The following lawsuits were recently filed at the Court of International Trade:
The Customs Rulings Online Search System (CROSS) was updated Aug. 26 with the following headquarters rulings (ruling revocations and modifications will be detailed elsewhere in a separate article as they are announced in the Customs Bulletin):
The following lawsuits were recently filed at the Court of International Trade:
CBP issued the following releases on commercial trade and related matters:
The Customs Rulings Online Search System (CROSS) was updated Aug. 26. The following headquarters rulings were modified recently, according to CBP:
The Biden administration is conducting a “comprehensive review of U.S.-China trade policy,” and is committed “to addressing China’s unfair trade policies and non-market practices that undermine American businesses and workers,” U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai told the U.S. Chamber China Center Advisory Board and the leadership of the US-China Business Council in virtual meetings Tuesday, said a readout from her agency. Tai “acknowledged the significance of the U.S. trade relationship with China, and emphasized the importance of a thorough strategic assessment to craft resilient trade policy,” it said. Tai has “no specific timeline” for her agency’s completion of its “top-to-bottom” review of U.S. trade and economic policy toward China, but the Section 301 tariffs and tariff exclusions on Chinese imports “will be important components of this review,” she told the House Ways and Means Committee in mid-May (see 2105140023).
The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative seeks comments on whether it should again extend 99 exclusions for COVID-19 response-related products. USTR most recently extended them in March until Sept. 30 (see 2103050052). USTR will open a docket for comments on its website Aug. 27, it said. Comments are due by 11:59 p.m. EDT Sept. 27. “Subsequent to USTR’s announcement of the extension of the 99 exclusions for COVID-19 response products in March, the spread of COVID-19 in the United States initially declined, and domestic production of certain products covered by these exclusions increased,” USTR said. “With the recent spread of the Delta variant, COVID-19 cases in the United States are increasing again. In light of these changing circumstances, including the ability of the United States to obtain certain products domestically or from other sources, USTR is requesting public comments on whether to extend particular exclusions for COVID-19 products for up to six months.” The extension could last until March 2022.
The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative announced country-by-country allocations of additional fiscal year 2021 in-quota quantities of the tariff-rate quotas for imported raw cane sugar. USTR also announced sugar may be entered under the FY21 TRQ through Oct. 31, 2021, one month later than the usual last entry date. Of the 90,100 metric tons raw value added to the raw cane sugar TRQ by the U.S. Department of Agriculture on Aug. 24 (see 2108230025), USTR is allocating quota amounts as follows: Argentina 4,662; Australia 8,999; Belize 1,193; Bolivia 867; Brazil 15,722; Colombia 2,602; Costa Rica 1,626; Dominican Republic 19,083; Ecuador 1,193; El Salvador 2,819; Eswatini (Swaziland) 1,735; Fiji 976; Guatemala 5,204; Guyana 1,301; Honduras 1,084; India 867; Jamaica 1,193; Malawi 1,084; Mauritius 1,301; Mozambique 1,410; Nicaragua 2,277; Panama 3,144; Peru 4,445; South Africa 2,494; Thailand 1,518; Zimbabwe 1,301.
Customs and Border Protection surpassed $100 billion in Section 301 tariffs collected on Chinese goods through Aug. 18, reported the agency Monday. The total includes collections from all four rounds of duties imposed, beginning with the List 1 tariffs that took effect in July 2018.
CBP issued the following releases on commercial trade and related matters: