In the Oct. 28 Customs Bulletin (Vol. 54, No. 42), CBP published notices that propose to revoke rulings and similar treatment for piggy banks and instant chai teas.
CBP released its Nov. 4 Customs Bulletin (Vol. 54, No. 43), which includes the following ruling actions:
The Customs Rulings Online Search System (CROSS) was updated Nov. 2. The following headquarters rulings were modified recently, according to CBP:
The Commerce Department and the International Trade Commission began five-year sunset reviews of the antidumping duty order on cut-to-length carbon steel plate from China (A-570-849) and welded line pipe from South Korea (A-580-876), as well as the antidumping and countervailing duty orders on melamine from China (A-570-020/C-570-021), potassium phosphate salts from China (A-570-962/C-570-963) and welded line pipe from Turkey (A-489-822/C-489-823), and the suspended antidumping duty investigations on cut-to-length carbon steel plate from Russia and Ukraine (A-821-808, A-823-808).
In the Oct. 28 Customs Bulletin (Vol. 54, No. 42), CBP published notices that propose to revoke rulings and similar treatment for distillation refining modules and range extenders.
In the Oct. 21 Customs Bulletin (Vol. 54, No. 41), CBP published notices that propose to revoke rulings and similar treatment for footwear.
CBP updated its guidance related to a recent proclamation amending safeguard duties on crystalline silicon photovoltaic cells to reflect a court order blocking the elimination of an exemption for bifacial panels (see 2010130028). “Until further notice, CBP will not enforce the revocation of the exclusion of bifacial solar panels from the Section 201 safeguard measure,” it said in the Oct. 28 CSMS message. The International Trade Commission on Oct. 26 updated the tariff schedule to restore the exemption (see 2010270053).
CBP released its Oct. 28 Customs Bulletin (Vol. 54, No. 42), which includes the following ruling actions:
CBP’s forced labor operations are being undermined by staff shortages that have resulted in investigations being suspended or not conducted at all, as well as a failure by CBP to conduct reviews of withhold release orders unless prodded by importers, the Government Accountability Office said in a report issued Oct. 27.
CBP is seeking public comment on whether to impose continuing education requirements on licensed customs brokers, it said in a notice released Oct. 27. The notice, an advance notice of proposed rulemaking, is the latest development in the long-discussed idea of adding such requirements (see 2002130025). CBP's notice goes over a number of possible scenarios for how continuing education could be administered and asks for input on a wide range of operational questions.