Link Snacks Appeals CIT Ruling on Tariff Classification of Beef Jerky

Link Snacks appealed the Court of International Trade’s March 20 ruling in favor of CBP’s classification of its beef jerky as cured, rather than dried, beef. Link Snacks had argued that beef jerky is defined by the drying process used in its manufacture, not the curing process. The court was sympathetic to Link Snacks’ argument, but in the end found that it could not go against the plain meaning of the terms in the HTS (see 13032103).