In NY N303641, Customs and Border Protection (CBP) discussed the classification of the “Snoopy Sno-Cone Machine.” The imported item is a snow-cone making set for children. It consists of a plastic housing with a metal cylindrical blade. The plastic housing is in the shape of a doghouse and has a closeable chute for the
EU Retaliatory Tariffs: Preliminary List Proposed in Continuing Dispute with U.S. over Boeing/Airbus Subsidies.
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The European Union (EU) has published its preliminary list of U.S. goods that will be targeted for retaliatory tariffs over subsidies to Boeing. The preliminary list is focused on farm products. Some of the products include: Fish, cheese, agricultural goods such as fruits and vegetables,
Customs Ruling of the Week – Classification of the “Mac in a Sac.”
In NY N301235, Customs and Border Protection (CBP) discussed the classification of the “Mac in a Sac,” a woman’s down jacket with an accompanying bag. The item in question is a reversible hip-length jacket constructed from 100% nylon, woven fabric that is quilted to a 100% nylon, woven fabric, and filled with a mixture
Trump Administration Readies $11 Billion in Tariffs against EU and Schedules Section 301 Hearing in WTO Airbus Case
On April 8, 2019, the Trump administration released a list (see Annex) of $11 billion of European goods threatened with tariffs because of the WTO decision finding that “harmful subsidies” support the aircraft manufacturer Airbus. This case had been in litigation at the WTO for 14 years. It began in 2004 when the United States
Crowell & Moring Secures Customs Classification Victory for Irwin Tools Vise Grips® Hand Tools at U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Crowell & Moring represented Irwin Tools in a dispute over whether the company should have to pay increased duties on its Vise Grip® brand imported hand tools. The International Trade Group had previously won two rounds of summary judgment briefing and the government’s motion for reconsideration at the U.S. Court of International Trade. The government
Customs Ruling of the Week – Classification of a Balance Ball Chair
In HQ H298524, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) discussed the classification of a disassembled “balance ball chair” consisting of a deflated exercise ball, a frame, caster wheels, a manual air pump, and a desk guide with stretching exercises. The frame of the exercise apparatus, made of a nylon plastic and steel, has a
Brexit Update – Indicative Votes and No Decision
Summary:
- On April 1, 2019, UK Parliament implemented the second phase of its ‘Indicative Votes’ process, which had been devised to find out if there was a UK Parliamentary majority for any one Brexit strategy, following Friday’s third UK Parliamentary defeat of the Withdrawal Agreement that was negotiated between the UK Government and EU.
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Two Importers in LA Indicted in first-ever Criminal Prosecution for failure to report under Consumer Product Safety Act (CPSA)
A federal grand jury returned an indictment on Thursday, March 28, 2019, against two corporate executives for their roles in a scheme involving defective and dangerous consumer products. 
The executives were charged with conspiracy to commit wire fraud, failure to furnish information under the Consumer Product Safety Act (CPSA), and to defraud the U.S. Consumer
Customs Ruling of the Week – Classification of an OREO Cookies & Creme Candy Bar
In Ruling NY N303063, Customs and Border Protection (CBP) reviewed the classification of OREO Cookies & Cream Candy Bar. Ingredients include palm oil, cocoa butter, sweet whey powder, wheat flour, skim milk powder, anhydrous milk fat, palm oil, cocoa, glucose-fructose syrup, wheat starch, soy lecithin, sodium chloride, potassium hydrogen carbonate, ammonium hydrogen carbonate, vanillin,
Customs Ruling of the Week – Classification of “Moby Dick Bath Time Essentials” Kit
In NY N302853, Customs and Border Protection (CBP) discussed the classification of a product called the “Moby Dick Bath Time Essentials Kit,” which included four items: a kneeler, elbow rest, rinser and spout cover. All of these items are packaged together in a box marketed for retail sale.
- The kneeler is made of a textile