It is not uncommon for CBP officers at the port level to issue rate increases (through CBP Form 29’s) basing their decision on binding rulings that are not related to…
Author: <span>Yuri Starikov</span>
On April 23, 2014 CBP’s Virginia McPherson advised international trade community that products from Crimea, marked as “Product of Russia,” “Made in Russia,” “Contents Made in Russia” can be subject…
National Security Archive yesterday’s post on FOIA made me revisit LawCustoms post on Drafting Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) Letter to add several things. According to National Security Archive, Department of…
The author feels that enough has been written on the LED topic. See here and here. Yet, LawCustoms statistics indicate an interest of our visitors to this topic. Additionally, our…
Few years back, we published a list of links that U.S. based international trade community should check prior to engaging in a transaction. Time has come to update the list…
Members of international trade community know that harmonized tariff schedule is construed according to the principles of General Rules of Interpretation (GRIs). GRI 1 states that “classification shall be determined…
BIS extended a helping hand to the exporting community in interpreting somewhat archaic definition of the “specially designed” clause that is used throughout the Commerce Control List. The clarification opportunity…
In the Corning Gilbert Inc. v. U.S., importer asked the Court of International Trade for an opinion about Customs and Border Protection (CBP) role in enforcing decisions of other agencies. …
When Customs and Border Protection (CBP) takes action that the importer does not like (e.g. seizes its merchandize, denies preferential trade agreement, etc.), the importer believing in the legitimacy of…
Next customs broker license examination is scheduled for April 7, 2014. As many prospective examinees shift their gears towards successful outcome, our Office is pleased to share a portion of…