CBP: HSU 1001 – Changes to the 2010 Harmonized Tariff Schedule

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Harmonized System Update (HSU) 1001 was created on February 2, 2010 and contains 5,359 ABI records and 712 harmonized tariff records.

This update contains changes made as a result of the Committee for Statistical Annotation of Tariff Schedules, the 484(F) Committee.

Background:

CBP programmed in ABI the changes to the HTS that were approved by the 484(f) Committee and went into effect on 01/01/10. Among the changes approved by the 484(f) Committee was a request by the USDA (United States Department of Agriculture) to report milk solids content of dairy products in the kilogram unit of measure. Dairy related tariff numbers were modified to include an additional reporting unit of measure indicating ‘CKG’ (Content in Kilograms). The ‘CKG’ indication referred to the weight in kilograms associated with the milk solids content.

On January 27, 2010, the 484(f) Committee met once again and per their request, CBP removed these units of quantities from the affected records. The unit of quantity change is effective March 1, 2010, and the newly amended records are included in this update.

In addition, tariff changes associated with Annex II of the Jordan Free Trade Agreement, that included additional tariff numbers eligible for the Jordan Free Trade Agreement were made, effective January 1, 2010.

Finally, this update contains changes required by the verification of the 2010 Harmonized Tariff Schedule (HTS).

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 via email at Jennifer.Keeling@dhs.gov.