Importer Ditches Customs Suit on Classification of Low Noise Blocks and Switches
The Court of International Trade granted importer Global Invacom's bid to dismiss its customs suit on the classification of its low noise blocks and switches. The company argued that the items should be classified under Harmonized Tariff Schedule subheadings 8517.69.00…
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or 8517.70.00, free of duty, which provides for "transmission apparatus for radio-broadcasting." CBP classified them under subheading 8525.50.30 as "transmission apparatus for radio-broadcasting or television, whether or not incorporating reception apparatus or sound recording or reproducing apparatus; television cameras, digital cameras and video camera recorders: Transmission apparatus: Television: Other," dutiable at 1.8%, 1.3% or 0.9%. In 2020, the trade court sided with the U.S. in a customs spat concerning the terms in headings 8517 and 8525 and the classification of printed circuit board assemblies (Global Invacom v. United States, CIT # 21-00261).