ITC Again Delays Report for Duty-Free Festive Articles Investigation
The International Trade Commission is again delaying the issuance of its report containing recommendations to the President on whether to modify the Harmonized Tariff Schedule to make certain festive apparel and other utilitarian articles duty-free.
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The deadline for the ITC’s report is now April 28, 2011 (from December 13, 2010). The ITC had previously delayed its report to December 13, 2010 (from November 29). (See ITT's Online Archives or 12/02/10 news, 10120214, for BP summary.)
(In September 2010, ITC instituted an investigation into U.S. Customs and Border Protection's request to add a new Chapter 98 U.S. note and amend certain Chapter 98 tariff numbers in order to provide duty-free treatment to certain utilitarian articles (including apparel)1 that incorporate a festive design, decoration, emblem or motif. The ITC had proposed that the President implement CBP's requested changes, with one further clarifying change. Comments were due by October 22.
Currently, certain utilitarian articles with festive designs and/or motifs are excluded from duty-free treatment in HTS Chapter 95 by note 1(V) to that chapter.)
(ITC states this notice is being issued as an update only, and interested parties are not being asked or invited to submit additional views.)
1The affected articles are tableware, kitchenware (except baking pans, cookie cutters, cookie stamps and presses) and toilet articles of chapter 39, 69 or 70; carpets and other textile floor coverings of chapter 57; apparel and accessories of chapter 61 or 62; and made-up textile articles of chapter 63.
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(See ITT's Online Archives or 09/19/10 news, 10091902, for BP summary of ITC instituting this investigation.
See ITT's Online Archives or 12/02/10 news, 10120214, for BP summary of ITC delaying the report on modifying the HTS to make certain festive apparel duty-free.)