CBP created Harmonized System Update (HSU) 2222 Aug. 9, containing 181 ABI records and 24 Harmonized Tariff Schedule records. The changes involve new duty rates for infant formula, it said in a CSMS message.
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.
The following lawsuits were filed at the Court of International Trade during the week of Aug. 1-7:
The USDA Foreign Agricultural Service will charge $350 for the 2023 tariff-rate quota (TRQ) year for each license issued to a person or firm by the USDA authorizing the importation of certain dairy articles that are subject to tariff-rate quotas set forth in the Harmonized Tariff Schedule, it said in a notice Aug. 3. The new fee is $26 higher than the $324 fee charged for 2022 TRQ year licenses (see 2109010059).
CBP created Harmonized System Update (HSU) 2221 on Aug. 2, containing 58 ABI records and 13 Harmonized Tariff Schedule records. It shows changes to support Partner Government Agency indicators for FDA, the Fish and Wildlife Service and the USDA Agricultural Marketing Service, it said in a CSMS message.
The Court of International Trade in an Aug. 1 order granted a joint motion for stipulated judgment, granting refunds to importer Transpacific Steel for Section 232 steel and aluminum duties paid in error. The importer was originally granted three exclusions with the wrong Harmonized Tariff Schedule subheading listed in them. After having its resubmitted exclusion requests denied, Transpacific took to the trade court to seek the exclusions and refunds for the Section 232 duties paid. It received just that following a settlement with the U.S. (Transpacific Steel v. United States, CIT #21-00362).
The following lawsuits were filed at the Court of International Trade during the week of July 25-31:
The International Trade Commission posted Revision 8 to the 2022 Harmonized Tariff Schedule. The update added new secondary 10-digit tariff numbers for baby formula and products of Russia.
The following lawsuits were filed at the Court of International Trade during the week of July 18-24:
CBP provided some guidance for how importers of infant formula can make use of the temporary suspension of tariffs on baby formula (see 2207220069). CBP "will provide duty-free treatment of the eligible infant formula products entered or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption from July 22, 2022 through December 31, 2022," it said. "Duty-free treatment is limited to certain infant formula products classified under the designated United States Harmonized Tariff Schedule (HTS) numbers. The eligible infant formula products will not be subject to any additional safeguard duties that may be imposed under subchapter IV of Chapter 99 of the HTS, or any other import quotas, tariff-rate quotas, additional duties, or any other duties, fees, exactions, or charges that otherwise would apply to such articles." Filers must "classify the infant formula products with the correct Chapter 19 or Chapter 21 HTS number, along with the corresponding Chapter 99 HTS number," it said.
CBP recently created Harmonized System Updates (HSU) 2219 and 2220, it said in a CSMS message. The updates include changes to duty rates on infant formula imports (see 2207220069) (in HSU 2220, created on July 22, and containing 64 Automated Broker Interface (ABI) records and 20 Harmonized Tariff Schedule records); and the treatment of solar panels from Canada (see 2207070041) (in HSU 2219, created on July 21, and containing 5 ABI records and 1 HTS record), it said.