ITC Issues Revision 5 to 2020 HTS, With Changes to EU, China Section 301 Tariffs

The International Trade Commission recently issued Revision 5 to the 2020 Harmonized Tariff Schedule. The new version implements recent changes to Section 301 tariffs on the European Union related to the Boeing-Airbus dispute at the World Trade Organization (see 2002180040). New subheading 9903.89.52 is added for newly tariffed knives from the United Kingdom and Germany. Subheading 9903.89.05 should be amended to increase the tariff on new airplanes from France, Germany, Spain and the U.K. from 10% to 15%, but the change was not actually made in the tariff schedule. Notes 21(a), (g) and (q) are amended to reflect the changes, including the removal of a classification for blended Scotch and Irish whiskies that carried no additional duty. These changes took effect March 5.

In Revision 5, the ITC also implemented a recent round of exclusions from Section 301 tariffs on products from China (see 2002200063). A new paragraph is added to chapter 99, subchapter III at U.S. Note 20(y)(112) for electric skateboards now excluded from the second list of tariffs. A technical correction is made to the existing exclusion for silicon at U.S. Note 20(y)(2).