On March 19, 2007 the President issued Proclamation 8114 which amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule (HTS) to implement certain modifications to the Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act (CBERA), the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA), and for other purposes.
Latest Harmonized System updates
On March 19, 2007, the President issued Proclamation 8114 which amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule (HTS) to implement certain modifications to the Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act (CBERA), the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA), and for other purposes.
CBP has issued an ABI administrative message announcing that recent changes to the 2007 Harmonized Tariff Schedule (HTS) records, Harmonized System (HS) Update (No. 0705) include the following:
CBP has issued an ABI administrative message announcing that recent changes to the 2007 Harmonized Tariff Schedule (HTS) records, Harmonized System (HS) Update (No. 0704) include the following:
The Census Bureau has posted to its Web site a list of 175 Harmonized Tariff Schedule (HTS) numbers that are invalid for use in reporting exports (either via the Automated Export System (AES) or on a paper Shipper's Export Declaration (SED)) as of February 3, 2007.
According to sources at the International Trade Commission (ITC) and U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), some of the underlying tariff numbers for 2007 Chapter 99 tariff numbers are more up-to-date in CBP's Automated Broker Interface (ABI) records and Harmonized records, than in the ITC's electronic and print version of the 2007 Harmonized Tariff Schedule.
The Bureau of Census has issued an Automated Export System (AES) broadcast which announces that, effective February 9, 2007, the Schedule B and Harmonized Tariff Schedule (HTS) tables in AES have been updated to accept the changes to the 2007 codes.
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued a notice announcing the availability of proposed and final documents that have been prepared by certain Study Groups of the Global Harmonization Task Force (GHTF). These documents represent a harmonized proposal and recommendation from the GHTF Study Groups that may be used by governments developing and updating their regulatory requirements for medical devices. FDA states that it is requesting comments on these documents (comments on proposed documents are due by May 7, 2007). GHTF documents are available at http://www.ghtf.org/. (FDA notice, D/N 2007D-0031, FR Pub 02/06/07, available at http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/01jan20071800/edocket.access.gpo.gov/2007/pdf/E7-1864.pdf)
CBP has issued an ABI administrative message announcing that recent changes to the 2007 Harmonized Tariff Schedule (HTS) records, Harmonized System (HS) Update (No. 0703) include the following:
The Bureau of Census (Census) has issued an Automated Export System (AES) broadcast to inform the trade community that the 2007 Schedule B and Harmonized Tariff Schedule (HTS) numbers have not been implemented in AES.