Economy
AIIS: Trade Actions Add New Burdens for Importers, CBP
Written by Tim Triplett
July 26, 2019
Trade actions have imposed new and increased burdens on both U.S. Customs and Border Protection and on importers, reported the American Institute of International Steel in a July 8 blog by AIIS Customs Committee Chairman and attorney Steven W. Baker.
“Importers have recently been faced with many seldom used or new and unprecedented trade remedy actions, including Section 201 (solar cells and panels), Section 232 (steel and aluminum), Section 301 (China), and now International Emergency Economic Powers Act (Mexico) actions, all of which involve not only substantial duty costs but also continued administrative expenses for compliance. Added to the more common antidumping and countervailing duty cases, these actions have required significant resources to learn about, plan for, and implement responses to each remedy,” Baker wrote.
Importers should make extra efforts to ensure, and document, compliance with all the new (and often changing!) requirements, he said.
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