CSMS Message: 18-000548

Title:Harmonized System Update (1814) created on September 17, 2018
Date:2018-09-18
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Harmonized System Update (HSU) 1814 was created on September 18, 2018 and contains 1,329 ABI records and 292 harmonized tariff records.

This update includes modifications made to Chapter 44, as a result of Presidential Proclamation 9771, To Take Certain Actions Under the African Growth and Opportunity Act and for Other Purposes, effective October 1, 2018. We expect to incorporate the Chapter 63 modifications cited in our next update.

The Federal Register Notice can be found using the link below…

https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2018-08-02/pdf/2018-16725.pdf

In addition, changes were completed in support of Presidential Proclamation 9776, Adjusting Imports of Aluminum into the United States, and Presidential Proclamation 9777, Adjusting Imports of Steel into the United States. Adjustments made were effective August 30, 2018.

The Proclamations can be accessed using the links below...

https://www.usitc.gov/tariff_affairs/documents/20180829_proc_9776_aluminum_relief_under_section_232_quota_exclusion_process.pdf

https://www.usitc.gov/tariff_affairs/documents/20180829_proc_9777_steel_relief_under_section_232_quota_exclusion_process.pdf

Modifications were also made to support PGA Message Set functionality.

Adjustments required by the verification of the 2018 Harmonized Tariff Schedule (HTS) are included as well.

The modified records are currently available to all ABI participants and can be retrieved electronically via the procedures indicated in the CATAIR. For further information about this process, please contact your client representative. For all other questions regarding this message, please contact Jennifer Keeling at Jennifer.L.Keeling@cbp.dhs.gov.