CBP says it has updated the ACE Certification environment to enhance duty calculation validation. Next month, the enhancement will be added to the ACE Production environment, according to a Jan. 16 cargo systems message.
A 1985 Ferrari 288 GTO is properly classified under duty-free Harmonized Tariff Schedule subheading 9705.10.0090 as a "collectors' piece of historical interest," rather than as a motor vehicle of subheading 8703.23.0190, dutiable at 2.5%, importer Ferrari 288 GTO LLC argued in a Jan. 14 complaint at the Court of International Trade (Ferrari 288 GTO LLC v. United States, CIT # 26-00671).
The Internal Revenue Service said it is considering the addition of five chemicals to its list of taxable substances subject to the Superfund tax on imports. The agency seeks comments by March 16 on petitions to add acrylate monomer synthetic rubber in a water emulsion imported under Harmonized Tariff Schedule subheading 4002.91.0000 at a tax rate of $5.73/ton; methyl methacrylate-ethyl methacrylate-methacrylic acid copolymer in a styrene solution under HTS subheading 3906.90.5000 at a tax rate of $11.55/ton; styrene-DVB-EVB with styrene content of greater than 50% under HTS subheading 3903.90.5000 at a tax rate of $9.93/ton; styrene-DVB-EVB with styrene content of less than 50% under HTS subheading 3903.90.5000 at a tax rate of $10.03/ton; and vinyl acetate-crotonic acid copolymer in a styrene solution under HTS subheading 3905.29.0000 at tax rate of $7.48/ton.
Public comments submitted to the Commercial Customs Operations Advisory Committee's Jan. 14 meeting were supportive of the committee's recommendations calling for CBP to release clearer and additional guidance on how importers can comply with Section 232 tariffs (see 2601120017), particularly when it comes to the valuation of steel and aluminum content.
Certain advanced chips, whose parameters are described in the annex to a presidential proclamation, will be subject to 25% tariffs starting Jan. 15, but a broad array of domestic uses are carved out of the Section 232 action.
The following lawsuits were filed at the Court of International Trade during the week of Jan. 5-11:
The U.S. argued on Jan. 12 that the "undisputed facts" show that importer Lanxess' polymerization accelerator -- a substance used to speed up the chemical process of plastic manufacturing -- can't accelerate a chemical reaction "in its condition as imported," thus removing it from Harmonized Tariff Schedule heading 3915 as a "reaction accelerator" (Lanxess Corporation v. United States, CIT # 23-00073).
CBP issued the following releases on commercial trade and related matters:
The Commerce Department recently initiated antidumping duty and countervailing duty investigations on fresh mushrooms from Canada (A-122-873/C-122-874). The AD investigation period is July 1, 2024, through June 30, 2025. The CVD investigation period is calendar year 2024.
The Consumer Product Safety Commission is busy finalizing its list of what products will need an electronic certificate for import entry, according to CPSC staff participating on a Jan. 8 webinar on e-filing.