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ITC Issues Final Report on Proposed HTS Changes for January 1, 2007 (Part XXIV - HTS Chapter 84 - Part D)

September 14, 2006 |Top News

The International Trade Commission (ITC) has issued a final report to the President in connection with its investigation of proposed modifications to the Harmonized Tariff Schedule (HTS) that are expected to take effect on January 1, 2007.

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This final report, entitled, Proposed Modifications to the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the U.S., is part of ITC investigation number 1205-6 which was instituted in September 2004, in conjunction with the third review cycle of the International Convention on the Harmonized Commodity Description and Coding System (HS).

This is Part XXIV of a multi-part series of summaries on the ITC's final report. Part XXIV highlights, in part, the proposed changes to HTS Chapter 84 as set forth in Appendix B. Due to the number of proposed changes to Chapter 84; this is Part D, the final part of a multi-part series of summaries for Chapter 84. See ITC report for duty rates. See future issues of ITT for additional summaries.

Proposed Changes to HTS Chapter 84 (Part D)

Appendix B of the ITC final report sets forth the following proposed changes for HTS Chapter 84 (partial list; see report for complete details):

Chapter 84:Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof

  1. 1.60.30 through 8471.60.67 and the superior text preceding 8471.60.30 would be deleted
  2. 2.20.00 would be deleted
  3. 2.90.05 would be added
  4. 2.90.70 would be deleted
  5. 2.90.80 would be deleted
  6. 3.30.30 would be deleted
  7. 3.30.10 and 8473.30.50 would be renumbered as 8473.30.11 and 8473.30.51, respectively
  8. 3.30.60 and 8473.30.90 and the superior text preceding 8473.30.60 would be superseded by 8473.30.91
  9. 3.40.60 and 8473.40.80 would be deleted
  10. 7.10.40 would have the following new description:

"For use in the manufacture of optical media"

  1. 7.10.70 would be deleted
  2. 7.40 through 8477.40.80 would be superseded 8477.40.01
  3. 7.59 through 8477.59.80 would be superseded by 8477.59.01
  4. 7.90 through 8477.90.85 would be superseded by 8477.90, 8477.90.25, 8477.90.45, 8477.90.65, 8477.90.85
  5. 9.89.30 would be deleted

the article description of 8479.90.41 would be amended to read as follows:

"Of articles of subheading 8479.89.10 or 8479.89.70"

  1. 9.89.84 through 8479.89.98 and the superior text immediately preceding 8479.89.84 would be superseded by 8479.89.83 and 8479.89.98
  2. 0.71.40 would be deleted

Heading 8486 would be added and have a description that reads as "Machines and apparatus of a kind used solely or principally for the manufacture of semiconductor boules or wafers, semiconductor devices, electronic integrated circuits or flat panel displays; machines and apparatus specified in Note 9(C) to this Chapter; parts and accessories:"

  1. 6.10.00 through 8486.90.00 would be added

Heading 8485 and subheadings 8485.10.00 and 8485.90.00 would be renumbered as 8487, 8487.10.00 and 8487.90.00, respectively

(See ITT's Online Archives or 06/08/06, 06/09/06, 06/13/06, 06/15/06, 06/16/06, 06/19/06, 06/20/06, 06/21/06, 06/22/06, 06/23/06, 06/26/06, 06/27/06, 06/28/06, 06/29/06, 06/30/06, 07/06/06, 07/24/06, 07/26/06, 07/27/06, 07/28/06, 07/31/06, 08/04/06, 08/14/06, and 08/31/06 news, 06060815, 06060915, 06061320, 06061510, 06061620, 06061920, 06062020, 06062120, 06062230, 06062330, 06062630,06062730, 06062820, 06062910, 06063015, 06070625, 06072415, 06072615, 06072820, 06073120, 06080430, 06081425, and 06083115, for Parts I-XXIII of BP summaries of the ITC's final report on these proposed changes. See ITT's Online Archives or 07/21/06 news, 06072105, for BP Addendum to Chapters 1-63. See ITT's Online Archives or 04/25/05 and 04/26/05 news, 05042505 and 05042610, for Parts I and II of BP summary on the ITC'spreliminary report.

See ITT's Online Archives or 08/30/05 news, 05083005, for BP summary of ITC's request for proposals to amend the international HS in 2012.)

ITC Final Report, including duty rates (Inv. No. 1205-6 (Final), USITC Publication 3851, dated April 2006) available at http://hotdocs.usitc.gov/docs/tata/hts/Pub3851.pdf