CBP's proposal for how to classify garments with 50/50 fiber blends would add a "significant amount of additional burden on importers of apparel and made-up textile articles," HanesBrands said in comments filed May 2 with the agency. The filing was in response to CBP's proposed ruling revocation that seems to change how goods of 50/50 blends are classified (see 1905020044). Under the proposal, the tariff classification of the fibers in the 50/50 blend are first considered (e.g., cotton of chapter 52 versus man-made filaments of chapter 54), then the entire garment is classified according to whichever of those constituent fibers in the 50/50 blend is classified last in numerical order.
CBP released its May 8 Customs Bulletin (Vol. 53, No. 14), which includes the following ruling actions:
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The Commerce Department published notice in the May 6 Federal Register 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):
In the May 1 Customs Bulletin (Vol. 53, No. 13), CBP published notices that propose to modify rulings and similar treatment for dietary supplements.
CBP's proposed ruling revocation on garments with 50/50 blends of fiber (see 1904050037) seems to indicate a big shift in the way the agency classifies garments and other finished textile goods, according to industry experts. The proposal is a "significant change in policy," Sandler Travis lawyer Elise Shibles said in a May 2 email. The proposal "could significantly impact a wide range of imported goods, including their duty rates, qualification for free trade agreements, and sourcing supply chains," she and trade consultant Tom Gould said in a post on the firm's website.
In the May 1 Customs Bulletin (Vol. 53, No. 13), CBP published notices that propose to revoke rulings and similar treatment for plastic garment hangers and women's boots.
The Commerce Department is giving advance notice that next month it will consider revoking the antidumping duty orders on carbon and certain alloy steel wire rod from Brazil, Indonesia, Moldova, and Trinidad and Tobago (A-351-832, A-560-815, A-841-805, A-274-804); circular welded austenitic stainless pressure pipe from China (A-570-930), welded stainless steel pressure pipe from Malaysia, Vietnam and Thailand (A-557-815, A-552-816, A-549-830); and silicon metal from Russia (A-821-817); as well as the countervailing duty orders on carbon and certain alloy steel wire rod from Brazil (C-351-833) and circular welded austenitic stainless pressure pipe from China (C-570-931); and the antidumping duty suspension agreement on oil country tubular goods from Ukraine (A-823-815), in automatic five-year sunset reviews scheduled to begin in June 2019. These orders will be revoked unless Commerce finds that revocation would lead to a continuation or recurrence of dumping and the International Trade Commission finds that revocation would result in continuation or recurrence of material injury to a U.S. industry.
CBP released its May 1 Customs Bulletin (Vol. 53, No. 13), which includes the following ruling actions:
In the April 24 Customs Bulletin (Vol. 53, No. 12), CBP published notices that propose to revoke or modify rulings and similar treatment for the TEMS Pocket network testing device.