CBP Releases Agenda for 60th Session of WCO HSC
CBP issued a notice in the Aug. 23 Customs Bulletin (Vol. 51, No. 34) regarding the dates and draft agenda for the 60th Session of the World Customs Organization’s Harmonized System Committee (HSC), which will meet in Brussels Sept. 27 - Oct. 6. Among other things, the HSC issues classification decisions on the interpretation of the Harmonized System (HS) in the form of published tariff classification opinions or amendments to the Explanatory Notes. It also considers amendments to the legal text of the HS.
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The draft list of agenda items includes (partial list):
Report by the Secretariat:
- Position regarding Contracting Parties to the HS Convention and related matters and progress report on the implementation of HS 2017
- Report on the last meetings of the Policy Commission (77th Session)
- Approval of decisions taken by the HSC at its 59th Session
Requests from the U.S.:
- Re-examination of the classification of quinoa which has undergone the removal of the saponin layer.
- Possible amendment to the Explanatory Note to heading 62.06.