CBP posted a list of frequently asked questions about the entry type 86 test within a new agency page dedicated to the test. The new entry type is meant to allow importers of goods valued under the $800 de minimis level to file a less complex informal entry, including for goods subject to partner government agency (PGA) requirements (see 1908120019). Among other answers to questions, CBP explains that entries subject to the Sections 301, 201 and 232 trade remedies are eligible for type 86, though "merchandise subject to a quota does not qualify for the de minimis exemption, nor is it eligible for informal entry procedures." Also, while type 86 entries can be corrected or canceled, a Post Summary Correction can't be filed.
Section 301 (too broad)
CBP has assessed about $41 billion in duties under the major trade remedies started during the Trump administration as of Oct. 2, according to CBP's trade statistics page. That includes $31 billion in duties from the Section 301 tariffs on goods from China, up around $4 billion from about a month ago. The assessed tariffs under Section 301 now include the 15 percent tariffs that took effect on Sept. 1 (see 1908270066). CBP also has assessed about $8.1 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 $1.1 billion in assessed tariffs.
Cars assembled by Volvo in Sweden as part of a “knockdown operation” using subassemblies manufactured in China are products of China and are subject to Section 301 tariffs, CBP said in a recent ruling. The “complex assembly process” occurs in China, not Sweden, so that’s where substantial transformation happens for the purposes of determining country of origin, CBP said in HQ H302821, issued July 26 and published by CBP on Oct. 2.
In the Sept. 25 Customs Bulletin (Vol. 53, No. 34), CBP published notices that propose to revoke or modify rulings and similar treatment for headboards, footboards and side rails imported in separate shipments, and steel tubing.
The Customs Rulings Online Search System (CROSS) was updated Oct. 2. The most recent ruling is dated Oct. 1. The following headquarters rulings not involving carriers were modified on Oct. 2, according to CBP:
CBP created Harmonized System Update (HSU) 1916 on Oct. 1, containing 76 Automated Broker Interface records and 18 Harmonized Tariff Schedule records, it said in a CSMS message. The update includes recently announced exclusions and other changes related to the Section 301 tariffs (see 1909180004). Another change is related to the Section 232 tariffs on steel and aluminum, CBP said. Modifications required by the verification of the 2019 HTS and to support partner government agency message set functionality are included as well.
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The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative granted 10 of 15 categories of Chinese-sourced Mac Pro components Apple sought to have excluded from 25 percent Section 301 List 3 tariffs in July (see 1907260036), agency records show. Of the five denials, USTR rejected all because Apple “failed to show that the imposition of additional duties on the particular product would cause severe economic harm to you or other U.S. interests,” said Sept. 23 notices posted recently in the public docket. The denials were for Mac Pro CPU heat sinks, BIOS printed circuit boards, AC power cables, caster wheel assemblies and data cables, the docket shows. Waivers were granted on the 10 other requests in mid-September. Apple didn’t comment.
More than a dozen companies and business groups have submitted comments ahead of an Oct. 2 hearing on how China is complying with World Trade Organization protocols -- and they all agree China has work to do.
CBP added the ability in ACE for importers to file entries with recently excluded goods in the second tranche of Section 301 tariffs on Sept. 29, it said in a CSMS messages. For the second tranche exclusions, filers of imported products that were granted an exclusion (see 1909180004) should report the regular Chapters 39, 73, 76, 84, 85, 86, 87 and 90 Harmonized Tariff Schedule number, as well as subheading 9903.88.17. “Importers shall not submit the corresponding Chapter 99 HTS number for the Section 301 duties when" subheading 9903.88.17 is submitted, CBP said.