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United States of America: Reclassification of blanket and reduction in duty

Announcement

10 Feb 2017

Ruling that a Snuggie® is a blanket and not a garment, the Court of International Trade reduced the tariff from 14.9% to 8.5%.

 

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Number of interventions

1

0 certainly harmful

0 likely harmful

1 liberalising

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Implementation date

10 Feb 2017

Revocation date:

No revocation date

Updated: 10 Feb 2017
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On February 10, 2017 the Court of International Trade ruled in Allstar Mktg. Grp., LLC v. United States that a polyester fleece knit article known as a Snuggie® is properly classified as a...

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