The International Trade Commission has initiated an investigation, entitled "Textile and Apparel Imports from China: Statistical Reports," pursuant to a request by the House Ways and Means Committee to collect and report data on Chinese textile and apparel imports.
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.
CBP has issued a notice reopening the comment period on its July 2008 proposed rule to uniformly apply the tariff shift and other rules in 19 CFR Part 102 to all country of origin or "product of" determinations (with certain exceptions), due to its concurrent publication of a final rule that makes numerous amendments to 19 CFR Part 102.
The International Trade Administration is requesting comments on any subsidies, including stumpage subsidies, provided by certain countries exporting softwood lumber or softwood lumber products to the U.S. during the period January 1 through June 30, 2008.
The Census Bureau has issued an Automated Export System broadcast announcing that, effective immediately, the Harmonized Tariff Schedule numbers have been updated in the AES Import Concordance.
The Census Bureau has issued an Automated Export System broadcast announcing that, effective immediately, the Harmonized Tariff Schedule numbers in the AES Import Concordance have been updated. (The AES Import Concordance is a list of all of the HTS numbers that may be used in AES.)
The Office of Textiles and Apparel has posted its monthly monitoring data for certain apparel products imported from Vietnam for August 2008.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection has issued a memorandum on the FY 2009 new Haitian Hemispheric Opportunity through Partnership Encouragement Act of 2008 (HOPE II) knit tariff preference level for apparel and the revised woven TPL for apparel, both of which opened on October 1, 2008.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection has issued a memorandum providing detailed information on the amendments under the Haitian Hemispheric Opportunity through Partnership Encouragement Act of 2008 (HOPE II) for certain apparel and other articles.
Broker Power is able to provide quota prices (generally twice a month) for a limited number of textile and apparel categories from the People's Republic of China that are subject to "agreed quotas" and publicly traded. (These publicly traded quota prices have been provided by a Hong Kong quota broker.)
The Office of Textiles and Apparel has posted its monthly monitoring data for certain apparel products imported from Vietnam for July 2008.