No lawsuits were filed at the Court of International Trade during the week of Sept. 3-9.
The government is opposing a bid by a group of importers to have CBP issue interim drawback regulations that would allow the agency to begin processing claims under the Trade Facilitation and Trade Enforcement Act, according to recent court filings. Though those importers hope interim calculation procedures can be issued as soon as October (see 1808280037), the government said the drawback calculation provisions are “not easily divorced” from the rest of a recent proposed rule, and urged the Court of International Trade to let the rulemaking process proceed normally.
The Court of International Trade on Sept. 6 ruled against several petroleum importers seeking drawback on taxes and fees, finding CBP correctly denied the claims because the importers did not include amounts for merchandise processing fee, harbor maintenance tax and excise taxes. Following precedent set by the Federal Circuit over the past 20 years, CIT said the importers were required to file a complete claim within the three years after export, and that the complete claim must include the full amount of drawback requested.
The following lawsuits were filed at the Court of International Trade during the week of Aug. 27 - Sept. 2:
International Trade Today is providing readers with some of the top stories for Aug. 27-31 in case they were missed.
The White House on Aug. 29 issued proclamations expanding company-specific exclusions from Section 232 tariffs and quotas on steel and aluminum. The proclamations make exclusions from Section 232 tariffs retroactive to the date the exclusion request was "accepted," rather than the date of posting, by the Commerce Department. They also authorize Commerce to grant exclusions for products from countries constrained by Section 232 quotas on steel and aluminum (currently Argentina for steel and aluminum, and South Korea and Brazil just for steel).
Gray Television’s buy of Raycom is widely expected to be approved by the FCC, industry officials told us, though recent DOJ actions make it harder to predict that agency’s reaction. Gray/Raycom is the leading edge of what could be a wave of dealmaking among TV groups, partially spurred by the demise of Sinclair/Tribune (see 1807230055), said Patrick Communications media broker Gregory Guy. The collapse of a combination that would have been vastly larger than any other broadcaster has “pumped a bunch of air into the industry,” Guy said. TV broadcasting is no longer a “two-horse race,” he said.
The following lawsuits were filed at the Court of International Trade during the week of Aug. 20-26:
International Trade Today is providing readers with some of the top stories for Aug. 20-24 in case they were missed.
An importer can’t be held liable under a Connecticut unfair trade practices law for violations of customs regulations, the Connecticut U.S. District Court said in an Aug. 24 decision. Activities subject to a comprehensive regulatory scheme, such as importation, are exempt from the state law, and allowing use of the state law would “upset the carefully crafted equilibrium” provided for in the Tariff Act of 1930, the court said.