On Oct. 27 the Foreign Agricultural Service posted the following GAIN reports:
Notable CROSS rulings
The Customs Rulings Online Search System (CROSS) was updated Oct. 19 (here) with 243 rulings. The most recent ruling is dated 10/08/15.
The Customs Rulings Online Search System (CROSS) was updated Oct. 9 (here) with 306 rulings. The most recent ruling is dated 10/08/15.
The Customs Rulings Online Search System (CROSS) was updated Oct. 6 (here) with 372 rulings. The most recent ruling is dated 10/01/15.
The House moved to pass legislation on Sept. 28 to require CBP to report on the number of high-risk rail shipments that annually enter the U.S., as well as the status of radiation detection at rail crossings. The legislation, HR-2786 (here), will be considered under suspended rules, said the office of House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., in a Sept. 25 memo. That legislative tactic indicates the bill's passage is nearly guaranteed. The bill, introduced by Reps. Candice Miller, R-Mich., and Filemon Vela, D-Texas, requires CBP to submit the report to Congress on the following:
The Customs Rulings Online Search System (CROSS) was updated Sept. 21 (here) with 30 rulings. The most recent ruling is dated 09/09/15.
The Customs Rulings Online Search System (CROSS) was updated Sept. 14 (here) with 199 rulings. The most recent ruling is dated 08/28/15.
The Customs Rulings Online Search System (CROSS) was updated Aug. 14 (here) with 101 rulings. The most recent ruling is dated 08/12/15.
L-shaped fasteners imported by Lumber Liquidators for use in the installation of hardwood flooring are subject to antidumping duties on steel nails from China (A-570-909), said the Commerce Department in a scope ruling issued July 23. Although Lumber Liquidators argued its “L-cleat brads” are exempt from duties because the AD duty order on nails from China specifically exempts “brads,” Commerce found that the fasteners are not brads but are instead cleat nails that are covered by the scope.
The Customs Rulings Online Search System (CROSS) was updated July 29 (here) with 233 rulings, bringing the total number of searchable rulings to 187,690. The most recent ruling is dated 07/29/15.