Yesterday, CSMS 18-000372 was issued by U.S. Customs & Border Protection (CBP) officially ending the exemptions of Canada, Mexico, and the European Union from the Section 232 steel and aluminum tariffs. These duty requirements came into effect on or after 12:01 a.m. eastern daylight time on June 1st, 2018 with respect to goods entered, or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption.
The proclamation has defined “steel articles†subject to the additional duties in the Harmonized Tariff Schedule as:
- 7206.10 through 7216.50
- 7216.99 through 7301.10
- 7302.10
- 7302.40 through 7302.90
- 7304.10 through 7306.90
The proclamation has defined “aluminum articles†subject to the additional duties in the Harmonized Tariff Schedule as:
- HTS 7601 – Unwrought aluminum
- HTS 7604 – Aluminum bars, rods, and profiles
- HTS 7605 – Aluminum wire
- HTS 7606 and 7607 – Aluminum plate, sheet, strip, and foil (flat rolled products)
- HTS 7608 and 7609 – Aluminum tubes and pipes and tube and pipe fitting
- HTS 7616.99.5160 – Aluminum castings
- HTS 7616.99.5170 – Aluminum forgings
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