The Federal Register Notice 84 FR 43304 published by the United States Trade Representative (USTR) Tuesday, August 20, 2019, announced the specifics related to the next steps for processing the new 10% tariffs on $300 billion of China products announced on August 13, 2019.
Pursuant to the Federal Register notice, U.S. Customs and Border Protection released CSMS Message 39473933 providing the following guidance:
- List 4A – Applies to all goods entered or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption, on or after 12:01am eastern daylight time, September 1, 2019. Any product of China classified in a subheading covered by this list is subject to a 10% duty rate in addition to the general (column 1) rate. Harmonized Tariff Schedule (HTS) # 9903.88.15 should be used in addition to the product’s usual HTS #.
- List 4B – Applies to all goods entered or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption, on or after 12:01am eastern daylight time, December 15, 2019. Any product of China classified in a subheading covered by this list is subject to a 10% duty rate in addition to the general (column 1) rate. Harmonized Tariff Schedule (HTS) # 9903.88.16 should be used in addition to the product’s usual HTS #.
The USTR will establish an exclusion process for products subject to the additional tariff.
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