Tariff Classification and the U.S. Federal Courts: The Twenty Most Significant Precedents
Tariff classification-related court precedents have significantly shaped the way importers, brokers, consultants, lawyers, and Customs and Border Protection (CBP) classify goods today under the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS, or simply HTS).
How Does the ACE Portal Modernization Impact You and Your Business?
In December, CBP announced a four-phase transition to a Modernized ACE Portal and decommissioning the legacy ACE Portal. We are currently in Phase I and already seeing client impacts.
I Just Found Out My Imported Goods are Subject to Antidumping – What Should I do?
Currently there are close to 400 active antidumping cases involving nearly 40 countries. The cases cover a wide range of products including steel commodity products and steel articles (number one category), chemical products, other metal commodities and articles, plastics and rubber products, food products, paperboard and manufactured articles. Key countries subject to ADD are China (number one country by far), Korea, Indonesia, Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey, and Vietnam.
2022: Prior Disclosure Woes
The year is 2022, and companies are turning over a new leaf, making a concerted effort to become compliant with U.S. Customs laws and practices. Seemingly, there are no downsides to conducting a comprehensive Customs compliance review and submitting a Prior Disclosure under 19 U.S.C. Ā§ 1592(c)(4) and 19 C.F.R. Ā§ 162.74.
New Importer, Old Baggage Successor Liability for Antidumping & Countervailing Duties
Imagine your company imports from a vendor in Vietnam and sells them at a competitive margin in the U.S. Business is so-so until the Department of Commerce conducts an Antidumping or Countervailing Duty (āAD/CVDā) review that encompasses your company or its foreign vendor and determines the origin of your goods to be China, which causes you to owe backlogged AD/CVD at rates over 100% ad valorem for the past year.
Signs of Trade Based Money Laundering and the Intersection with CTPAT Requirements
Trade-based money laundering (TBML) is quickly developing into a global tsunami. U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) is looking to Importers for help in identifying risk in this critical area, and for CTPAT participants, it is the newest dimension of the Minimum-Security Criteria (MSC) rolled out in 2020.
In the Middle of Changing the MID CBP Proposal for Global Business Identifier
In a Federal Register Notice on Oct. 6, 2021, U.S. Customs and Border Protection published a 60-Day Notice and request for comments for a Global Business Identifier (GBI) Evaluative Proof of Concept (EPoC).
Customs and Border Protectionās Recent FAQs on Forced Labor Enforcement
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (āCBPā) enforcement into forced labor practices continues into 2021, as CBP has detained 1,213 shipments that contained approximately $ 414 million of goods suspected to be made by forced labor this year.
Updated Requirements to HTS 9801.00.10 ā U.S. and Foreign Goods Returned
S. Customs and Border Protection (āCBPā or āCustomsā) recently released updated requirements for importers and brokers regarding HTS subheading 9801.00.10, U.S. and Foreign Goods Returned.
CBP August 2021 Operational Update
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (āCBPā or āCustomsā) recently released its August 2021 operational statistics. These statistics are important for CBP to review monthly/yearly to better understand and ensure enforcement efforts continue to improve.
