A listing of recent antidumping and countervailing duty messages from the Commerce Department posted to CBP's website Aug. 31 - Sept. 6, 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.
The Commercial Customs Operations Advisory Committee (COAC) for CBP will next meet Oct. 3 in Washington, CBP said in a notice.
CBP issued the following release on commercial trade and related matters:
CBP issued the following releases on commercial trade and related matters:
CBP released its Sept. 5 Customs Bulletin (Vol. 52, No. 36). While it does not contain any rulings, it contains CBP general notices and Court of International Trade decisions.
CBP issued the following releases on commercial trade and related matters:
A listing of recent antidumping and countervailing duty messages from the Commerce Department posted to CBP's website Aug. 31, 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 plans to send out information about the change in effective dates for Section 232 tariff exclusions (see 1808300004), a CBP spokesman said. "We will send out an update in the near future indicating the change in effective date for approved exclusion requests back to when the request was accepted by the Department of Commerce," he said. Approved exclusions now apply as of the date the exclusion request was filed, not when the request was posted for public comments (see 1808310008).
Three types of vitamin and mineral tablets that are made in the U.S. by mixing ingredients from multiple other countries are of U.S. origin for government procurement purposes, CBP said in a final determination notice. The ruling was in response to Visionary Vitamin Company's request for a final determination of the origin of the tablets. "In this case, to make the dietary supplement tablets, various ingredients from different countries of origin are mixed together based on a specific formula," CBP said. "This results in a finished product that differs from any of the individual ingredients. The vitamins and minerals are put together in one tablet for the purposes of creating a product that is designed to promote certain effects that are distinct from the effects if only the individual ingredients were taken." That process constitutes a substantial transformation, meaning the U.S. is the country of origin, the agency said.
CBP planned to deploy flags in ACE on Sept. 1 to identify imported alcohol in instances in which the importer received a foreign producer allocation or assignment and may be eligible for refunds under the Craft Beverage Modernization Act, CBP said in a CSMS message. "CBP will issue additional guidance on information to be filed substantiating CBMA claims," the agency said. "Upon issuance of this additional guidance, importers will be encouraged to file the claim information simultaneously with the transmission of the entry summary flag. CBP strongly encourages the use of the CBMA entry summary line flag over the use of protests for identifying merchandise for which a CBMA allocation has been received from the foreign producer/assigning entity. Protests should only be used for CBMA claims if entries for which a CBMA allocation has been received have liquidated." CBP recently published a final rule that authorized CBMA refunds (see 1808150030).