QUESTION: Do FTZs offer any relief whatsoever from 301 duties? I keep finding this language, first published by CBP, and then reproduced by several law and consulting firms: Per the Federal Register Notice published by the USTR, any product covered by the Section 301 remedy … only may be admitted as “privileged foreign status” as […]
QUESTION: I work for an importer who pays assists on their products annually as opposed to prorating it and including it in each import entry. When the entry for the annual assist is filed, should Section 301 duties be part of the duty calculation? **************** Answers: Yes, you pay 301 duties on the value of […]
QUESTION: 301 list 3 and 4 Court Challenge Many importers joined the lawsuit challenging the legality of the tariffs for list 3 and list 4. Some importers were skeptical and did not sign up. We were told to be able to benefit from the full extent of the potential refund, the court filing had to […]
QUESTION: I am just curious if anyone has received duty refund for Section 301 duty exclusion refund? I submitted our Exclusion every month since last May but have not heard anything. If you have received the refund, can you please kindly reply here or email me at ronnieyiwan@yahoo.com? Thank you very much ============ Answers: Yes. […]
QUESTION: I am researching FTZ and whether under a FTZ would you required to pay the 301 tariffs if you bring in under an FTZ and ultimately export. As I understand it, since under the section 301 orders zone admission must be as “privileged foreign status” , are section 301 and other duties only paid […]
QUESTION: We have a product that we import into the United States (Minnesota to be exact), from China. The product is subject to 301 Duties (List 3). We intend to ship this product to Guam to an end user. Can we collect 301 duty drawback on this item? Could we collect, just our regular duties […]
QUESTION: Does anyone have an updated section 301 exclusion list up to date? ************ Answers: There are no exclusions in place at this time, they ended on December 31 Add’l Answers:Please see https://www.federalregister.gov for the Dec. 29 Office of the US Trade Representative. There are four new exclusions, 9903.88.62. 9903.88.63, 9903.88.64, 9903.88.65 on select products from […]
QUESTION: We have about 15 entries for which our broker filed timely PSC’s for over a year ago. Liquidation on these PSC’s shows over a year ago but we have never received the refunds. Our broker has reached out to the ACH refund desk with inquires but has not received an answer. Is anyone else […]
QUESTION: Many of the China tariff 301 exclusions expire on 12/31/20. I have not heard anything from the USTR on applying for extensions on these exclusions. Does anyone know if there’s a plan to open the extension application again on the USTR website? ***************** Answers: No, it looks like they will expire, remember exclusions were […]
QUESTION: I am doing audits on my entries for items from China. What date do I use to determine if I owe Section 301 duties? Entry date? Entry summary date? What if I am on ACH, and I never deposited duties until I pay the ACH, do I use the ACH date? ============ Answer: Date […]
QUESTION: We had been advised by our Customs Attorney to take part in the filing of the lawsuit challenging the legality of the 301 Tariffs for Tranche 3 and 4A. We took part in this filing. The big part of this was that we need not file individual PSC’s or protests, that all would be […]
QUESTION: Have you asked the CEE what their position is regarding Protests on Section 301 Additional China Duties? Has anyone been following the recommendation that importers should Protest every Entry on which they are paying 301 duties? Is CBP approving or rejecting those Protests? Please share your strategy, and or opinion regarding the latest news […]
