CBP Announces HS Update 1210 on Changes to the 2012 HTS

CBP issued a CSMS message announcing the issuance of Harmonized System Update 1210 on changes to the 2012 Harmonized Tariff Schedule. This update contains 39,623 ABI records and 6,726 harmonized tariff records. The modifications, effective Jan. 1, include the annual special program staged rate reductions, it said. The changes were made as a result of the 484(f) Committee, the Committee for Statistical Annotation of Tariff Schedules. Adjustments required by the verification of the 2012 Harmonized Tariff Schedule (HTS) are also included. The modified records are currently available to all ABI participants and can be retrieved electronically via the procedures indicated in the CATAIR. Contact Jennifer Keeling via email at Jennifer.Keeling@dhs.gov for all other questions.