The Customs Rulings Online Search System (CROSS) was updated July 2. The most recent ruling is dated June 27. The following headquarters rulings not involving carriers were "modified" on July 1 or 2, according to CBP:
CBP Grants Classification Change Requested by Domestic Steel Company, Says Section 232 Tariffs Apply
CBP agreed with Steel of West Virginia that the agency previously misclassified steel special profiles in a subheading not subject to the Section 232 tariffs on steel, the agency said in a notice. The company petitioned CBP as a domestic interested party to revise its classification ruling (see 1904020048). CBP received 14 comments on the petition.
The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative has added $4 billion in European imports to its list of possible retaliatory tariffs for Airbus subsidies, and is inviting interested parties to comment at a hearing or in writing on the 89 tariff subheadings. The U.S. has now identified $25 billion in potential retaliatory tariffs. The newly proposed products include yogurt, butter, cheese, meat, whiskey, olives, fertilizers and metals, and the USTR said the new list was shaped by requests by American producers at the first public hearing (see 1905150038).
The International Trade Commission posted Revision 8 to the 2019 Harmonized Tariff Schedule. The semiannual update to the HTS implements the fourth and final round of tariff cuts under the expanded World Trade Organization Information Technology Agreement. It also extensively reorganizes 10-digit tariff subheadings covering aluminum products, and adds tariff provisions for aerial work platform trucks, frozen berry mixes, diamond grinding wheels, storage lockers and certain electric motorcycles.
While the reasons that Section 301 tariff exclusions were granted are murky to trade lawyers, in general, more information is better when submitting requests, trade lawyers said during a panel at the American Association of Exporters and Importers Annual Conference June 28. Pictures of your product, emails from domestic companies saying they can't provide the quantity you're looking for, and the number of U.S. jobs that are imperiled if you have to pay 25 percent more for this product are all good pieces of information to provide, they said.
CBP created Harmonized System Update (HSU) 1912 on June 26, containing 994 Automated Broker Interface records and 239 Harmonized Tariff Schedule record, it said in a CSMS message. The update includes adjustments related to the expanded World Trade Organization Information Technology Agreement (see 1607010056 and 1607050003). Modifications required by the verification of the 2019 HTS are included as well.
The final set of tariff reductions under the Expanded World Trade Organization Information Technology Agreement will take effect July 1. International Trade Today is again providing a table of changes to tariffs in the Harmonized Tariff Schedule for certain products as a result of this last round of implementation. While tariffs on many products were eliminated completely when the agreement took effect in July 2016, other products subject to expanded ITA have seen tariffs phased out over a three-year period, with tariffs for all remaining products covered by the agreement now reduced to zero in 2019.
CBP issued the following releases on commercial trade and related matters:
The following lawsuits were filed at the Court of International Trade during the week of June 17-23:
CBP is seeking comments by July 26 on an existing information collection for holders or containers that enter the U.S. duty free, it said in a notice. CBP proposes to extend the expiration date of this information collection with no change to the information collected or to the estimated burden hours associated with the collection.