ITC Posts September 1st Version of 2006 HTS to Web Site
The International Trade Commission (ITC) has posted to its Web site a September 1, 2006 version of the 2006 Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the U.S. (HTS).
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HTS Updated for Chapter 99 Provisions in Pension Protection Act
The September 1, 2006 version of the HTS (Supplement 1, Revision 2) reflects the addition to the HTS of new temporary Chapter 99 duty suspension/reduction provisions, and the extension of certain existing temporary HTS Chapter 99 duty suspension/reduction provisions.
(On August 17, 2006, President Bush signed into law H.R. 4, the Pension Protection Act of 2006 (Public Law (P.L.) 109-280).
Besides providing for certain new and extended HTS Chapter 99 provisions, P.L. 109-280 modified certain Dominican Republic - Central America Free Trade Agreement (DR-CAFTA) provisions for various textiles and apparel, temporarily suspended the antidumping (AD)/countervailing (CV) duty new shipper bonding privilege, made certain Customs-related technical amendments, amended certain wool and vessel repair duty provisions, etc.
See ITT's Online Archives or 08/22/06 news, 06082210, for Part V - Final, of BP series of summaries on Pension Protection Act, with links to Parts I - IV.)
September 1, 2006 HTS is Available Online at ITC Web Site
The September 1, 2006 version of the HTS is available on the ITC's Web site in PDF format (either in its entirety or by chapter), and can be viewed and/or downloaded, and/or printed from http://www.usitc.gov/tata/hts.