The Bureau of Industry and Security announced new export controls on Russia’s oil refinery sector and added 91 entities to the Entity List for supporting Russian security or military sectors. The new restrictions, which took effect March 3, build on an extensive set of U.S. sanctions announced within the last week in response to the invasion of Ukraine, meant to cut Russia off from importing goods that help support and fund its military.
India lifted its trade restrictions on certain flat panel display modules listed under Harmonized Tariff Schedule headings 8524 and 8525, the Directorate-General of Foreign Trade said. The trade policy for goods exported under subheadings 8524.11.00, "Of liquid crystals"; 8524.12.00, "Of organic light-emitting diodes"; 8524.19.00, "Other"; 8524.91.00, "Of liquid crystals"; 8524.92.00, "Of organic light-emitting diodes"; 8524.99.00, "Other"; and 8525.89.00, "Other"; was changed from "Restricted" to "Free."
The Census Bureau Feb. 18 emailed tips on how to address the most frequent messages generated this month in the Automated Export System. Response code 515 is a fatal error for when the Export Control Classification Number wasn’t reported in the right format. The ECCN must be reported in a “NANNN format, where N is a numeric character and A is an alpha character,” the agency said. Census said the filer should verify the ECCN, correct the shipment and resubmit.
All 2022 Harmonized System updates to the Schedule B and Harmonized Tariff Schedule (HTS) (see 2111300033) are available for use in the Automated Export System effective Feb. 10, Census said in an email to industry this week. AES will accept shipments with outdated codes during a 30-day grace period beyond Feb. 10, Census said, but outdated codes will result in a fatal error after the 30-day period.
The Census Bureau updated the Schedule B and Harmonized Tariff Schedule tables in the Automated Export System to accept changes to the new Jan. 1 codes, the agency said in a Jan. 4 email. Census said AES will accept shipments with “outdated codes” for 30 days beyond their Dec. 31 expiration date, but reporting an outdated code after the grace period will result in a “fatal error.” Census also said it updated the Automated Commercial Environment AESDirect program with the codes, and the program will also accept outdated codes during the grace period. The agency will release a second AES update later this month to add new Schedule B and HTS codes “resulting from international changes” to the 2022 Harmonized System.
Changes to the U.S. tariff schedule that implement an update to the World Customs Organization's Harmonized System tariff nomenclature are set to take effect Jan. 27, according to the presidential proclamation scheduled for publication in the Federal Register Dec. 28. The full list of coming changes are described in a newly released report from the International Trade Commission.
The White House released its much anticipated proclamation amending the tariff schedule to implement the five-year update to the World Customs Organization’s Harmonized System tariff nomenclature. The widespread changes to the U.S. Harmonized Tariff Schedule will take effect 30 days after the proclamation is published in the Federal Register.
The Commerce Department published its fall 2021 regulatory agenda for the Bureau of Industry and Security, including a new mention of an export control rule for crime-control items and a rule that would reorganize provisions of the foreign direct product rule in federal regulations.
The White House is reviewing a draft proclamation about the five-year Harmonized Tariff Schedule update to implement changes to the World Customs Organization’s Harmonized System, the National Customs Brokers & Forwarders Association of America said in a Dec. 20 email to members. "For the WCO HS2022 to be effective, a proclamation from the White House must be published in the Federal Register," the trade group said. "These new tariff changes will then go into effect 30 days following publication. We have learned that a draft proclamation has been provided to the White House for review." CBP recently said the changes wouldn't take effect Jan. 1 and that it planned to continue to use the current HTS until more guidance is given (see 2112170068).
CBP “understands” that the five-year Harmonized Tariff Schedule update to implement changes to the World Customs Organization’s Harmonized System will not take effect Jan. 1, 2022, it said in a CSMS message. “CBP is awaiting formal direction for this update, which will be implemented by Presidential Proclamation and published in the Federal Register. In the interim, CBP will continue to use the current harmonized tariff schedule and encourages the trade community to do the same until further guidance is provided.”