U.S. Customs and Border Protection has issued a CSMS message announcing recent changes to the 2008 Harmonized Tariff Schedule (HS Update No. 0806). This update contains 46,415 ABI records and 7,417 harmonized tariff records. Changes include the following:
Harmonized Tariff Schedule
The Harmonized Tariff Schedule (HTS) is a reference manual that provides duty rates for almost every item that exists. It is a system of classifying and taxing all goods imported into the United States. The HTS is based on the international Harmonized System, which is a global standard for naming and describing trade products, and consists of a hierarchical structure that assigns a specific code and rate to each type of merchandise for duty, quota, and statistical purposes. The HTS was made effective on January 1, 1989, replacing the former Tariff Schedules of the United States. It is maintained by the U.S. International Trade Commission, but the Customs and Border Protection of the Department of Homeland Security is responsible for interpreting and enforcing the HTS.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection has posted new guidance on the classification of certain festive articles in order to implement an April 2008 U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC) decision in Michael Simon Design, Inc. v. U.S., as it relates to certain utilitarian or functional articles with festive designs and/or motifs.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection has issued its interim final rule which will amend 19 CFR Parts 4, 12, 18, 101, 103, 113, 122, 123, 141, 143, 149, 178, and 192, effective January 26, 2009, to require Security Filing (SF) information from importers and additional information from carriers (10+2) for vessel (maritime) cargo before it is brought into the U.S.1
President Bush has issued Proclamation 8323 in order to modify the Harmonized Tariff Schedule for the following actions:
Details on CBP's Interim Final Rule on 10+2 for Maritime Cargo (Part III - Importer SF Requirements)
U.S. Customs and Border Protection has issued its interim final rule which will amend 19 CFR Parts 4, 12, 18, 101, 103, 113, 122, 123, 141, 143, 149, 178, and 192, effective January 26, 2009, to require Security Filing (SF) information from importers and additional information from carriers (10+2) for vessel (maritime) cargo before it is brought into the U.S.1
U.S. Customs and Border Protection has issued revised versions of its informed compliance publications entitled, What Every Member of the Trade Community Should Know About: Internal Combustion Piston Engines and What Every Member of the Trade Community Should Know About: Turbojets, Turbopropellers and Other Gas Turbines, (HTSUS 8411) and Parts Thereof.
The International Trade Administration has announced the Commerce Department's finding that, after reviewing the third six months of data from its antidumping monitoring program for certain apparel imports from Vietnam, there is insufficient evidence to warrant self-initiating an AD investigation.
The International Trade Commission's new online Harmonized Tariff Schedule Online Reference Tool is now available online for preview viewing.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection has issued its interim final rule, effective January 26, 2009, which will amend 19 CFR Parts 4, 12, 18, 101, 103, 113, 122, 123, 141, 143, 149, 178, and 192 to require Security Filing (SF) information from importers and additional information from carriers (10+2) for vessel (maritime) cargo before it is brought into the U.S.
The International Trade Administration has initiated an antidumping duty investigation to determine whether imports of commodity matchbooks from India are being, or are likely to be, sold in the U.S. at less than fair value.