On August 6, 2020, President Trump issued a Proclamation on Adjusting Imports of Aluminum Into the United States, which amended Proclamation 9704 of March 8, 2018 to impose a 10% additional ad valorem duty on imports from Canada of non-alloyed unwrought aluminum provided for in subheading 7601.10, Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTS or HTSUS). The additional duty was imposed under sec. 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962 and will take…
On August 7, 2020, CBP issued CSMS #43600625 – GUIDANCE: Section 301 Tranche 2 – $16B Action Extension of First Round of Product Exclusions from China, which is reproduced below: Background On July 30, 2020, the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) published Federal Register (FR) Notice 85 FR 45949 to extend through December 31, 2020 certain product exclusions previously covered by the July 31, 2019 notice (see 84 FR 37381) for Section 301 duties on China (Tranche 2…
On August 6, 2020, the Office of the US Trade Representative posted on its website a notice to be published in the Federal Register that announces the USTR’s determination to extend certain exclusions through December 31, 2020, as specified in the Annex to the notice. The USTR initiated the exclusion process on June 24, 2019, and has granted 15 sets of exclusions under the $200 billion action. These exclusions will expire on August 7, 2020.…
On August 6, 2020, the Office of the US Trade Representative posted on its website a notice of product exclusions to be published in the Federal Register that announces the USTR’s determination to grant certain exclusion requests, as specified in the Annex to the notice, and make certain amendments to previously announced exclusions. The product exclusions announced in the notice apply as of September 1, 2019, the effective date of List 1 of the $300…
On August 4, 2020, US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) published in the Federal Register an interim final rule that amends the CBP regulations to implement new subsection 13031(b)(9)(D) of the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act (COBRA), as amended by section 8002 of the Synthetics Trafficking and Overdose Prevention Act of 2018 (STOP Act), which establishes a new fee for processing Inbound Express Mail Service items (Inbound EMS items), initially set as $1 per item. The…
On July 31, 2020, US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) issued CSMS #43534641 – GUIDANCE: Eighth Round of Product Exclusions from China Section 301 Tranche 4A – $300B and Section 301 Technical Corrections, reproduced below: Background On July 23, 2020, the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) published Federal Register (FR) Notice 85 FR 44563 on certain exclusions from the Section 301 duty related to goods from China ($300B Action – Tranche 4). These product exclusions relate…
On July 30, 2020, the Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) published in the Federal Register a notice that announces USTR’s determination to extend certain exclusions through December 31, 2020. The first set of exclusions for List (Tranche) 2 was published in July 2019 and will expire in July 2020. On April 30, 2020, USTR established a process for the public to comment on whether to extend particular exclusions granted in July 2019…
On July 29, 2020 US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) published in the Federal Register a general notice [CBP Dec. 20-14] that announces that CBP is adjusting certain customs user fees and corresponding limitations established by the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act (COBRA) for Fiscal Year 2021 in accordance with the Fixing America’s Surface Transportation Act (FAST Act) as implemented by CBP regulations. The adjusted amounts of customs COBRA user fees and their corresponding limitations…
On July 29, 2020, the Department of State published in the Federal Register a document to inform the public of an extension to certain temporary suspensions, modifications, and exceptions for the durations described herein to certain provisions of the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) in order to provide for continued telework operations during the current SARS-COV2 public health emergency. These actions are taken in order to ensure continuity of operations within the Directorate of…
On July 28, 2020, the Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) posted on its website an advance copy of a notice to be published in the Federal Register that announces USTR’s determination to extend certain exclusions through December 31, 2020. The first set of exclusions for List (Tranche) 2 was published in July 2019 and will expire in July 2020. On April 30, 2020, USTR established a process for the public to comment…