Cerny Associates : : Customs and International Trade

Cerny Associates is a law firm dedicated exclusively to international trade law. Our practice areas include all aspects of customs law, export control laws and regulations, free trade agreements, duty drawback, and international trade matters.

Selected Transactions

Areas of Practice

Tariff classification and duty reduction
Admissibility, textile quotas and tariff rate quotas
Country of origin determination and marking

Valuation and transfer pricing
Preferential treatment under free trade and other agreements

Deferred duty payment using foreign trade Zones and bonded warehouses
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Customs and International Trade News

CBP has published proposed rulings concerning Portable Light Towers, Thermal Transfer Ribbons, Galaxolide® Mixtures, Insulated Lunch Bags, Parts of Bicycle Cotterless-Type Crank Sets, Cable Cutters, and the LG Chromebase.

President Obama signed the Frank R. Lautenberg Chemical Safety for the 21st Century Act that includes significant reforms to the Toxic Substances Control Act.

The ITC Releases report finding a strong impact of Trade Agreements over last 30 years.

The ITC releases “The Year in Trade 2015” which reports developments in U.S. trade laws and trade agreements.

In GRK Canada, LTD. vs. United States the CIT concluded that the steel screw fasteners, used in carpentry applications, are not classified as “other wood screws” but instead as “Self-Tapping screws” which carries a lower duty rate.

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