Government Appeals CIT's GRK Canada Decision on Classification of Screws

The U.S. government is appealing a Court of International Trade ruling on the Harmonized Tariff Schedule classification of GRK Canada’s screws, according to a March 15 docketing notice. In January, the court found in favor of GRK Canada’s proposed classification as “self-tapping screws,” dutiable at 6.2 percent (see 13011528). CBP had originally classified them as “other wood screws,” dutiable at 12.5 percent. According to CIT, the screws were both self-tapping screws and wood screws, but should be classified as self-tapping screws under General Rule 3(c) as the subheading occurring last in numerical order.