The U.S. Court of International Trade (CIT) ruled that a Canadian manufacturer can import cannabis trimming equipment to Washington state, an important develop for the industry nationwide.
Judge Claire Kelly ruled that the state’s repeal of past restrictions on marijuana-related drug paraphernalia provided an authorization to Keirton USA to manufacture, possess and distribute such of products, Trade Law Daily reported.
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Keirton USA, which makes agricultural equipment for marijuana and hemp businesses, filed a lawsuit last year in Seattle charging U.S. Customs and Border Protection with wrongly blocking imports from Canada of components needed by its Washington state subsidiary to build trimming machines.
The manufacturer of the Twister Trimmer has headquarters in Ferndale, Washington, and Surrey, British Columbia.
The lawsuit went to the U.S. Court of International Trade after a U.S. district judge dropped the case in 2021 after agreeing with the Border Patrol that the CIT could
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