Tariffs. Customs. Trade Remedies

On August 13, 2020, the Office of the US Trade Representative published in the Federal Register a notice that announces the USTR’s determination to make an amendment to a previously granted exclusion. The amendment is retroactive to the date the original exclusion was published and does not extend the period for the original exclusion. US Customs and Border Protection will issue instructions on entry guidance and implementation.

Subparagraph A of the Annex to the notice makes one technical amendment to US note 20(o)(63) to subchapter III of chapter 99 of the HTSUS, as set out in the Annexes of the notices published at 84 FR  37381 (July 31, 2019).

  • Effective with respect to goods entered for consumption, or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption, on or after 12:01 a.m. EDT on August 23, 2018:  US note 20(o)(63) to subchapter III of chapter 99 of the HTSUS, as modified by 85 FR 43291 (July 16, 2020), Annex B(1), is further modified by deleting “Digital clinical thermometers, valued not over $11 each” and inserting “Digital clinical thermometers” in lieu thereof.