at 20% (see 2312280038) (GoPro v. United States, CIT #'s 20-00085, -00095; 21-00058; 23-00015; 24-00005).
The Court of International Trade sided with the government in a customs case on food producer BASF Corporation's Betatene, in a confidential Aug. 13 decision. Judge Lisa Wang gave parties until Aug. 29 to review the confidential information in the decision, saying she plans to issue a public version of the decision on or before Sept. 12. The U.S. argued that the Betatene, which is formulated from beta-carotene, is a dietary supplement under Harmonized Tariff Schedule heading 2106 (see 2501150089). BASF argued that the goods should have been classified under heading 2936 as a "general-use 'provitamin'" (BASF Corporation v. U.S., CIT Consol. # 12-00422).
Target General Merchandise's string light models are properly classified under Harmonized Tariff Schedule heading 9405 as lamps with a "permanently fixed light source" not specified elsewhere in the tariff schedule and not under heading 8543 as parts of electrical machines having individual functions not specified elsewhere in the chapter, the Court of International Trade held on Aug. 13. Judge Lisa Wang ruled that Target's seven models of string lights specifically fall under subheading 9405.30.00 as lighting sets "of a kind used for Christmas trees.”