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The 25% tariffs on upholstered furniture, and wooden cabinets and vanities will continue throughout 2026, instead of increasing to 30% for furniture and 50% for cabinets and vanities, as initially indicated in September (see 2509300017).
CBP on Dec. 30 created Harmonized System Update 2543 containing 4,893 Automated Broker Interface records and 872 Harmonized Tariff Schedule records. HSU 2543 includes the end-of-year Harmonized Tariff Schedule updates, effective Jan. 1.
China published its 2026 tariff plan this week, outlining new rates for hundreds of commodities while lowering duties on other items, the country's Ministry of Finance said Dec. 29, according to an unofficial translation.
The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative is modifying the allocations of in-quota quantity under the annual beef tariff-rate quota, by its authority under the Uruguay Round Agreements Act, according to a Federal Register notice.
The White House said it has made an agreement with Israel to offer permanent concessions on some agricultural products, the outlines of which were first established in 2004, but since there needs to be more time to make the permanent modifications, it is offering one more year of duty-free access.
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The Commercial Customs Operations Advisory Committee will hold a meeting on Wednesday, Jan. 14, 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. ET. The meeting will be open to the public via webinar only, CBP said in a Federal Register notice. Comments must be submitted by 5 p.m. ET on Jan. 9, and the meeting link will be available on this page by 5 p.m. ET on Jan. 13.
For a company to use laboratory reports submitted to CBP to protest the agency's finding on the material composition of an imported good, it must establish a prima facie case sufficient to overcome CBP’s presumption of correctness, CBP said in a Nov. 4 ruling that nonetheless granted an importer's protest based on CBP re-testing.
The USDA Foreign Agricultural Service released a list of updated quantity trigger levels and applicable periods for products that may be subject to additional import duties under the safeguard provisions of the World Trade Organization Agreement on Agriculture.