Effectively immediately, CBP no longer will detain disposable gloves produced by Malaysian company Brightway Holding at U.S. ports of entry because that company has been able to prove that its gloves were not made using forced labor.
Bangladesh is the country of origin for blue surgical towels imported by Global Resources International (GRI), CBP said in a notice. GRI had asked CBP to make a final determination on the surgical towels' country of origin on April 12 for the purposes of U.S. government procurement. The towels are made from 100% cotton huckaback weave fabric from Bangladesh, where the fabric is also woven and dyed blue. It's then shipped to Vietnam in rolls, where it's cut to size, sewn, autoclaved, packaged and shipped to the U.S. Because of these factors, the country of origin is Bangladesh, CBP said, outlining its reasoning in the attached ruling HQ H339826). The surgical towels are classified under subheading 6307.90.89 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the U.S.
CBP issued the following releases on commercial trade and related matters:
Starting Nov. 7, CBP will deploy a validation in ACE that will reject truck manifests filed with an Estimated Date of Arrival (EDA) greater than 270 days, according to an Oct. 10 cargo systems message. Filers can expect a “050” error to be returned in those cases, CBP said.
CBP issued the following releases on commercial trade and related matters:
A listing of recent Commerce Department antidumping and countervailing duty messages posted on CBP's website Oct. 9, 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 ADCVD Search page.
A listing of recent Commerce Department antidumping and countervailing duty messages posted on CBP's website Oct. 8, 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 ADCVD Search page.
CBP's Norfolk office has seized over $450,000 in dental supplies lacking country of origin markings, the agency announced Oct. 7. CBP officers seized the most recent shipment Sept. 17. It consisted of nearly 2 million prophy angle cups, and over 1.6 million dental tray covers, assessed at $419,211. Another shipment consisted of nearly 1.8 million dental bibs valued at $35,980 and was seized Aug. 26. Both shipments were headed to the same Baltimore address. “Consumers have the right, under U.S. law, to know where the products they are purchasing are sourced,” said Mark Laria, CBP’s area port director for Norfolk-Newport News, Virginia.
CBP issued the following releases on commercial trade and related matters:
A listing of recent Commerce Department antidumping and countervailing duty messages posted on CBP's website Oct. 7, 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 ADCVD Search page.