Good News (About Ford and the Blog)

Turns out that I am still alive and still consider this to be an active blog. I have been working very hard on a number of fronts and simply have not had the time to keep you all up to date. I'll be back soon.

I know I will be back soon, because this showed up on the docket at the Court of International Trade in Ford Motor Co. v. United States:

Order entered on 8/9/2017 Judgment: ORDERED that Plaintiff's motion for summary judgment is GRANTED; it is further ORDERED that Defendant's cross- motion for summary judgment is DENIED; it is further ORDERED that judgment is entered for Plaintiff; it is further ORDERED that the subject merchandise is correctly classifiable pursuant to subheading 8703.23.00 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States ("HTSUS"); it is further ORDERED that Customs and Border Protection, United States Department of Homeland Security ("Customs"), reliquidate the entry which is the basis of this case under the aforesaid HTSUS subheading; and it is further ORDERED that Customs refund to Plaintiff any overpayment of duties together with any interest allowed by law. (related document(s) 144 ).(Demb, Rebecca) (Entered: 08/09/2017)

This is the much discussed, by me at least, case involving the tariff classification of the Ford Transit Connect.  This docket entry indicates that Ford has won at the Court of International Trade. The decision has not yet been published as the Court has requested that it be reviewed to identify any business proprietary information. A decisions should be published in the next two weeks.

Obviously, a more detailed analysis will follow.

Congratulations to Ford and its counsel.

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