Customs and Border Protection has provided the trade with guidance in response to the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) announcement this evening, July 23, imposing 10% to 12.5% Section 301 tariffs on 60 countries with certain exemptions which take effect at 12:01 a.m. ET, today, July 24. See USTR Section 301 Forced Labor Action.

This guidance provides instructions for importers, customs brokers, and filers on submitting entries to CBP on imports from 60 countries specified below entered for consumption, or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption, on or after 12:01 a.m. ET on July 24.

CSMS # 69326983 – GUIDANCE: Section 301 Forced Labor Import Duties

Special calculations apply to goods from the European Union, Taiwan, Japan, South Korea, and Switzerland. For these countries, the new Section 301 duty may be reduced or eliminated depending upon the product’s existing Most-Favored-Nation duty rate.  The tariffs generally apply to all products of the affected countries, unless the merchandise qualifies for a stated exemption.

See this document for the Chapter 1 to 97 HTSUS classifications, which correspond to the Chapter 99 headings.

Importers should review the country of origin and tariff classification of upcoming shipments immediately to determine whether the new duty or an exclusion applies.

Due to this demanding amount of updating software systems, both CBP’s and industry vendors’, it has already been identified it will take an unknown amount of time to have this completed and working. We are staying close to our vendor and CBP updates to provide further updates.