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Harmonized Tariff Schedule

The Harmonized Tariff Schedule (HTS) provide classification provisions and duty rates for almost every item that exists. It is a system of classifying and taxing all goods imported into the United States. The HTS is based on the international Harmonized System, which is a global standard for naming and describing trade products, and consists of a hierarchical structure that assigns a specific code and rate to each type of merchandise for duty, quota, and statistical purposes. The HTS was made effective on January 1, 1989, replacing the former Tariff Schedules of the United States. It is maintained by the U.S. International Trade Commission, but CBP is responsible for interpreting and enforcing the HTS. 

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CAFC Says CBP Didn't Need to Refer AD Evasion Case on Xanthan Gum to Commerce
February 28, 2025 by Jacob Kopnick|Top News

CBP didn't need to refer the question of whether petitioner CP Kelco still made oilfield xanthan gum to the Commerce Department in an antidumping duty evasion case, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit held on Feb. 27. Judges Kimberly Moore, Todd Hughes and Tiffany Cunningham said the evidence didn't support such a referral and, in any case, such a referral would only apply to future merchandise and not the goods subject to the evasion case.

Topics:Court of International Trade activity, Court of Federal Appeals Trade activity, Country of origin cases, EAPA Litigation
CAFC Upholds AD Evasion Finding on Xanthan Gum Importers
February 27, 2025 |Bulletin

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit on Feb. 27 sustained CBP's finding that importers Glob Energy Corp., Ascension Chemicals, UMD Solutions and Crude Chem Technology evaded the antidumping duty order on xanthan gum from China. Judges Kimberly Moore, Todd Hughes and Tiffany Cunningham rejected the importers' claim that CBP was required to refer the case to the Commerce Department to see if petitioner CP Kelco was still injured by oilfield xanthan gum imports, based on evidence purportedly showing the company no longer made oilfield xanthan gum. The judges also said CBP properly used adverse inferences against the claimed manufacturers of the merchandise. Lastly, the court said the Court of International Trade erred in finding it didn't have jurisdiction over entries erroneously liquidated by CBP, but the error was harmless given that the evasion finding was properly supported.

Topics:Court of International Trade activity
CAFC Seems Poised to Reject Challenge to Affirmative Evasion Finding Regarding Xanthan Gum
October 17, 2024 by Kathryn Nucci|Litigation

In oral arguments Oct. 8, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit indicated that the plaintiff challenging an Enforce and Protect Act evasion finding whose entries have all already been liquidated was likely not going to succeed in reversing the dismissal of its case by the Court of International Trade (see 2208180045) (All One God Faith v. U.S., Fed. Cir. # 23-1078).

Topics:Court of International Trade activity