Customs Rulings Online Search System (CROSS) was updated May 6. The corresponding downloadable rulings are now available.
Notable CROSS rulings
Customs Rulings Online Search System (CROSS) was updated May 6 with 97 rulings, bringing the total number of searchable rulings to 177,134. The most recent ruling is dated 05/06/2013.
On April 23, the Foreign Agricultural Service posted the following GAIN reports:
Customs Rulings Online Search System (CROSS) was updated April 22. The corresponding downloadable rulings are now available.
Customs Rulings Online Search System (CROSS) was updated April 22 with 141 rulings, bringing the total number of searchable rulings to 177,037. The most recent ruling is dated 04/19/2013.
Customs Rulings Online Search System (CROSS) was recently updated. The corresponding downloadable rulings are now available.
The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) issued a final rule clarifying its control over permanent imports of defense articles, in light of the removal of some items from the State Department’s U.S. Munitions List as part of Export Control Reform. The final rule amends 27 CFR 447 to remove a cross reference to the USML; clarifies that the Attorney General has the authority to control defense articles for permanent import, regardless of the State Department’s decisions on whether those articles are controlled for export or temporary import; and clarifies that articles controlled for import by the Attorney General are part of the USML. The final rule is effective April 22.
Customs Rulings Online Search System (CROSS) was updated April 18 with 78 rulings, bringing the total number of searchable rulings to 176,897. The most recent ruling is dated 04/12/2013.
The Court of International Trade denied Cutter & Buck’s challenge to CBP’s valuation of 168 entries of apparel. Cutter & Buck argued that CBP should have deducted international freight charges when arriving at the price actually paid or payable for the purpose of calculating transaction value. The shipments were subject to a late-delivery clause that shifted responsibility for shipping to the seller. Cutter & Buck said the clause also changed the terms of sale from free on board (FOB) to cost, insurance, and freight (CIF), so the cost of shipping was included in the invoice, and deductible, as a result of the late delivery. But the court found that there was no evidence to support Cutter & Buck’s claim that the invoice price included the international freight charges, so they could not be deducted.
Customs Rulings Online Search System (CROSS) was updated March 25. The corresponding downloadable rulings are now available.