Trade and Manufacturing Monitor
News and insight from our international trade practice group
New Updates to Customs De Minimis Exemption
On January 13 and 17, 2025, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (“Customs”) issued two notices of proposed rulemakings that would impose new requirements on “de minimis” imports, including gifts, valued at $800 or less.…
AD/CVD Evasion Enforcement Uptick in 2018
The Enforce and Protect Act (“EAPA”), signed into law as part of the Trade Facilitation and Trade Enforcement Act of 2015, established procedures for a wide variety of stakeholders to submit allegations of evasion of…
Say It Ain’t So Santa: Court of International Trade Decision Increases Import Duties on Santa Claus Costume
The Court of International Trade was not in the holiday spirit when it issued the decision in Rubie’s Costume Co. v. United States, Slip Op 17-147, which held that the imported Santa Claus suit cannot be considered a…