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Export Compliance Daily is providing readers with the top stories for Nov. 30-Dec. 4 in case you missed them. You can find any article by searching on the title or by clicking on the hyperlinked reference number.
CBP posted multiple documents ahead of the Dec. 16 Commercial Customs Operations Advisory Committee (COAC) meeting:
International Trade Today is providing readers with the top stories from Nov. 30-Dec. 4 in case they were missed. All articles can be found by searching on the titles or by clicking on the hyperlinked reference number.
Two CBP questionnaires focused on forced labor that reportedly were issued recently to importers (see 2012020046) are part of the agency's targeting work, an agency spokesperson said in a Dec. 3 email. CBP “assesses risks and communicates routinely with importers about their responsibility to exercise due diligence and reasonable care to ensure that the goods they import into the United States are compliant with federal laws and regulations, including those pertaining to forced labor,” he said. “As part of that outreach, CBP may solicit supply chain information to identify risks, target violative shipments, and ensure effective enforcement of U.S. trade laws and regulations.”
The foreign inland freight costs in the country of export can't be deducted from the price paid or payable unless there is proof of sale for export and a through shipment from the factory, CBP said in an Oct. 27 ruling. The ruling request came from Cracker Barrel Old Country Store and sought CBP input on whether certain charges for services provided by Damco Customs Services Inc. should be included in the transaction value of the imported merchandise. The agency found that several other fees are allowed to be deducted from the transaction value.
The “idea of a regional” withhold release order is “certainly not out of play,” Department of Homeland Security acting Deputy Secretary Ken Cuccinelli said during a Dec. 2 conference call to announce a WRO on Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps cotton (see 2012020071). Such an action remains “legally doable,” though it takes a different “quantum of evidence to accomplish,” he said. CBP previously considered XPCC and regional WROs, but declined to go ahead with those in September (see 2009140040).
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CBP issued a withhold release order on all cotton products made by the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps (XPCC), acting CBP Commissioner Mark Morgan said in a Dec. 2 call with reporters. “The WRO applies to all cotton and cotton products produced by the XPCC and its subordinate and affiliated entities as well as any products that are made in whole or in part with or derived from that cotton, such as apparel, garments, and textiles,” CBP said in a news release.
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Plastic hangers used to hold imported clothing are classifiable based on the clothing being held, CBP said in a Sept. 22 ruling. The importer, Bisma International, sought a further review of protest after CBP liquidated entries that included the hangers in subheading 6109.90.10, which covers T-shirts and other garments. Bisma argued that the plastic hangers deserved to be classified separately in a different heading. The ruling was released on Nov. 30.