In a recent opinion, the US Court of International Trade (CIT) found that certain fabric covered pool floats should be classified as plastics — not textiles — for tariff purposes. Despite the textile elements of the floats, the sequential application of the General Rules of Interpretation led the CIT to find that the air-filled
CIT Finds Thanksgiving Feast Is Not a ‘Ritual’
In a recent decision, the Court of International Trade shot down an importer’s argument that its Thanksgiving and Christmas-themed serve ware and dinnerware should be exempt from duties as instruments of “specific religious or cultural ritual celebrations.”
Subheading 9817.95.01 of the Harmonized Tariff