ITC Adopts Interim MTB Procedures as Final, Hints at Upcoming Process Changes

The International Trade Commission is adopting as final the interim procedures it adopted in 2016 for the Miscellaneous Tariff Bill petition process. The final rule makes no changes from the interim rule, which governed procedures on requesting duty exemptions in the latest MTB passed in October (see 1809140004). But some changes could be made to the process in a separate rulemaking, the notice said. “The [ITC] gained considerable experience in applying the interim rule to petitions submitted and considered with respect to its first report,” the agency said. “Based on that experience, the [ITC] may propose several amendments to this final rule in the near future, with the intent that the amendments be in place before October 15, 2019.”