ITC Issues Revision 11 to 2018 Harmonized Tariff Schedule

The International Trade Commission recently issued Revision 11 to the Harmonized Tariff Schedule. Changes include those required to implement new exemptions from absolute quotas on steel from Argentina, Brazil and South Korea, and aluminum from Argentina, imposed as part of those countries’ deals to escape Section 232 tariffs (see 1808300004). Those changes take effect Aug. 30. The updated HTS also includes amendments effective Sept. 1 to rules of origin under the U.S.-Bahrain Free Trade Agreement. Finally, the recently revised subheading 9705.00.0085, which since July 1 has covered “zoological, botanical, mineralogical, anatomical, historical and paleontological pieces,” now refers more broadly to “other” collections or collectors’ pieces (i..e, other than numismatic, archaeological or ethnographic pieces). That change takes effect retroactively to July 1.