ITC Issues Two Revisions to 2020 HTS

The International Trade Commission recently issued two revisions to the Harmonized Tariff Schedule, largely to implement changes that had been previously announced to exclusions from Section 301 tariffs on goods from China and changes to tariffs on goods from the European Union imposed as part of the large civil aircraft dispute. Both revisions were issued by the ITC in March.

In Revision 6, the ITC amended U.S. Note 21 and its associated Chapter 99 tariff provisions to implement minor changes to tariffs on the EU announced in February (see 2002180040). Changes, effective March 5, included removal of tariffs on prune juice and the addition of tariffs on butcher’s knives from France and Germany. Other changes implemented in Revision 5 were new exclusions from Section 301 tariffs on products from China for medical products under U.S. Note 20(rr) and HTS subheading 9903.88.39 (see 2003060042), as well as additional medical product exclusions announced the following week under U.S. Note 20 (tt) and HTS subheading 9903.88.41 and more exclusions not involving medical products under U.S. Note 20(uu) and subheading 9903.88.42 (see 2003130010).

The ITC also amended Statistical Annex C to add port code 2401 for Ysleta, Texas. CBP had announced the change as part of a reorganization of El Paso port codes in February (see 2002260018).

In Revision 7, the ITC implemented three more rounds of product exclusions from Section 301 tariffs on products from China. One round was an extension to some exclusions under U.S. Note 20(i) (see 2003160018), while the other two sets were entirely new exclusions under U.S. Notes (ww) and (vv), and subheadings 9903.88.43 and 9903.88.44, respectively (see 2003230043 and 2003260030).