CBP released on Oct. 18 its new handbook on customs broker rules and procedures. The “Customs Broker Guidance for the Trade Community is a “resource for brokers conducting customs business in compliance with CBP regulations,” including information on long-standing requirements for customs brokers as well as new requirements under the Part 111 final rule issued by CBP on Oct. 18 (see 2210170071).
The following lawsuits were filed at the Court of International Trade during the weeks of Oct. 3-9 and Oct. 10-16:
In the Oct. 5 Customs Bulletin (Vol. 56, No. 39), CBP published a proposal to revoke one ruling concerning nut food products.
CBP is finalizing its new, more flexible regulatory approach to enforcing customs broker responsible supervision and control, applying the standard with an eye to the broker’s size and circumstances and assessing a new list of criteria on a case-by-case basis.
In the Oct. 12 Customs Bulletin (Vol. 56, No. 40), CBP published a proposal to revoke one ruling on metal storage lockers and another on cylinder heads.
In the Oct. 12 Customs Bulletin (Vol. 56, No. 40), CBP published a proposal to modify one ruling on woven upholstery fabrics and revoke a ruling on women's tops.
CBP released its Oct. 5 Customs Bulletin (Vol. 56, No. 39) and Oct. 12 Customs Bulletin (Vol. 56, No. 40).
The Commerce Department is giving advance notice that in automatic five-year sunset reviews scheduled to begin in November it will consider revoking the antidumping duty orders on stainless steel butt-weld pipe fittings from Italy (A-475-828), Malaysia (A-557-809) and the Philippines (A-565-801). It also will consider revoking antidumping and countervailing duty orders on high pressure steel cylinders from China (A-570-977/C-570-978). These orders will be revoked unless Commerce finds that revocation would lead to dumping and the International Trade Commission finds that revocation would result in injury to U.S. industry, Commerce said.
The Commerce Department and the International Trade Commission began five-year sunset reviews of the antidumping duty orders on stilbenic optical brightening agents from China (A-570-972) and Taiwan (A-583-848); fresh garlic from China (A-570-831); large diameter carbon and alloy seamless standard, line and pressure pipe from Japan (A-588-850); and small diameter carbon and alloy seamless standard, line and pressure pipe from Japan (A-588-851) and Romania (A-485-805), Commerce said in a notice released Sept. 30.
The Commerce Department published notices in the Federal Register Sept. 29 on the following AD/CV duty proceedings (any notices that announce changes to AD/CV duty rates, scope, affected firms or effective dates will be detailed in another ITT article):