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CBP Issues Final Rule to Allow Refunds Related to Recent Alcohol Excise Tax Cuts
August 15, 2018 |Customs

A CBP final rule that takes effect Aug. 16 will pave the way for the agency to issue refunds of excise taxes on beer, wine and distilled spirits related to a tax cut enacted alongside broader tax legislation in late 2017 (see 1712180033). The regulatory changes give CBP the authority to refund taxes “paid prior to assigning a reduced tax rate or tax credit for alcoholic beverages, including beer, wine, and distilled spirits,” as allowed by part of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017. “For an importer to be eligible to receive a reduced tax rate or a tax credit, the importer must be able to substantiate that the foreign producer has assigned an allotment of its reduced tax rate or tax credits to the beer, wine, or distilled spirits imported by that importer,” CBP said. Importers that paid the full excise tax at the time of entry summary filing “must request and substantiate [their] entitlement to the reduced tax rate or tax credit appropriately,” it said. CBP had initially said refunds were on hold until it could work through issues related to the tax cuts (see 1801190020), later announcing it was looking at regulatory changes that would allow it to issue refunds (see 1806270028). Comments on the interim rule are due Oct. 15.

Importers of Some Mexican Fish Must Say It Wasn't Caught With Gillnets
August 15, 2018 by Mara Lee|Customs

Fresh, frozen, dried, pickled and smoked fish, as well as shrimp, fish sticks, and fish meal, covered by dozens of Harmonized Tariff System codes, will be banned from import if any was caught in the Gulf of California unless importers sign a document that says no gillnets were used, CBP said in a CSMS message detailing the scope of the ban imposed on Aug. 14 (see 1808140013). Importers will need to sign a document that certifies that "to the best of my knowledge and belief, that the fish/fish products contained in this shipment are of species of fish or fish products, or from fisheries, not caught with gillnets deployed in the range of the vaquita, in the upper Gulf of California waters in Mexico." The ban is due to an injunction from the Court of International Trade. Nonprofits that brought the lawsuit hope such a ban will force Mexican fishermen to reform their practices, because gillnets have strangled and drowned vaquita porpoises, which are nearly extinct.

Some $2.7 Billion Assessed in Duties Under Recent Trade Remedies So Far, CBP Says
August 14, 2018 |Customs

ATLANTA -- CBP has assessed about $2.7 billion in duties under the recent major trade remedies started during the Trump administration, said John Leonard, executive director-trade policy and programs, during an Aug. 14 meeting with reporters at the CBP 2018 Trade Symposium. That includes $477 million in duties from the Section 301 tariffs on goods from China so far, he said. The first tranche of Section 301 tariffs took effect on July 6 (see 1807050033) and more are scheduled to take effect on Aug. 23 (see 1808070046). CBP also has assessed just over $2 billion under the Section 232 tariffs on steel and aluminum and $263 million under the Section 201 trade remedies on washing machines and solar cells (see 1801230052). Leonard also noted that the Section 201 tariff-rate quota for washer parts was recently reached. According to the most recent quota status report, the washer parts TRQ was filled as of July 23.

Topics:Customs duty, Section 232 Tariffs