CBP Delays New Entry Summary Data Requirements for Aluminum

CBP is delaying new entry summary requirements to report the countries of smelt and cast for imports of aluminum and aluminum derivatives by 30 days to “allow additional time for the trade to update their software programming and systems to comply with these new reporting requirements,” CBP said in a March 30 CSMS message.

New data elements on the entry summary for primary country of smelt, secondary country of smelt and country of cast for their aluminum products will now take effect May 10. The requirements had been set to take effect April 10 (see 2303090060), but concerns from developers over their ability to implement the new data requirements in ACE by that deadline prompted a delay (see 2303170052).

The new data elements are intended to help CBP administer new 200% tariffs on aluminum and derivatives from any country that have any Russian aluminum content (see 2302240006). Those tariffs still take effect April 10, regardless of the delay of the entry summary reporting requirements.

“There is no change to the April 10, 2023 effective date of the 200 percent duties on imports of aluminum and derivative aluminum articles that are products of Russia, or where any amount of primary aluminum used in the manufacture of such aluminum articles is smelted in Russia, or where such aluminum articles are cast in Russia,” CBP said.