New 2008 Harmonized Tariff Schedule Posted to the ITC Website
Issue 2, January 8, 2008
The ITC (International Trade Commission) has posted the 2008 Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the U.S to its Web site (http://www.usitc.gov/tata/hts/bychapter/index.htm).
Some of the changes effective on January 1, 2008 are:
- Presidential Proclamation 8180, which accelerated the duty elimination for a certain quantity of Mexico sugar and sugar-containing products that are NAFTA originating under HTS General Note 12 for the North American Free Trade Agreement.
- Presidential Proclamation 8157, which modified duty-free treatment under the Generalized System of Preferences (GSP), designated Mauritania as an African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) beneficiary country, and made technical changes to the HTS.
- Presidential Proclamation 8114, which amended the HTS to implement certain modifications to the Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act (CBERA), AGOA, etc.
- Presidential Proclamation 8111, which amended the HTS to implement the U.S.-Dominican Republic-Central America Free Trade Agreement (DR-CAFTA) for the Dominican Republic, etc.
- Presidential Proclamation 8096, which extended permanent normal trade relations (PNTR) treatment to goods from Vietnam.
- Staged duty rate reductions that become effective January 1, 2008, as part of various Free Trade Agreements.
- Bulgaria and Romania are no longer designated as beneficiary developing countries under GSP as they acceded to the European Union (EU).
- Some of the tariff number changes we have been told will be effective in 2008 are:
| Cultivated blueberries (dried) | |
| 0813.40.2080 | To be discontinued – will be transferred to new 0813.40.2020 and 0813.40.2060 |
| Blueberry juice (including concentrate) | |
| 2009.80.6029 | Will be discontinued – and transferred to new 2009.80.6031 and 2009.80.6035 |
| Beans | |
| 0708.20.0000 | Will be discontinued – and transferred to new 0708.20.2005 and 0708.20.2010 |
| 0708.20.9000 | Will be discontinued – and transferred to new 0708.20.9005 and 0708.20.9010 |
| Sweet bell-type peppers | |
| 0709.60.4010 | Will be discontinued – and transferred to new 0709.60.4035 and 0709.60.4055 |
| 0709.60.4090 | Will be discontinued – and transferred to new 0709.60.4075 and 0709.60.4095 |
| Solid Core Door Skins | |
| 4412.94.1020, 4412.94.1040 | Will be discontinued – and both transferred to new 4412.94.1050 |
| 4412.94.3150 | Will be discontinued – and transferred to new 4412.94.3171 |
| Wood flooring | |
| 4409.29.0500 | Will be discontinued – and transferred to new 4409.29.5015, 4409.29.5025, 4409.29.5035, 4409.29.5045, 4409.29.5055, and 4409.29.5065 |
| 4412.94.3110 | Will be discontinued – and transferred to new 4412.94.3105 and 4412.94.3111 |
| 4412.94.3120 | Will be discontinued – and transferred to new 4412.94.3105 and 4412.94.3121 |
| 4412.94.3130 | Will be discontinued – and transferred to new 4412.94.3105 and 4412.94.3131 |
| 4412.94.3140 | Will be discontinued – and transferred to new 4412.94.3105 and 4412.94.3141 |
| 4412.94.3150 | Will be discontinued – and transferred to new 4412.94.3171 |
| 4412.94.3170 | Will be discontinued – and transferred to new 4412.94.3105 and 4412.94.3171 |
| 4418.90.4690 | Will be discontinued – and transferred to new 4418.90.4605 and 4418.90.4695 |
| Cigars, cheroots, cigarillos | |
| 2402.10.8000 | Will be discontinued – and transferred to new 2402.10.8030 and 2402.10.8070 |
| Other smoking tobacco | |
| 2403.10.2040 | Will be discontinued – and transferred to new 2403.10.2050 and 2403.10.2080 |
| Man-made fiber woven ribbons | |
| 5806.32.1090 |
Will be discontinued – and transferred to new 5806.32.1020, 5806.32.1030, 5806.32.1040, 5806.32.1050, 5806.32.1060, 5806.32.1070, 5806.32.1080, and 5806.32.1095 |
(The textile category number will remain 229.)
At this point the tariff has been sent to the Government and will not be available for several weeks. For additional information please visit: http://www.usitc.gov/tata/hts/bychapter/index.htm
