The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is planning to recognize Costa Rica as being free of classical swine fever (CSF). APHIS conducted a risk evaluation that will be available for public review and seeks public comments on this proposed decision through Sept. 6, it said in a notice.
The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service appears set to allow imports of fresh cape gooseberry fruit from Peru, if the fruit passes one or more designated phytosanitary measures. It seeks public comment on a pest risk analysis it designed to screen for the pests that might require quarantine or allow entry of Physalis peruviana, the Peruvian fruit.
The Foreign-Trade Zones Board issued the following notices on Aug. 6:
The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative is amending two exclusions from Section 301 tariffs to conform the tariff numbers in the descriptions of the exclusions to recent tariff schedule changes, it said in an Aug. 6 notice. The affected exclusions are found at U.S. Notes 20(vvv)(iv)(10) and 20(vvv)(iv)(11) to subchapter III of Chapter 99. The conforming amendments are effective July 1.
The following lawsuits were filed at the Court of International Trade during the week of July 29 - Aug. 4:
After its bid for a preliminary injunction was denied by Court of International Trade Judge Claire Kelly (see 2407260045), a customs broker fought Aug. 5 against a motion to dismiss its case, saying its complaint was ripe for litigation because CBP had already made the decision to deny its reinstatement to the agency's Entry Type 86 pilot (Seko Customs Brokerage v. United States, CIT # 24-00097).
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 Aug. 5, 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.
Type 86 entries filed upon or after arrival at the first port of entry will be rejected by CBP beginning Aug. 17 (see 2408050055), and will have to be re-filed under a different entry type, including release from manifest, to obtain release, CBP said in an Aug. 5 message.
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