White House Releases 2022 Tariff Proclamation, Set to Begin 30-Day Clock
The White House released its much anticipated proclamation amending the tariff schedule to implement the five-year update to the World Customs Organization’s Harmonized System tariff nomenclature. The widespread changes to the U.S. Harmonized Tariff Schedule will take effect 30 days after the proclamation is published in the Federal Register.
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As released, the proclamation doesn't include the annexes that detail the actual changes themselves, though they will likely mirror those proposed in an International Trade Commission report to the president issued in April. The proclamation also amends tariff schedule provisions on Section 301 tariffs and on various trade agreements to conform to the changes elsewhere in the HTS.
The proclamation also removes Ethiopia, Guinea and Mali as African Growth and Opportunity Act beneficiaries, saying the three countries do not meet AGOA requirements. Unlike the other changes in the proclamation, the removal of these countries from AGOA takes effect Jan. 1.