The following lawsuits were filed at the Court of International Trade during the weeks of Aug. 11-17, Aug. 18-24, Aug. 25-31 and Sept. 1-7:
Taiwan is the country where the last substantial transformation occurred for Neat Board Pro, an all-in-one video conferencing device specifically designed for medium-to-large meeting spaces, CBP ruled on Aug. 27.
The FLY Server, an application for Microsoft SharePoint and Microsoft 365, is last substantially transformed in the U.S., according to an Aug. 27 CBP ruling that was recently published in the Federal Register.
The Supreme Court on Sept. 9 agreed to hear two cases on the legality of tariffs imposed under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act and to do so on an expedited basis. The court set a briefing schedule that would conclude by Oct. 30 and set argument for the first week of November (Donald J. Trump v. V.O.S. Selections, U.S. 25-250) (Learning Resources v. Donald J. Trump, U.S. 24-1287).
The Universal Postal Union, an organization that helps to coordinate postal services around the world, says it has developed some workarounds for international mail carriers that will be held liable for U.S. customs duties now that the de minimis exemption no longer is in place.
The Commerce Department is amending the final results of the antidumping duty administrative review on heavy-walled rectangular welded carbon steel pipes and tubes from Mexico (A-201-847) covering the period Sept. 1, 2022, through Aug. 31, 2023, that were published July 24, to correct a ministerial error in a calculation for one mandatory respondent to the review, which results in a slightly lower AD cash deposit rate for the respondent, Maquilacero S.A. de C.V. (Commerce's notice of amended final results mistakenly says the final results were published June 24.)
Rep. Greg Steube, R-Fla., a member of the House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Trade, told International Trade Today that Subcommittee Chairman Adrian Smith, R-Neb., is looking to pass a renewal of the African Growth and Opportunity Act "now that we got the big, beautiful bill through," adding that Smith has wanted to do this "for a while."
Surety company U.S. Specialty Insurance Company argued in an Aug. 29 complaint at the Court of International Trade that CBP failed to use transaction value to value importer Cheer Rise's garment entries. Instead, the agency arbitrarily decided to use the "fall back method" of appraisal, "rendering the appraisement unlawful," the complaint said (U.S. Specialty Insurance Co. v. United States, CIT # 25-00188).
CBP began developing a system to automate duty and fee calculations for global mail entries in May, but the target deployment date for the functionality is still to be determined, according to the agency's ACE Development and Deployment Schedule for August.
The Commerce Department is correcting a company listed in the recent final results of the countervailing duty administrative review on forged steel fluid end blocks from Italy (C-475-841) for setting final assessments of CVD on importers for subject merchandise entered in calendar year 2023.