Malaysia recently delayed a new sales tax on imported low-value goods to give sellers time to register on a mandatory government website, the Hong Kong Trade Development Council reported Feb. 14. The sales tax, which was scheduled to take effect Jan. 1, will now be collected starting in April, the report said. The measure will impose a 10% tax on the price of certain low-value goods purchased overseas; smoking and vaping products are exempt. Sellers who don’t pay the tax may face a penalty “between 10% and 40% of the amount due, depending on how late their payment is,” the report said.
The following lawsuits were filed at the Court of International Trade during the weeks of Oct. 3-9 and Oct. 10-16:
The following lawsuits were recently filed at the Court of International Trade:
The following are short summaries of recent CBP NY rulings issued by the agency's National Commodity Specialist Division in New York:
The EU on June 29 floated the idea of banning the sale of flavored heated tobacco products as part of a broader plan to fight cancer, The Associated Press reported June 29. The European Commission laid out the proposal amid a 10% bump in sales of these goods in more than five member nations. Heated tobacco products now make up over 2.5% of total sales of tobacco products throughout the EU. The ban would cover devices that use heated tobacco to make emissions containing nicotine that is then inhaled by the user, including some but not all vaping devices.
The following are short summaries of recent CBP NY rulings issued by the agency's National Commodity Specialist Division in New York:
Malaysia recently updated its customs duty order to cover a range of emerging products and technologies, including drones, smartphones and vapes, KPMG said April 20. Importers need to take steps to accurately declare the tariff codes of the new products, KPMG said, especially importers of agricultural, chemical, wood, textile, metal and machinery goods. The changes take effect June 1.
The International Trade Commission published notices in the March 24 Federal Register on the following AD/CV injury, Section 337 patent or other trade proceedings (any notices that warrant a more detailed summary will be in another ITT article):
Olive oil is given a new classification framework in the 2022 Harmonized Tariff Schedule. Provisions in heading 1509 for organic olive oil are removed, and olive oil is now classified at the six-digit level by whether it is extra virgin, virgin or “other.”
The broadest set of changes to tariff classification in five years is set to take effect toward the end of January, as the latest set of amendments to the World Customs Organization's Harmonized System tariff nomenclature is implemented in the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the U.S. Announced by a presidential proclamation published Dec. 28, the changes are slated to take effect 30 days after that, on Jan. 27. The changes are detailed in an annex to the proclamation published as a report by the International Trade Commission in December.