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CBP Allows for Extended Entry Summary Review Period for Trade Remedy Tariffs

CBP will have the ability to grant up to 300 days to reject entry summaries that are subject to new or coming tariffs, CBP said in a CSMS message. CBP will allow for up to 300 days, "with supervisory approval," for "rejecting entry summaries subject to import measures under Sections 201 and 301 of the Trade Act of 1974, and Section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962," CBP said. CBP also extended the time period for rejecting antidumping/countervailing duty entry summaries to 300 days "with supervisory approval," it said.

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A rejection of an entry summary "will unset the liquidation date and transmit the entry summary back to the filer for action," CBP said. "The initial 90 days without supervisory approval (for non-AD/CVD entry summaries) and 60 days (for AD/CVD entry summaries) will remain effective," the agency said.

President Donald Trump ordered safeguard tariffs on imports of large residential washers and solar cells and modules under Section 201 in January (see 1801230052), and Section 232 tariffs on steel and aluminum took effect in March (see 1803230014). Section 301 tariffs were proposed earlier this month (see 1804160024), with more possibly coming (see 1804060033).