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.
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 (see 2112270032). This is the second of International Trade Today's multipart summary, covering fats and oils, food preparations and tobacco products of Chapters 15-24 of the HTS.
Muhammad Uzair Khalid of Garland, Texas, pleaded guilty Nov. 23 to one count of trafficking in counterfeit goods, for illegally importing counterfeit vaping products from China, the Department of Justice said. The trafficked goods include counterfeit vaping atomizers, labels, boxes and bags for vaping-related products. Uzair admitted to regularly communicating with Chinese manufacturers about the counterfeit vaping products, including on methods to imitate the branding and logos of the well-known U.S. vape companies, DOJ said. The counterfeit goods were seized during a 2019 search of Uzair's storefront by ICE's Homeland Security Investigations as part of a broader initiative by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the FDA and state and local health departments to counter lung-related diseases associated with unregulated vaping products.