Proclamation Implementing Panama TPA Published in Federal Register; Remaining Changes Effective Oct. 31

Presidential Proclamation 8894 -- “To Implement the United States-Panama Trade Promotion Agreement and for Other Purposes” -- was published in the Federal Register of Nov. 5. The proclamation implements the provisions of the Panama TPA in the Harmonized Tariff Schedule; and corrects some HTS provisions on tariff treatment for goods including those subject to the Korea, Peru, and Colombia FTA. No effective date for some corrections was given in the change record for the Oct. 31 HTS update, but an ITC spokeswoman said those changes were effective Oct. 31.