OT Fact Sheet: Origin Certification Requirements QUESTION: I recently read that the USTR has issued determinations in the investigations of digital services taxes (DSTs) adopted or considered by India, Turkey, Italy, Britain and Spain finding that each of the DSTs discriminates against US companies, is inconsistent with prevailing principles of international taxation, and burdens or […]
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: 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: 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 […]
