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Harmonized Tariff Schedule

The Harmonized Tariff Schedule (HTS) provide classification provisions and duty rates for almost every item that exists. It is a system of classifying and taxing all goods imported into the United States. The HTS is based on the international Harmonized System, which is a global standard for naming and describing trade products, and consists of a hierarchical structure that assigns a specific code and rate to each type of merchandise for duty, quota, and statistical purposes. The HTS was made effective on January 1, 1989, replacing the former Tariff Schedules of the United States. It is maintained by the U.S. International Trade Commission, but CBP is responsible for interpreting and enforcing the HTS. 

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CIT Remands Parts of AD Case on Mattresses From Vietnam in Confidential Opinion
November 30, 2022 |Litigation

The Court of International Trade in a confidential Nov. 28 opinion sent back parts and upheld parts of the Commerce Department's final determination in the antidumping duty investigation on mattresses from Vietnam. In a letter issued to the litigants, Judge Timothy Reif gave the parties until close of business Dec. 5 to review any confidential information to be bracketed in the opinion. In the complaint, the plaintiffs, led by Ashley Furniture Industries, challenged Commerce's reliance on Emirates Sleep Systems' financial statements in its decision to use Indian Harmonized Tariff Schedule subheading 7320.90.90 as a surrogate value for pocket coil innerspring units and the agency's refusal to list Ashley Furniture Trading Co. and Ashley Furniture Industries as eligible for the dumping rates given to certain companies where AFTC and AFI reinvoiced the goods before import (Ashley Furniture Industries v. United States, CIT #21-00283).

Topics:Court of International Trade activity
Importer to Appeal CIT Opinion Finding Net Wraps Not Part of Round Hay Balers
November 29, 2022 |Litigation

Importer RKW Klerks will appeal an October Court of International Trade decision finding that CBP properly classified net wraps used for baling hay as a warp knit fabric under Harmonized Tariff Schedule subheading 6005.39.00. According to a Nov. 28 notice of appeal, the importer will take the case to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. In the opinion, the trade court ruled against classification under plaintiff RKW Klerks' preferred subheading 8433.90.50 as "parts" of "harvesting or threshing machinery" (RKW Klerks v. United States, CIT #20-00001).

Topics:Court of International Trade activity, Tariff classification rulings