BACKGROUND On March 8, 2018, in Proclamation 9705, Adjusting Imports of Steel into the United States, upon the completion of a Section 232 investigation, the United States determined that steel articles were being imported in such quantities that threaten to impair U.S. national security. To adjust the volume of those [...]
Last week, on Thursday, December 23, 2021, U.S. President Biden signed the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act into law. H.R. 6256, which bans imports from the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (Xinjiang) of the People’s Republic of China and imposes sanctions on foreign individuals responsible for forced labor in the region. [...]
On Thursday, December 23, 2021, the White House released a proclamation detailing changes to the U.S. Harmonized Tariff Schedule (HTS), based on recommendations published by the World Customs Organization (WCO) in June 2019. While specific details of tariff schedule updates was not included with the official announcement, in April 2021, [...]
On Tuesday, December 14, 2021, the United States Senate and House of Representatives finalized a bipartisan bill that would restrict imported goods made with forced labor from China’s Xinjiang region. The same evening, the House unanimously voted to pass the updated legislation. Under the new Uyghur Forced Labor bill… goods [...]
The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative have announced a 6-month extension for 81 of 99 COVID-related Section 301 tariff exclusions that were scheduled to expire on November 14, 2021. The USTR will provide a transition period of 16 days for all COVID-related exclusions that will now expire on November [...]
On October 31, 2021, the U.S. Commerce Department released an Announcement of Actions on EU Imports Under Section 232 adding a tariff-rate quota (TRQ) for 54 steel and 14 aluminum product categories. STEEL TARIFF RATE QUOTA SUMMARY TRQ annual import volume is set at 3.3 MMT TRQ applies to 54 [...]
Customs and Border Protection (CBP) recently published trade statistics summarizing the total duties assessed on three key trade remedy programs: Section 201, Section 232 and Section 301. The following is a summary of CBP’s revenue collection efforts; implementation of the recent trade remedies taken pursuant to Section 232 of the Trade Expansion [...]
The U.S. Trade Representative is considering the possible reinstatement of previously extended exclusions granted under Section 301 investigation of China’s acts, policies, and practices related to technology transfer, intellectual property, and innovation by excluding certain products from the additional duties implemented throughout multiple tranches. Section 301 penalties on specific imports [...]
Pursuant to the General Notice (83 FRN 40864) published in July 29, 2021 various changes to user fees within the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act (COBRA) of 1985 will take effect on October 1, 2021. The Merchandise Processing Fee (MPF) ad valorem rate of 0.3464% will NOT change. The MPF minimum and maximum for formal entries [...]
On Aug. 4, during a Detroit Field Office virtual trade week event, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) advised trade to be on the lookout for the Federal Register notice that will officially launch the Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism (CTPAT) Trade Compliance program, putting an end to Importer Self-Assessment. The [...]
