Export Compliance Daily is a service of Warren Communications News.
Subscriber Login
Customs
to
Refine Category Search
Clear Terms

Search Primer

Term list: Separate terms with spaces, not commas or semicolons.

Multi-word term: Place inside quotes to ensure an exact match (e.g. "China import").

Acronyms: Use all capital letters to ensure the search is not looking for that letter sequence instead.

Required term: If a term must be included in any resulting articles, prefix it with a plus sign (e.g., +CBP).

Excluded term: If a term should be excluded from any articles being found, prefix it with a minus sign (e.g., -ruling).

Singular form: Always use the singular form when doing multi-word terms (e.g. "russian export control" instead of "russian export controls").

Shortest word form: When you have different word forms in a quoted (multi-word) term, you want to only include the shortest version if it is the last part of the expression (e.g., "entity list" instead of "entity listing" or "entity listed").

CBP AD and CV Messages as of April 1
April 2, 2019 |Customs

A listing of recent antidumping and countervailing duty messages from the Commerce Department posted to CBP's website April 1, along with the case number(s) and CBP message number, is provided below. The messages are available by searching for the listed CBP message number at CBP's ADD CVD Search page.

CBP Lays Out CBMA Procedures
April 2, 2019 |Customs

CBP detailed the procedures required for taking advantage Craft Beverage Modernization and Tax Reform Act (CBMA) provisions, in a April 2 CSMS message. "The primary change from the 2018 CBMA procedures and requirements is the timing of the filing of the supporting documentation," the agency said.

CBP Issues Harmonized System Update With TSCA Codes
April 2, 2019 |Customs

CBP created Harmonized System Update (HSU) 1905 on April 1, containing 792 Automated Broker Interface records and 176 Harmonized Tariff Schedule records, it said in a CSMS message. Included in the update are the remaining HTS codes for composite wood products "flagged with an EP7 ([Toxic Substances Control Act] certification 'may be required’) code," CBP said. Modifications required by the verification of the 2019 HTS are included as well.

CBP Publishes Increased Quarterly Interest Rates for Customs Duties Underpayments and Refunds
April 2, 2019 |Customs

CBP published the quarterly Internal Revenue Service interest rates used to calculate interest on overdue accounts (underpayments) and refunds (overpayments) of customs duties. For the quarter that began April 1 and ends June 30, the interest rates for overpayments increase to 5 percent for corporations and 6 percent for non-corporations, and the interest rate for underpayments will be 6 percent for both corporations and non-corporations. These interest rates are subject to change for the calendar quarter beginning July 1 and ending Sept. 30, CBP said.

CBP Bulletin Has 10 Ruling Notices; Changes to Pecorino Classification Withdrawn
April 2, 2019 |Customs

CBP released its April 3 Customs Bulletin (Vol. 53, No. 9). Among other actions, CBP reversed course on a proposed ruling revocation involving pecorino cheeses. That proposal, which CBP is withdrawing, drew concern from cheese importers (see 1811010027). "Commenters conceded that the HTSUS does not contain a definition for pecorino but argued that under decisions of the United States Customs Court, pecorino should be construed broadly," CBP said. "Upon reconsideration of the matter, while the definition cited in the proposed revocation provides some basis for limiting the term, CBP has determined that no revocation or modification is appropriate. Accordingly, we have determined that the subject sheep’s milk cheeses are properly classified in subheading 0406.90.57."

CBP Gets Petition Seeking to Revise Classification for Inclusion in Section 232 Tariffs
April 2, 2019 by Tim Warren|Customs

Steel of West Virginia submitted a petition to CBP asking it to reclassify steel parts so that the parts face Section 232 tariffs upon import, CBP said in a notice. The petitioner, which makes steel shapes for sale to forklift truck operators, seeks a new classification for “incomplete steel mast rails and finger bars,” the agency. Specifically, the parts should be classified in subheading 7216.50.00, which covers “Angles, shapes and sections of iron or nonalloy steel: Other angles, shapes and sections, not further worked than hot-rolled, hotdrawn or extruded.” That subheading is duty-free but is covered by the Section 232 tariffs.

Topics:Harmonized Tariff Schedule, Customs duty
CBP Expecting Further Changes to Services Hours on Southern Border
April 2, 2019 |Customs

Additional reductions to trade processing hours along the Southwestern border are likely as CBP continues to shift port personnel to help deal with illegal border crossings, a CBP spokesman said. CBP is in the process of redirecting 750 officers from Ports of Entry, though CBP is authorized to move even more officers as needed (see 1904010026). Asked about the announced end to Sunday service for commercial truck processing at the Port of Nogales, Arizona, CBP responded that "this may happen at other locations as well as we face resource constraints based on the situation on the ground along the [Southwestern border]."