The International Trade Commission posted the 2022 Preliminary Edition of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule. The new HTS does not include the five-year World Customs Organization Harmonized System update, which will take effect toward the end of January at the end of a 30-day period following their proclamation Dec. 27 (see 2112270032). It does, however, implement annual changes to 10-digit "statistical" provisions of the tariff schedule, as well as the removal of Ethiopia, Mali and Guinea from the African Growth and Opportunity Act preferences program and a new tariff-rate quota system for iron and steel and aluminum from the EU. These changes took effect Jan. 1.
Harmonized Tariff Schedule
The Harmonized Tariff Schedule (HTS) provide classification provisions and duty rates for almost every item that exists. It is a system of classifying and taxing all goods imported into the United States. The HTS is based on the international Harmonized System, which is a global standard for naming and describing trade products, and consists of a hierarchical structure that assigns a specific code and rate to each type of merchandise for duty, quota, and statistical purposes. The HTS was made effective on January 1, 1989, replacing the former Tariff Schedules of the United States. It is maintained by the U.S. International Trade Commission, but CBP is responsible for interpreting and enforcing the HTS.
The following lawsuits were filed at the Court of International Trade during the week of Dec. 13-19:
The following lawsuits were filed at the Court of International Trade during the week of Nov. 15-21:
The following lawsuits were filed at the Court of International Trade during the week of Oct. 25-31:
The following lawsuits were filed at the Court of International Trade during the week of Sept. 27 - Oct. 3:
CBP created Harmonized System Update (HSU) 2108 on Aug. 31, containing 28,924 Automated Broker Interface records and 4,989 Harmonized Tariff Schedule records, it said in a CSMS message. A June 25, 2019, CBP ruling “ordered a change in reporting of watch groupings,” and this change “allows each watch component to be submitted as a single line item,” CBP said. There are four HTS records under subheading 9102.11 included in this update that received the specified change. HSU 2108 also includes the 2021 Cotton Fee updates, which become effective Oct. 25, 2021 (see 2108250019).
The Agricultural Marketing Service is proposing updates to its table of Harmonized Tariff Schedule subheadings and assessment rates for imported potatoes and potato products, it said in a notice. The agency is also proposing changes to its regulations on the potato promotion order “eliminating the need to amend the Plan just to update the list of relevant HTS codes.” Finally, AMS proposes changes to “approved sources of potato production data used to determine the number of Board seats” and an expansion of “payment methods used to remit assessments to include electronic submission.” Comments are due Oct. 18.
The following lawsuits were filed at the Court of International Trade during the week of Aug. 9-15:
The following lawsuits were filed at the Court of International Trade during the week of Aug. 2-8:
The U.S. is seeking more than $18 million from importer Crown Cork & Seal in a July 28 complaint filed in the Court of International Trade alleging that the company fraudulently misclassified its metal lid imports to skirt a 2.6% duty rate. The goods -- metal lids for food, beverage, household and consumer products -- are properly classified under Harmonized Tariff Schedule subheading 8309.90.0000 and are dutiable at that 2.6% rate, the Department of Justice said. Instead, CCS attempted to classify its metal lid imports from Europe between 2004 and 2009 under HTS subheading 7326.90.1000, which has duty-free treatment (United States v. Crown Cork & Seal, USA, Inc. et al., CIT #21-361).