CBP Issues Harmonized System Update With 33,859 ABI Records, 6,591 Harmonized Tariff Records
CBP created Harmonized System Update (HSU) 1708 on Dec. 20, containing 33,859 Automated Broker Interface records and 6,591 harmonized tariff records, it said in a CSMS message. Modifications include "the annual special program staged rate reductions mandated by the individual Free Trade Agreements," CBP said. "This update also contains modifications mandated by the 484 F Committee, the Committee for Statistical Annotation of Tariff Schedules. These adjustments are effective on January 1, 2018, and will be published within the change record, and chapters, of the 2018 USHTS. However, until they are available, please contact your assigned client representative for assistance with discontinued records."
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CBP is also "anticipating additional legislative changes, but due to differences between the draft documentation and the final legislation, we are unable to modify our system until the proclamations are official," the agency said. "Once final approval has been granted, we will begin updating our system, and when the adjustments have been completed, we will create another HTS update and issue an associated CSMS message."
Further information: Jennifer Keeling, Jennifer.L.Keeling@cbp.dhs.gov