U.S. Apparel Mostly Affected by EC Byrd Amendment Sanctions
The following is an update on the European Commission’s recent announcement that effective May 1, 2010, it would expand the list of U.S. products subject to an additional 15% import duty due to U.S. payout of benefits under the Continued Dumping and Subsidy Offset Act or Byrd Amendment.1
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(See ITT’s Online Archives or 04/21/10 news, (Ref: 10042130), for BP summary of the EC’s announcement.)
Additional 15% Duty Will Soon Apply to 19 New CN Codes
Effective May 1, 2010, 19 new eight-digit Combined Nomenclature (CN) codes1 will be added to the existing 14 CN codes that are subject to an additional 15% duty, for a total of 33 CN codes subject to the additional duties.
Most Affected Products Are Apparel
Most of the affected products (28 out of 33) are apparel products.
Product Descriptions
The product descriptions of these affected CN codes are as follows:
19 CN codes to be added May 1, 2010:
| 6101.30.10 | Men's or boys overcoats, car coats, capes, cloaks and similar articles of man-made fibers |
| 6101.30.90 | Men's or boys anoraks (including ski jackets), windcheaters, wind-jackets and similar articles of man-made fibers |
| 6102.30.10 | Women's or girls' overcoats, car coats, capes, cloaks and similar articles of man-made fibers |
| 6102.30.90 | Women's or girls' anoraks (including ski jackets), windcheaters, wind-jackets and similar articles of man-made fibers |
| 6104.43.00 | Women's or girls' dresses of synthetic fibers |
| 6201.12.10 | Men's or boys' overcoats, raincoats, car coats, capes, cloaks and similar articles of cotton of a weight, per garment, not exceeding 1 kg |
| 6201.12.90 | Men's or boys' overcoats, raincoats, car coats, capes, cloaks and similar articles of cotton of a weight, per garment, exceeding 1 kg |
| 6201.13.10 | Men's or boys' overcoats, raincoats, car coats, capes, cloaks and similar articles of man-made fibers of a weight, per garment, not exceeding 1 kg |
| 6201.13.90 | Men's or boys' overcoats, raincoats, car coats, capes, cloaks and similar articles of man-made fibers of a weight, per garment, exceeding 1 kg |
| 6201.92.00 | Men's or boys' overcoats, raincoats, car coats, capes, cloaks and similar articles, other, of cotton |
| 6201.93.00 | Men's or boys' overcoats, raincoats, car coats, capes, cloaks and similar articles, other, of man-made fibers |
| 6202.11.00 | Women's or girls' overcoats, raincoats, car coats, capes, cloaks and similar articles of wool or fine animal hair |
| 6202.93.00 | Women's or girls' overcoats, raincoats, car coats, capes, cloaks and similar articles, other, of man-made fibers |
| 6203.42.31 | Men's or boys' trousers and breeches, other, of cotton, denim |
| 6204.42.00 | Women's or girls' dresses of cotton |
| 6204.43.00 | Women's or girls' dresses of synthetic fibers |
| 6204.44.00 | Women's or girls' dresses of artificial fibers |
| 6204.49.10 | Women's or girls' dresses of silk or silk waste |
| 9406.00.38 | Prefabricated buildings, of iron or steel, other |
14 CN codes continued from 2009:
| 0710.40.00 | Sweetcorn |
| 4820.10.50 | Diaries |
| 6103.43.00 | Men's or boys' trousers, bib and brace overalls, breeches and shorts of synthetic fibers |
| 6104.63.00 | Women's or girls' trousers, bib and brace overalls, breeches and shorts of synthetic fibers |
| 6203.43.11 | Men’s or boys’ trousers and breeches, industrial and occupational |
| 6203.43.19 | Men’s or boys’ trousers and breeches, other |
| 6203.43.90 | Men’s or boys’ bib and brace overalls, other |
| 6204.63.11 | Women's or girls' trousers and breeches, industrial and occupational |
| 6204.63.18 | Women's or girls' trousers and breeches, other |
| 6204.63.90 | Women's or girls' bib and brace overalls, other |
| 6204.69.18 | Women's or girls' trousers and breeches, other |
| 6204.69.90 | Women's or girls' bib and brace overalls, of other textile materials |
| 8705.10.00 | Crane lorries |
| 9003.19.30 | Frames and mountings of base metal |
(The CN product descriptions are taken from the 10/31/09 version of Annex I of the Combined Nomenclature Regulation, which is described on the EC’s Website as the latest available online version.)
1The U.S. repealed the Byrd Amendment in 2006 after the World Trade Organization found it infringed WTO rules. However, the repeal called for a delayed effective date of October 1, 2007. This delay, and the fact that the reimbursements have continued after the effective date, led to retaliatory sanctions by the European Union and Japan starting in 2005. Japan reduced its sanctions in 2008 and 2009, and the EC reduced its sanctions in 2009 due to reduced Byrd amendment disbursements.
EC CN code product descriptions available http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2009:287:0001:0897:EN:PDF