CBP updated its guidance on how importers of goods excluded from Section 232 tariffs on steel and aluminum should file, to include information about the 232 exclusions portal (see 1906060060). "Importers and filers importing products granted an exclusion should submit the product exclusion number based on the exclusion Request ID using the 232 Exclusion Portal at https://232app.azurewebsites.net/steelalum," CBP said. The agency also provided some new information about quota exclusions that wasn't in the previous guidance released last year (see 1811080015). "Filers are to submit the applicable Chapter 99 HTSUS number i.e. 99038060 for steel articles and 99038511 for aluminum articles," it said. "Do NOT submit 99038061, which expired on March 31, 2019 and is NO LONGER applicable."
The Customs Rulings Online Search System (CROSS) was updated Sept. 3. The most recent ruling is dated Aug. 12. The following headquarters rulings not involving carriers were "modified" on Sept. 3, according to CBP:
CBP created Harmonized System Update (HSU) 1915 on Sept. 3, containing 64 Automated Broker Interface records and 12 Harmonized Tariff Schedule records, it said in a CSMS message. The update includes adjustments required by the fourth tranche Section 301 tariffs. Modifications required by the verification of the 2019 HTS and to support Partner Government Agency message set functionality are included as well.
CBP will deploy Broker Management Office functionality in ACE on Sept. 28, the agency said in its updated deployment schedule. This capability "streamlines the employee reporting process for brokers, enhances messaging to the field Broker Management Officers (BMO), and automates the generation of licenses and permits in ACE," it said. CBP also said it will provide for "streamlined processing for CBP and will include enhancements to the mass liquidation functionality as well as provide a mass update capability for post release activity." That addition is planned for Nov. 23.
CBP issued the following releases on commercial trade and related matters:
A listing of recent antidumping and countervailing duty messages from the Commerce Department posted to CBP's website Aug. 29 along with the case number(s) and CBP message number, is provided below. The messages are available by searching for the listed CBP message number at CBP's ADD CVD Search page:
CBP is requesting comments by Oct. 29 on an existing information collection for declarations of owner, it said in a notice. CBP proposes to extend the expiration date of this information collection without a change to the burden hours or information collected.
CBP has assessed about $35.9 billion in duties under the major trade remedies started during the Trump administration as of Aug. 28, according to CBP's trade statistics page. That includes $27 billion in duties from the Section 301 tariffs on goods from China. The assessed tariffs under Section 301 will likely start to increase quicker once the planned 15 percent tariffs take effect on Sept. 1 (see 1908270066). CBP also has assessed about $6.1 billion under the Section 232 tariffs on steel and $1.7 billion under tariffs on aluminum. The Section 201 trade remedies on washing machines, washing machine parts and solar cells (see 1801230052), imposed Jan. 23, 2018, account for $1 billion in assessed tariffs.
CBP on Aug. 30 issued new filing instructions for goods subject to Section 301 duties, in light of the 15 percent tariffs set to take effect on Sept. 1. The agency’s CSMS message contains updated information on how to enter goods with subheadings on the first group of fourth tranche products, on which Section 301 duties take effect at 12:01 a.m. EDT on Sept. 1 (see 1908270066). Beginning on Sept. 1, goods included in the first group of the list must be filed under subheading 9903.88.15. Then, effective Dec. 15, tariffs take effect on a second list of goods under subheading 9903.88.16.
CBP issued the following releases on commercial trade and related matters: