Four styles of womens' and girls' knit upper body garments are classifiable in different subheadings depending on whether the waistband at the bottom of the garments is tight to the body, CBP said in a recent ruling. The ruling, dated Nov. 14, found that one of the women's and the girls' style provided a way to be tightened at the bottom and were classifiable as "other" sweaters, pullovers and waistcoats, while the other two women's styles could not be tightened and are classifiable as blouses or shirts.
Harmonized Tariff Schedule
The Harmonized Tariff Schedule (HTS) is a reference manual that provides duty rates for almost every item that exists. It is a system of classifying and taxing all goods imported into the United States. The HTS is based on the international Harmonized System, which is a global standard for naming and describing trade products, and consists of a hierarchical structure that assigns a specific code and rate to each type of merchandise for duty, quota, and statistical purposes. The HTS was made effective on January 1, 1989, replacing the former Tariff Schedules of the United States. It is maintained by the U.S. International Trade Commission, but the Customs and Border Protection of the Department of Homeland Security is responsible for interpreting and enforcing the HTS.
The Commerce Department issued notices in the Federal Register on its recently initiated antidumping duty investigations on frozen warmwater shrimp from Ecuador (A-331-805) and Indonesia (A-560-842), and its countervailing duty investigations on frozen warmwater shrimp from Ecuador (C-331-806), India (C-533-921), Indonesia (C-560-843) and Vietnam (A-552-838). The CVD investigations cover entries for the calendar year 2022. The AD investigations cover entries Oct. 1, 2022, through Sept. 30, 2023.
Medicinal products used in animal feeds are properly classified as "antibiotics" under Harmonized Tariff Schedule heading 2941 rather than as "animal feeds" under HTS heading 2309, CBP headquarters said in a recently released ruling.
The Commerce Department issued a Federal Register notice on its recently initiated antidumping duty investigation on truck and bus tires from Thailand (A-549-848). The agency will determine whether imports of Thai truck and bus tires are being sold in the U.S. at less than fair value. The investigation covers entries from Thailand during the period Oct. 1, 2022, through Sept. 30, 2023.
The Southern Shrimp Alliance hailed a recently introduced bipartisan bill that would require cargo imported by air or land to be covered by publicly accessible manifests, just as is cargo that comes over the oceans (see 2311030022).
CBP created Harmonized System Update (HSU) 2313 on Nov. 7, containing 32 ABI records and 10 Harmonized Tariff Schedule records. This update includes modifications to HTS records including the rates for pecans and Christmas trees that were recently implemented in ACE production following Collections Release 7 deployment, CBP said in a CSMS message.
CBP created Harmonized System Update (HSU) 2312 on Nov. 5, containing 27 ABI records and five Harmonized Tariff Schedule records. This update includes the HTS updates for pecans and Christmas trees, CBP said in a CSMS message.
Comments are due Nov. 13 to the Commerce Department on the scope of coverage of its newly begun antidumping duty investigations on aluminum extrusions from China, Colombia, the Dominican Republic, Ecuador, India, Indonesia, Italy, Malaysia, Mexico, South Korea, Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey, the United Arab Emirates and Vietnam (A-570-158, A-301-806, A-247-004, A-331-804, A-533-920, A-560-840, A-475-846, A-580- 918, A-557-826, A-201-860, A-583-874, A-549-847, A-489-850, A-520-810, A-552-837), and countervailing duty investigations on aluminum extrusions from China, Indonesia, Mexico and Turkey (C-570-159, C-560-841, C-201-861, C-489-851).
The United Steelworkers labor union filed petitions Oct. 16 with the Commerce Department and the International Trade Commission requesting new antidumping duties on truck and bus tires from Thailand. Commerce will now decide whether to begin AD investigations.
The following lawsuits were filed at the Court of International Trade during the week of Oct. 9-15: