On August 24, 2020, the Office of the US Trade Representative will publish in the Federal Register a notice that announces the USTR’s determination to grant certain exclusions and make technical amendments to previously announced exclusions. The product exclusions will apply from September 24, 2018 to August 7, 2020. The amendments announced in this notice are retroactive to the date the original exclusions were published and do not extend the period for the original exclusions. U.S. Customs and Border Protection will issue instructions on entry guidance and implementation.
As set forth in the Annex to the notice, the exclusions are reflected in two specially prepared product descriptions that respond to two exclusion requests. The exclusions are available for any products that meet the description in the Annex, regardless of whether the importer benefitting from the product exclusion filed an exclusion request. Further, the scope of an exclusion is governed by the scope of the product descriptions in the Annex and not by the product description found in any particular request for exclusion
With respect to goods entered for consumption, or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption, on or after 12:01 a.m. EDT on September 24, 2018, and before August 7, 2020, paragraph A of the Annex modifies US note 20 (aaa) to subchapter III of chapter 99 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS) is modified by inserting the following exclusions in numerical order after exclusion (79):
- (80) Wallets, whether or not with wrist straps, of reinforced plastics, each measuring at least 17.5 cm long by 2 cm wide by 11 cm high and not more than 19 cm long by 2 cm wide by 11 cm high (described in statistical reporting number 4202.32.1000)
- (81) Mixtures containing N,N-dimethyldodecan-1-amine (CAS No. 112-18-5) and N,N-dimethyltetradecan-1-amine (CAS No. 112-75-4) (described in statistical reporting number 3824.99.9297)
Paragraph B of the Annex [mistakenly referred to as Paragraph A in the notice] contains eight technical amendments to U.S. note 20(qq)(100), U.S. note 20(ll)(17), and U.S. notes 20(yy)(78)-(83) to subchapter III of chapter 99 of the HTSUS, as set out in the Annexes of the notices published at 84 FR 57803 (October 28, 2019), 85 FR 6674 (February 5, 2020), and 85 FR 27489 (May 8, 2020).
