The New Miscellaneous Tariff Bill Process Set to Begin

A detailed timeline of the process can be found here. The new MTB process, as set out in the law, runs from October 2019 through the end of 2020. The dates and time frames below have been calculated from the start date announced by the U.S. ITC and the text of the legislation:

  • October 11 – December 10, 2019: USITC MTB portal open for petition submission.
  • December 10, 2019 – January 11, 2020: USITC compiles petitions.
  • No later than January 11 – USITC issues Federal Register notice soliciting comments on product petitions.
  • January 11 – Late February, 2020 (45 days): USITC accepts public comments through online portal.
  • January 11 – Mid-April, 2020 (90 days): Commerce conducts its review of petitions, at the end of which it submits its report to the congressional committees and the USITC.
  • January 11 – Mid-June, 2020 (150 days): USITC conducts its review of petitions, at end of which it submits its Preliminary Report to the congressional committees, taking into consideration the Commerce Report.
  • Mid-June – mid-August, 2020 (60 days): USITC conducts re-review of individual petitions, based on information submitted by the congressional committees, at the end of which it submits its Final Report to the congressional committees.

A successful MTB petition will cover a “noncontroversial” or “noncompetitive” product. The guidelines defining those products are:

  • No domestic producer objects to the import duty elimination or reduction for the product;
  • The import duty elimination or reduction for the […]
By |2021-10-22T10:41:28-04:00November 12, 2019|Customs Expert, Enforcement, Export, Import, Import Alert, International Business, International Law, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), U.S. International Trade Commission (USITC)|Comments Off on The New Miscellaneous Tariff Bill Process Set to Begin

33,810 IPR Seizures in 2018!

U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) is tasked with the monitoring of and enforcement of intellectual property rights (IPR). In CBP’s FY 2018 Seizure Statistics, CBP advised that it enforced trademarks and copyrights pertaining to over 17,641 active recordations, including 2,289 new recordations and 812 renewals of expiring recordations.

In fiscal year 2018, 381 individuals were arrested by CBP or ICE for violations related to IPR violations and 260 convictions related to intellectual property crimes proceeded. The total number of IPR seizures decreased by 333 seizures from the previous year. Surprisingly, while the number of seizures decreased from 34,143  in 2017 to 33,810 in 2018, the total estimated manufacturer’s suggested retail price (MSRP) of seized goods, had they been genuine, increased $1.4 billion.

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