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Section 301 tariff exclusions

The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative has established an exclusion process for Section 301 tariffs on China. In a series of rounds since the tariffs took effect, importers have been able to request exclusions from the tariffs, as well as extensions to existing exclusions. Many exclusions have been allowed to expire, as well. Section 301 exclusions are applicable to all importers of a given good, which may be defined as an entire tariff schedule subheading or a subset of a subheading outlined in a written description.

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Former CBP Employee Gets 1 Year Probation for Selling Customs Form Signed by Michael Jackson
April 9, 2024 by Jacob Kopnick|Penalties and Courts

The U.S. District Court for the Western District of North Carolina last week sentenced Alan Nordman, a former CBP employee and North Carolina resident, to one year of probation for illegally selling a customs declaration form signed by a celebrity, Michael Jackson. Judge Kenneth Bell penned the order, which also said that Nordman shall forfeit his interest in the customs form. The North Carolina man pleaded guilty in November to one count of conveyance of a government record for auctioning the form on eBay, where it sold for $795 in 2022.

CBP AD and CVD Messages as of April 8
April 9, 2024 by Noah Garfinkel|Customs

A listing of recent Commerce Department antidumping and countervailing duty messages posted on CBP's website April 8, along with the case number(s) and CBP message number, is provided below. The messages are available by searching for the listed CBP message number at CBP's ADCVD Search page.

Retail Display Shelves Not Subject to AD/CVD on Chinese Boltless Steel Shelving Units
April 9, 2024 by Kathryn Nucci|Customs

Headphone or speaker retail display shelves imported by Fasteners for Retail aren't covered by an antidumping and countervailing duty orders on prepackaged boltless steel shelving units from China, the Commerce Department said in a March 29 scope ruling. Among other things, the display shelves aren't shelving units -- they are only decks, or parts of shelves, it said.

AD/CVD Integrated Into Entry Summary Data in ACE Reports
April 9, 2024 |Customs

The entry summary data universe has been updated to include all data elements that currently exist in the antidumping and countervailing duties data set in the Automated Commercial Environment Reports, CBP said. Users will no longer have to create reports that use both the entry summary and AD/CVD universes, the agency said in a CSMS message April 9. The AD/CVD universe is scheduled to be retired April 18, so "users should repoint" saved reports that use the AD/CVD universe or a combination of the AD/CVD and entry summary universes to the entry summary universe before that date, CBP said.