CBP prematurely posted two recent rulings involving the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps in China and apparel importer Uniqlo (see 2105130031 and 2105200039), an agency spokesman said in a May 25 email. “The Uniqlo protest decisions, H318182 and H318835, were placed on the Customs Rulings Online Search System (CROSS) in error,” he said. “The underlying protests were withdrawn by the Protestant prior to a final disposition of the issues in accordance with 19 C.F.R. § 174.29. Accordingly, the documents were permanently removed from CROSS.” CBP removed the rulings on May 20 (see 2105210021). Neither Uniqlo nor Grunfeld Desiderio, a law firm mentioned in both the rulings, commented.
In the May 19 Customs Bulletin (Vol. 55, No. 19), CBP published a proposal to revoke and modify rulings on fire pits.
The following are short summaries of recent CBP “NY” rulings issued by the agency's National Commodity Specialist Division in New York:
The following are short summaries of recent CBP “NY” rulings issued by the agency's National Commodity Specialist Division in New York:
CBP has released its May 19 Customs Bulletin (Vol. 55, No. 19), which includes the following ruling actions:
CBP pulled down two recent rulings from its website that detailed the agency's detention of shipments imported by Uniqlo over suspected use of cotton from the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps in China. A May 10 ruling said that Uniqlo was unable to prove XPCC wasn't used (see 2105130031), while a May 18 ruling said that some products within another detained shipment could be released because they weren't made of cotton (see 2105200039). The link to each ruling now says the ruling document “is not available.” CBP didn't comment.
CBP allowed for the release of some styles of men's shirts imported by Uniqlo that were detained over the suspected use of cotton from the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps in China because the shirts were not made of cotton, the agency said in a May 18 ruling. The ruling, HQ H318835, discloses that CBP detained a second Uniqlo shipment over a possible XPCC connection. The first detention was mentioned in another recent ruling, in which CBP said Uniqlo hadn't sufficiently shown XPCC cotton wasn't used (see 2105130031). The ruling wasn't available on the CBP rulings database as of press time May 20.
The Customs Rulings Online Search System (CROSS) was updated May 20 with the following headquarters rulings (ruling revocations and modifications will be detailed elsewhere in a separate article as they are announced in the Customs Bulletin):
The following are short summaries of recent CBP “NY” rulings issued by the agency's National Commodity Specialist Division in New York:
The following are short summaries of recent CBP “NY” rulings issued by the agency's National Commodity Specialist Division in New York: