The following lawsuit was recently filed at the Court of International Trade:
Almost 20 trade groups and a handful of companies disagreed on how to ensure supply chain resilience -- many arguing that liberalizing trade with allies is crucial to reduce the likelihood of shortages, or weaponization, but others asserted that friendshoring will undermine domestic production already under stress.
House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Rep. Jason Smith, R-Mo., called on the Biden administration to either start a USMCA dispute or initiate a Section 301 investigation to punish Canada for passing a retroactive tax on digital services.
The Customs Rulings Online Search System (CROSS) was updated June 5-14 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 U.S. asked the Court of International Trade on June 12 to order importer Rayson Global and its owner Doris Cheng to pay over $5.8 million for skirting antidumping and Section 301 duties on uncovered mattress innersprings from China as part of a default judgment against the two defendants (United States v. Rayson Global, CIT # 23-00201).
CBP created Harmonized System Update (HSU) 2406 on June 12, containing 7 Automated Broker Interface (ABI) records and 2 Harmonized Tariff Schedule records. The update includes an update to the Partner Government Agency (PGA) flag indicator (FD3) for FDA in support of the PGA message set, and it includes new Section 301 exclusions under subheading 9903.88.69 for articles of China that were extended from June 15, 2024, through May 31, 2025.
CBP unveiled a fact sheet on June 12 describing its activities and milestones that the agency reached in FY 2023. It said the U.S. processed over 1 billion de minimis shipments worth over $50 billion through postal, express, and non-express facilities. Within the de minimis program, CBP facilitated over 785 million transactions in Section 321 Data Pilot and Entry Type 86 Test, the fact sheet said.
The following lawsuit was recently filed at the Court of International Trade:
Importers of H5 avian influenza virus variants must obtain a permit from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for variants that cause human disease, according to a June 12 CSMS message from CBP. On the other hand, for variants that don't cause human disease, such as attenuated strains that are no longer infectious, an importer certification statement should be included to avoid potential shipping delays, the message said. CDC is conducting the permit program in conjunction with the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS), Veterinary Services (VS) and the Organisms and Vectors (OV) Permitting Unit, pursuant to 9 C.F.R. Part 122, which is the regulation governing the handling of organisms related to viruses, serums, toxins and analogous products. Questions may be directed to importpermit@cdc.gov or to APHIS/DASAT at 301-851-2070 or DASAT@usda.gov.
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