CBP said it created Harmonized System Update (HSU) 1508 on Oct. 20, containing 23,448 ABI records and 4,460 harmonized tariff records. The update includes changes as a result of supplemental cotton assessment by the Agricultural Marketing Service, said CBP (here). Adjustments required for the verification of the 2015 Harmonized Tariff Schedule are also included, CBP said in a CSMS message. The modified records can be retrieved electronically via the procedures indicated in the CATAIR. Further information: Jennifer Keeling, Jennifer.Keeling@dhs.gov.
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CBP said it created Harmonized System Update (HSU) 1507 on Oct. 7, containing 1,101 ABI records and 224 harmonized tariff records. The update includes the addition of Partner Government Agency indicators for future Lacey Act submissions, said CBP (here). Other changes are related to a recent presidential proclamation on Generalized System of Preferences product eligibility (see 1510010030). Adjustments required for the verification of the 2015 Harmonized Tariff Schedule are also included, CBP said in a CSMS message. The modified records can be retrieved electronically via the procedures indicated in the CATAIR. Further information: Jennifer Keeling, Jennifer.Keeling@dhs.gov.
The International Trade Commission is asking for input in connection with a new investigation on changes to the tariff schedule set to take effect in 2017 and 2018 (here). The World Customs Organization recommended the amendments to chapters 3, 44 and 63 in June (see 1506230026, after omitting the changes from its general update of the Harmonized System set to take effect Jan. 1, 2017 (see 1501230025). Once adopted by the U.S., amendments to chapter 3 and 63 affecting fish and mosquito nets would take effect alongside the other HTS amendments at the beginning of 2017. Changes to chapter 44 affecting wood products are more substantial, and wouldn’t take effect until Jan. 1, 2018, said the ITC. Comments are due March 18, 2016.
CBP said it created Harmonized System Update (HSU) 1506 on Aug. 24, containing 10,074 ABI records and 1,696 harmonized tariff records. The update includes the addition of Partner Government Agency indicators for future Lacey Act submissions, said CBP (here). Adjustments required for the verification of the 2015 Harmonized Tariff Schedule are also included, CBP said in a CSMS message. The modified records can be retrieved electronically via the procedures indicated in the CATAIR. Further information: Jennifer Keeling, Jennifer.Keeling@dhs.gov.
CBP said its Harmonized System Update (HSU) 1505 was created Aug. 18, containing 2,229 ABI records and 304 harmonized tariff records. The update includes the addition of Partner Government Agency indicators for future Lacey Act submissions, said CBP (here). It also includes changes due to the Trade Preferences Extension Act of 2015 (see 1506290045). Adjustments required for the verification of the 2015 Harmonized Tariff Schedule are also included, CBP said in a CSMS message. The modified records can be retrieved electronically via the procedures indicated in the CATAIR. Further information: Jennifer Keeling, Jennifer.Keeling@dhs.gov.
CBP said its Harmonized System Update (HSU) 1504 was created June 29, containing 136 ABI records and 29 harmonized tariff records. The update includes changes required by the Committee for Statistical Annotation of Tariff Schedules, said CBP (here). Adjustments required for the verification of the 2015 Harmonized Tariff Schedule are also included, CBP said in a CSMS message. The modified records can be retrieved electronically via the procedures indicated in the CATAIR. Further information: Jennifer Keeling, Jennifer.Keeling@dhs.gov.
CBP said its Harmonized System Update (HSU) 1503 was created May 28, containing 29,478 ABI records and 5,084 harmonized tariff records. The update adds new other government agency code indicators for use with Partner Government Agency (PGA) message sets, said CBP (here). Changes also include updates to raspberry assessments, it said. Adjustments required for the verification of the 2015 Harmonized Tariff Schedule are also included, CBP said in a CSMS message. The modified records can be retrieved electronically via the procedures indicated in the CATAIR. Further information: Jennifer Keeling, Jennifer.Keeling@dhs.gov.
The emergence of e-commerce is requiring some new considerations as individual sellers are increasingly involved in internationals transactions, said panelists during a May 12 U.S. Chamber of Commerce event on supply chains. While the new challenges may point to the need for some revised policies, it's difficult to "inject the interests of the multitude" of stakeholders involved at the border, said Brenda Smith, CBP assistant commissioner in the Office of International Trade.
The House Ways and Means Committee approved the four major trade bills up for consideration at its April 23 markup, following a full day of debate on the legislation. The committee ultimately sent to the House floor Trade Promotion Authority, Trade Adjustment Assistance, a preference package and a Customs Reauthorization bill. Committee lawmakers approved the same TPA, TAA and preference package bills the Senate Finance Committee endorsed the day before (see 1504230001). TPA passed in a partisan vote, with two Democrats joining Republicans in support. The other three bills passed by voice vote, a committee spokesman said.
CBP said its Harmonized System Update (HSU) 1502 was created April 20, containing 1,843 ABI records and 388 harmonized tariff records. "Modifications include the addition of APHIS/LACEY ACT PGA (Participating Government Agency) indicators," it said in a CSMS message (here). "These PGA indicators are for future use relating to the PGA data set submissions associated with the APHIS/LACEY ACT program." Adjustments required for the verification of the 2015 Harmonized Tariff Schedule are also included, CBP said in a CSMS message. The modified records can be retrieved electronically via the procedures indicated in the CATAIR. Further information: Jennifer Keeling, Jennifer.Keeling@dhs.gov.