On December 20, 2007, President Bush issued Proclamation 8213 in order to amend the Harmonized Tariff Schedule for the Dominican Republic-Central America-U.S. Free Trade Agreement (DR-CAFTA).
Harmonized Tariff Schedule
The Harmonized Tariff Schedule (HTS) is a reference manual that provides duty rates for almost every item that exists. It is a system of classifying and taxing all goods imported into the United States. The HTS is based on the international Harmonized System, which is a global standard for naming and describing trade products, and consists of a hierarchical structure that assigns a specific code and rate to each type of merchandise for duty, quota, and statistical purposes. The HTS was made effective on January 1, 1989, replacing the former Tariff Schedules of the United States. It is maintained by the U.S. International Trade Commission, but the Customs and Border Protection of the Department of Homeland Security is responsible for interpreting and enforcing the HTS.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection has issued a proposed rule that would amend its regulations at 19 CFR Parts 4, 12, 18, 101, 103, 113, 122, 123, 141, 143, 149 and 192 to require Security Filing (SF) information from importers and additional information from carriers (10+2) for vessel (maritime) cargo before it is brought into the U.S.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection has issued a proposed rule that would amend its regulations at 19 CFR Parts 4, 12, 18, 101, 103, 113, 122, 123, 141, 143, 149 and 192 to require Security Filing (SF) information from importers and additional information from carriers (10+2) for vessel (maritime) cargo before it is brought into the U.S.
In Degussa Corp. v. U.S., the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit reversed the Court of International Trade's classification decision and agreed with the government that certain surface-modified silicon dioxide AEROSIL products should be classified under Harmonized Tariff Schedule heading 3824.
The International Trade Administration has issued a notice announcing the allocation of the calendar year 2008 duty-free tariff rate quotas for the importation of certain cotton shirting fabric containing 85% or more by weight of cotton as described in Harmonized Tariff Schedule (HTS) 9902.52.08 through 9902.52.19.
On December 20, 2007, President Bush issued Proclamation 8213 in order to amend the Harmonized Tariff Schedule for the Dominican Republic-Central America-U.S. Free Trade Agreement (DR-CAFTA).
U.S. Customs and Border Protection has issued a proposed rule that would amend its regulations at 19 CFR Parts 4, 12, 18, 101, 103, 113, 122, 123, 141, 143, 149 and 192 to require Security Filing (SF) information from importers and additional information from carriers (10+2) for vessel (maritime) cargo before it is brought into the U.S.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection has issued a proposed rule that would amend its regulations at 19 CFR Parts 4, 12, 18, 101, 103, 113, 122, 123, 141, 143, 149 and 192 to require Security Filing (SF) information from importers and additional information from carriers (10+2) for vessel (maritime) cargo before it is brought into the U.S.
According to a Bureau of Census Automated Export System (AES) broadcast and Census sources, effective January 1, 2008, the Schedule B and Harmonized Tariff Schedule (HTS) tables in AES were updated to accept the changes to the 2008 codes.
The Office of Textiles and Apparel has posted its monthly monitoring data for certain apparel products imported from Vietnam for October 2007.