The U.S. International Trade Commission (USITC) is soliciting written comments from interested federal agencies and the public concerning proposed modifications to the U.S. Harmonized Tariff Schedule (HTS).
The proposed modifications, presented in Recommended Modifications to the Harmonized Tariff Schedule, 2020 (USITC publication 5139, November 2020), would conform the U.S. HTS with amendments to the global Harmonized System (HS).
The HS is the international product naming system that is used to categorize and monitor global trade in goods. The U.S. HTS and the classification systems of 160 other countries are based on the HS, and national classification systems are modified to reflect any changes to the HS. The USITC is responsible for maintaining the U.S. HTS.
In June 2019, the World Customs Organization (WCO) adopted a package of amendments to the HS product nomenclature. Subsequently, in October 2019, the USITC instituted an investigation (Inv. No. 1205-13) to draft comparable modifications to the U.S. HTS.
The USITC will finalize its recommended modifications to the HTS and submit a report to the President in March 2021.
Written submissions should be addressed to the Secretary of the Commission and should be submitted no later than 5:15 p.m. on December 14, 2020. All written submissions, except for confidential business information, will be available for public inspection. Read More→
https://www.usitc.gov/press_room/news_release/2020/er1120ll1678.htm
