Proclamation Amends HTS Pharmaceutical Appendix Effective January 1st
On December 23, 2008, the President issued Proclamation 8331 which makes technical corrections to the Harmonized Tariff Schedule Pharmaceutical Appendix in order to provide the intended duty treatment to certain pharmaceutical products and chemical intermediaries.
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(Proclamation 8331 also amended the HTS to implement the U.S.-Dominican Republic-Central America Free Trade Agreement (DR-CAFTA) for Costa Rica. See ITT's Online Archives or 01/13/09 news, 09011310, for BP summary.)
Annexes Containing HTS Modifications Posted to ITC Web Site
The proclamation states that the HTS modifications necessary to implement the technical ratifications to the HTS Pharmaceutical Appendix are not in the proclamation but are instead listed in Annex III of ITC publication 4038, which is incorporated by reference into Proclamation 8331.
(Annexes I and II contain the HTS modifications for Costa Rica.)
January 1st Changes for Pharmaceutical Appendix
Annex III states that effective with respect to goods entered or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption on or after January 1, 2009:
CAS registry numbers added to corresponding INN. Table 1 of the Pharmaceutical Appendix, which enumerates products described by International Non-proprietary Names (INN) that can be entered duty-free under HTS General Note 13, is amended by inserting the listed Chemical Abstracts Service (CAS) registry numbers1 after the listed corresponding INN.
INN and associated CAS registry numbers added. In addition, Table 1 is amended by adding the listed INN and, where specified, the associated CAS registry numbers.
INN and associated CAS registry numbers deleted. Table 1 is also amended by deleting the listed INN and any associated CAS registry numbers.
1The CAS registry numbers are included in this table to assist in the identification of the products concerned.
Proclamation 8331 (FR Pub 12/30/08) available at http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2008/pdf/E8-31137.pdf
ITC Publication 4038 "Modifications to the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to Implement the Dominican Republic-Central America-United States Free Trade Agreement with Respect to Costa Rica" (containing Annexes I - III of the proclamation) available at http://hotdocs.usitc.gov/docs/tata/hts/pub4038.pdf