The following lawsuits were filed at the Court of International Trade during the week of Aug. 19-25:
Drawback
A duty drawback is a refund by CBP of the duties, taxes, or fees paid on imported goods, which were imposed upon importation as prescribed in 19 U.S.C. 1313(d). More broadly, a drawback also includes the refund or remission of other excise taxes pursuant to other provisions of law.
CBP issued the following releases on commercial trade and related matters:
CBP issued the following releases on commercial trade and related matters:
CBP issued the following releases on commercial trade and related matters:
CBP issued the following release on commercial trade and related matters:
CBP would like to use the ongoing discussion around the 21st century customs framework (see 1903040023) as a way to review some of the most basic ways the agency looks at trade, said Thomas Overacker, CBP executive director, Cargo and Conveyance Security on June 28 while at the American Association of Exporters and Importers Annual Conference in Washington. Hypotheticals mentioned by CBP officials as discussion starters included a rewrite of the entry language in 19 CFR 141 and whether drawback remains a necessary program.
The National Association of Manufacturers filed a motion June 24 seeking court orders invalidating portions of CBP’s recent drawback regulations that bar substitution drawback on excise taxes. As in a complaint filed in April (see 1904180046), the trade association said the regulations issued by CBP following enactment of the Trade Facilitation and Trade Enforcement Act of 2016 ignore lawmakers’ general intention to expand drawback, as well as specific instances where Congress has in the past preserved the ability to claim substitution drawback on excise taxes.
CBP is nearly ready to release a new process for accelerated payments of drawback claims while reviews of limited modifications of manufacturing drawback are ongoing, Comstock & Theakston said in a blog post. "CBP can confirm that a process is being developed to address limited modifications and will be issued soon," an agency spokeswoman said. This process "will be important for filers who have significant refund amounts waiting to be distributed," Comstock said.
The Court of International Trade upheld on June 17 the denial by CBP of more than $276,275.12 in drawback claims from a video technology importer and exporter as untimely. The trade court found that, under CBP’s now-defunct 1993 drawback regulations, the date of filing is when a complete paper claim has been submitted, not when the electronic summary is transmitted. It also held CBP guidance documents did not give the wrong impression that no paper documentation was necessary for drawback claims.
CBP is seeking comments by July 15 on an existing information collection for protests of CBP decisions, it said in a notice. CBP proposes to extend the expiration date of this information collection with no change to the information collected or to the estimated burden hours associated with the collection.