As the Commercial Customs Operations Advisory Committee voted at its June 18 quarterly meeting to pass along to CBP various recommendations offered by the subcommittees, CBP received public comments seeking clarification on whether the agency still will be processing paper payments after Sept. 30.
The Senate version of the tax bill moving through Congress cut out two trade-related provisions that passed the House -- one, which would end de minimis for all imports in July 2027, and the other, curtailing drawback for tobacco products.
CBP issued the following releases on commercial trade and related matters:
CBP issued the following releases on commercial trade and related matters:
CBP will be increasing the number of Harmonized Tariff Schedule numbers allowed per entry summary line in ACE from eight to 32, the agency said in a June 6 cargo systems message.
Two Republican senators on the Appropriations Committee whose states have major foreign automakers' factories asked Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick if the administration would support an export credit for major auto exporters. Sen. Katie Britt, R-Ala., referred to the fact that about two-thirds of the Mercedes vehicles assembled in Alabama are exported, and asked if an export credit is still under discussion.
CBP's Commercial Customs Operations Advisory Committee will be holding its quarterly meeting on June 18 in Washington, D.C., according to a Federal Register notice.
President Donald Trump said that although the 25% tariffs on steel, and the recently hiked aluminum tariffs, have "helped provide critical price support" to domestic producers, the rates are not high enough to enable them "to develop and maintain the rates of capacity production utilization that are necessary for the industries' sustained health and for projected national defense needs." So those rates will increase to 50% at 12:01 a.m. EDT June 4.
The Commerce Department, after suggesting that the import of semiconductors, products containing semiconductors, and equipment and inputs used to make chips could be making the U.S. vulnerable to supply chain disruptions, is now hearing from dozens of stakeholders who say the administration has it completely backwards. Time after time, in more than 150 submitted comments for the Section 232 investigation, stakeholders said imposing tariffs is what would lead to shortages, manufacturing woes, and a loss of competitiveness in the design and manufacture of chips.
CBP issued the following releases on commercial trade and related matters: