QUESTION: We recently changed Customs brokers and the new broker has a different approach to entering returns of repaired items. The broker asserts that according to the CBP 7501 Instructions document (last updated in 2012), whenever merchandise has been returned to the U.S. after undergoing repair, alteration, or assembly under HTS heading 9802, the country […]
QUESTION: How are members handling reviewing granted exclusions to determine whether their imports can benefit from Sec. 301 duty exclusions? Translating the information to apply it to our database seems very subjective. For example the latest release includes “Upholstered dining chairs, with a wooden frame, other than of teak (described in statistical reporting number 9401.61.4011).” This HTS covers any upholstered wooden […]
QUESTION: Is there a difference on filing a protest via paper or via ACE for Section 301 refund? We are in the process of filing a protest for almost 200 entries granted for Section 301 refund. The value is over half a million dollars. %%%%%%%%%% ANSWERS: There is no difference. We prefer filing via ACE […]
This printed in todays’s Federal Register if you would like to share with the membership. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2019-06-10/pdf/2019-12254.pdf ================================================================
QUESTION: Looking for the Latest Section 301 List / Exclusions list ========== Answer: Please see attached: https://www.icpainc.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/Copy-of-Section-301-Lists-ICPA-Dec-2019.xlsx ===========
QUESTION: Is there any way to find out how much revenue was raised to the US budget by the Section 301 duties in 2018 and 2019 respectively? ========== Answers: https://www.cbp.gov/newsroom/stats/trade ========== $40,000,000,000 in Section 301 duties assessed on Chinese origin items. Trade Statistics | U.S. Customs and Border Protection Trade Statistics | U.S. Customs and […]
QUESTION: We have a few liquidated entries that may qualify for Section 301 exclusion. I understand that we cannot file PSC on liquidated entries to get duty refund. Our only option seems to be to file a protest. My question is do we have to use the same broker that originally filed the entries to […]
QUESTION: People are telling me my 232 exclusions are applied retroactively from the date of the filing, but that’s not correct, is it? (My 232 exclusions say they’re valid for one year from the date the exclusion was issued. The date at the bottom of the letter. NOT the date I submitted the exclusion) I […]
QUESTION: We provided a fairly long list of entries that were qualified for 301 exclusions to our broker. But I’m not sure I understand what happens after I provide my broker the list of entries and exclusions we want to use. What’s the process with Customs? Also, can anyone give me a “guesstimate” when our […]
QUESTION: Is there an up-dated List 1 TO List 3 in an excel format that shows all the excluded HTS # that covered the exclusion products that public by CBP recently. ************* Answers: Yes, see our updated EXCLUSION LIST, which includes all exclusions granted to date. This is posted in our newsletter on the subject: […]
QUESTION: Regarding Section 321, for importations not over $800 (see 19CFR 10.151), are we limited to using Section 321 on a maximum of one entry per day per Importer of Record? Or, is there no limit on the number of entries we can file under this Section 321 in a single day? Please let me […]
QUESTION: If a Protest is approved with a refund for duty exclusion on a HTS – can you submit additional Protests on the same entry number for refunds of other entry lines with other HTS for other exclusions granted? ************ Answers: Yes, you can submit another protest as long as you are still within 180 […]
