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CBP Official Addresses Proposal to End de Minimis for Section 301 Goods

CBP is unable to say much about a proposal to eliminate the de minimis exemption for goods subject to Section 301 tariffs, said Brandon Lord, CBP Office of Trade deputy executive director for trade policy and programs. Lord mentioned the…

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proposal during a CBP Virtual Trade Week session Sept. 10. “Assuming that [the Office of Management and Budget] approves the proposed rule,” it will be eventually published in the Federal Register and opened for public comments, he said. He said the proposal was recently picked up by the “trade industry press” (see 2009040026), and that “it's difficult for us to make a lot of comments on this,” due to “restrictions around the rulemaking process.”