CBP Bulletin Notice on 52nd Session of WCO HSC
In the Aug. 21 Issue of the CBP bulletin (Vol. 47, No. 35), CBP issued a notice regarding the dates and draft agenda for the 52nd Session of the World Customs Organization’s Harmonized System Committee, which will meet in Brussels on Sept. 18-27.
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(Among other things, the HSC (1) issues classification decisions on the interpretation of the Harmonized System (HS) in the form of published tariff classification opinions or amendments to the Explanatory Notes, and (2) considers amendments to the legal text of the HS.)
The draft list of agenda items includes (partial list):
Report by the Secretariat (partial list):
- Position regarding Contracting Parties to the HS Convention and related matters and progress report on the implementation of HS 2012
- Approval of decisions taken by the Harmonized System Commitee at its 51st session
- Capacity building activities of the Nomenclature and Classification Sub-Directorate
General Questions (partial list):
- Future of the Harmonized System
- Procedure for the adoption of the Reports of the Committee
Report of the Review Sub-Committee (partial list):
- Report of the 45th Session of the Review Subcommittee
- Matters for decision
- Classification of "teff"
Requests for Re-Examination (partial list):
- Re-examination of the “Classification of certain light-emitting diode (LED) lamps” (Request by the United States)”
- Re-examination of the “Classification of certain light emitting diode (LED) assemblies” (Requests by Colombia and Japan)
Further Studies (partial list):
- Classification of “Xanthan Gum” (Request by India).
- Classification of certain products named “Panaxea” (Request by South Africa)
New Questions (partial list):
- Possible misalignment between the English and French versions of the Explanatory Note to heading 74.03 (Request by the Secretariat)
- Possible amendment of the French text of headings 73.04 and 73.06 (Proposal by the Secretariat)
- Classification of silvered hollow glass microspheres (Request by China)
The full agenda is (here).