The World Trade Organization recently posted the following notices:
The following lawsuits were filed at the Court of International Trade during the week of March 27 - April 2:
Employees for national customs permit holders may submit entries from a remote location, considered to be "customs business," as long as there's sufficient responsible supervision and control, CBP said in a March 21 ruling (here). That ruling, HQ H258892, involved Superior Brokerage Services (SBS), which holds local port permits and a "national permit in order to file entries remotely from their Minneapolis/St. Paul and Miami locations," CBP said. The company sought CBP input on whether its unlicensed employees in the Chicago freight forwarding office would be allowed to transmit entries remotely on weekends through the Automated Broker Interface (ABI), ACE or the Automated Commercial System. The law allows for only certain people to be involved in "customs business."
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The Commerce Department will undertake a review of China’s non-market economy status in antidumping and countervailing duty cases, it said in a notice (here). The inquiry, which will be conducted as part of the recently initiated antidumping and countervailing duty investigations on aluminum foil from China (see 1703290017), will determine whether China should be graduated to market economy status, which could result in lower and more predictable AD rates for Chinese companies. Commerce will accept public comments as part of the inquiry. The notice has yet to be published in the Federal Register, but upon publication comments will be due within 30 days.
The following lawsuits were filed at the Court of International Trade during the week of March 20-26:
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The National Council of Textile Organizations (NCTO) is concerned that the miscellaneous tariff bill (MTB) process is being “abused” through the filing of hundreds of petitions on finished goods, especially apparel, outgoing Chairman Robert Chapman said March 23 at the group's annual meeting (here). “On principle, NCTO opposes MTBs on finished goods because they often compete with like products made with U.S. inputs,” Chapman said. “Duty reductions on finished textile items from any source can also undermine U.S. free trade agreements that grant duty relief through a yarn forward rule of origin.” But Chapman added that NCTO strongly supports duty relief on domestically unavailable manufacturing inputs that don’t compete with other U.S.-made products. The International Trade Commission is in the process of reviewing the petitions and comments (see 1703230052).
Lawyers for South Korean exporters slammed a purported attempt by the White House to influence an ongoing Commerce Department antidumping duty administrative review, in several briefs filed with the agency March 16. The emailed memorandum sent March 2 by National Trade Council Director Peter Navarro to Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross improperly applied political pressure to what is supposed to be an impartial process, said the lawyers, who represent exporters of oil country tubular goods from South Korea.
The following lawsuits were filed at the Court of International Trade during the week of March 13-19: