CBP Announces 2008 "Low Duty" TRQ Quantity for Canned Tuna and Skipjack
U.S. Customs and Border Protection has issued a notice announcing that the 2008 in-quota ("low duty") tariff-rate quota quantity for tuna and skipjack (tuna), in airtight containers, not in oil, weighing with their contents not over 7 kilograms each, that is not the product of any U.S. insular possession, as described in HTS 1604.14.22 (6% duty) has been set at 17,667,724 kg.
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CBP states that any such tuna that is entered or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption during 2008 in excess of this quantity will be dutiable at the over-quota ("high duty") rate of 12.5% under HTS 1604.14.30.
CBP is expected to soon post to its Web site a notice containing proration and liquidation instructions for the "low duty" TRQ.
(In December 2007, CBP issued a notice announcing a preliminary "low duty" TRQ quantity of 18,530,745 kg for such tuna. This TRQ opened on January 2, 2008, under opening moment procedures, with "high duty" tariff numbers and rates in effect for all entry/entry summaries. CBP subsequently announced that the preliminary "low duty" TRQ for such tuna oversubscribed at opening. See ITT's Online Archives or 12/26/07 news, 07122658 2, for BP summary of notice announcing the preliminary TRQ quantity. See ITT's Online Archives or 01/10/08 news, 08011035 1), for BP summary announcing that the preliminary "low duty" TRQ oversubscribed at opening.)
CBP notice (FR Pub 03/11/08) available at http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/01jan20081800/edocket.access.gpo.gov/2008/pdf/E8-4806.pdf.