ITC Issues Revision 3 to Tariff Schedule, Adding New Section 301 Exemptions and Modifying UOMs

The International Trade Commission recently posted Revision 3 to the 2019 Harmonized Tariff Schedule. The new version includes changes necessary to implement the latest group of exemptions from Section 301 tariffs on certain products from China, as announced by the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative in a notice issued April 18 (see 1904170038). That includes the addition of new subheading 9903.88.07 for goods that qualify for the exemption, as well as new paragraph (j) of Note 20 to subchapter III of chapter 99, which lists goods covered by the new exemptions.

Revision 3 also includes technical corrections to units of measure throughout the tariff schedule. These changes include the addition of “kg” to subheading 2922.49.4300 for “Glycine (Aminoacetic acid)”; changing “kg” to “No.” for 4044.90.5000 (hygienic or pharmaceutical articles of vulcanized rubber (other than hard rubber), other than sheath contraceptives and nursing nipples); changing “No.” to “X” for 8512.20.2040 (lighting equipment for motor vehicles, motorcycles and road tractors for semi-trailers); changing “kg” to “X” for 9017.90.0132 and 9017.90.0160 (parts and accessories of certain instruments of heading 9017); adding “No.” to 9601.90.8000 for worked “other” animal carving materials; changing “No.” to “X” for 9615.11.5000 (hair slides and the like, of hard rubber or plastics); and changing “No.” to “X” for 9620.00.6000 (“other” monopods, bipods, tripods and similar articles of graphite or other carbon).