Rule2021-26634
Removal of Certain General Approved Exclusions (GAEs) Under the Section 232 Steel and Aluminum Tariff Exclusions Process
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Published
December 9, 2021
Effective
December 27, 2021
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Commerce DepartmentIndustry and Security Bureau
Abstract
On December 14, 2020, the Department of Commerce published an interim final rule (the "December 14 rule") that revised aspects of the process for requesting exclusions from the duties and quantitative limitations on imports of aluminum and steel discussed in three previous Department of Commerce ("Commerce") interim final rules implementing the exclusion process authorized by the President under Section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962, as amended, as well as a May 26, 2020 notice of inquiry. The December 14 rule included adding 123 General Approved Exclusions (GAEs) to the regulations. Subsequently, based on Commerce's review of the public comments received in response to the December 14 rule and additional analysis conducted by Commerce on the Section 232 exclusion request submissions, Commerce determined that a subset of the GAEs added in the December 14 rule no longer meets the criteria for inclusion as a GAE and should therefore be removed. Commerce is removing these GAEs in this interim final rule to ensure only those GAEs that meet the stated criteria from the December 14 rule will continue to be included as eligible GAEs. This interim final rule removes thirty of the GAEs that were added to the regulations in the December 14 rule, consisting of twenty-six GAEs for steel and four GAEs for aluminum. As a conforming change to a recent U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) decision, this rule also removes one additional steel GAE. Lastly, this interim final rule adds a note to both GAE supplements to address future changes to the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS).
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[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 234 (Thursday, December 9, 2021)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 70003-70015]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2021-26634]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Bureau of Industry and Security
15 CFR Part 705
[Docket No. 211115-0229]
RIN 0694-AH55
Removal of Certain General Approved Exclusions (GAEs) Under the
Section 232 Steel and Aluminum Tariff Exclusions Process
AGENCY: Bureau of Industry and Security, U.S. Department of Commerce.
ACTION: Interim final rule.
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SUMMARY: On December 14, 2020, the Department of Commerce published an
interim final rule (the ``December 14 rule'') that revised aspects of
the process for requesting exclusions from the duties and quantitative
limitations on imports of aluminum and steel discussed in three
previous Department of Commerce (``Commerce'') interim final rules
implementing the exclusion process authorized by the President under
Section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962, as amended, as well as
a May 26, 2020 notice of inquiry. The December 14 rule included adding
123 General Approved Exclusions (GAEs) to the regulations.
Subsequently, based on Commerce's review of the public comments
received in response to the December 14 rule and additional analysis
conducted by Commerce on the Section 232 exclusion request submissions,
Commerce determined that a subset of the GAEs added in the December 14
rule no longer meets the criteria for inclusion as a GAE and should
therefore be removed. Commerce is removing these GAEs in this interim
final rule to ensure only those GAEs that meet the stated criteria from
the December 14 rule will continue to be included as eligible GAEs.
This interim final rule removes thirty of the GAEs that were added to
the regulations in the December 14 rule, consisting of twenty-six GAEs
for steel and four GAEs for aluminum. As a conforming change to a
recent U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) decision, this rule
also removes one additional steel GAE. Lastly, this interim final rule
adds a note to both GAE supplements to address future changes to the
Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS).
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DATES: This interim final rule is effective December 27, 2021.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For questions regarding this interim
final rule, contact Kevin Coyne at 202-482-3203 or via email
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#a1eac4d7c8cf8fe2ced8cfc4e1c3c8d28fc5cec28fc6ced7"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="c883adbea1a6e68ba7b1a6ad88aaa1bbe6aca7abe6afa7be">[email protected]</span></a>, or email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#287b5c4d4d441a1b1a684a415b064c474b064f475e"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="481b3c2d2d247a7b7a082a213b662c272b662f273e">[email protected]</span></a> regarding
provisions in this rule specific to steel exclusion requests and
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#65240910080c0b100857565725070c164b010a064b020a13"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="f1b09d849c989f849cc3c2c3b1939882df959e92df969e87">[email protected]</span></a> regarding provisions in this rule specific to
aluminum exclusion requests.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On March 8, 2018, Proclamations 9704 and 9705 were issued imposing
duties on imports of aluminum and steel, respectively. The
Proclamations also authorized the Secretary of Commerce (``the
Secretary'') to grant exclusions from the duties if the Secretary
determines the steel or aluminum article for which the exclusion is
requested is not ``produced in the United States in a sufficient and
reasonably available amount or of a satisfactory quality'' or should be
excluded ``based upon specific national security considerations,'' and
provided authority for the Secretary to issue procedures for exclusion
requests. On April 30, 2018, Proclamations 9739 and 9740, and on May
31, 2018, Proclamations 9758 and 9759, set quantitative limitations on
the import of steel and aluminum from certain countries in lieu of the
duties. On August 29, 2018, in Proclamations 9776 and 9777, the
Secretary was authorized to grant exclusions from quantitative
limitations based on the same standards applicable to exclusions from
the tariffs.
Implementing and Improving the Section 232 Exclusions Process
Since March 19, 2018, Commerce has published a series of four
interim final rules that established and made various improvements to
the Section 232 exclusions process.
On March 19, 2018, Commerce first issued an interim final rule,
Requirements for Submissions Requesting Exclusions from the Remedies
Instituted in Presidential Proclamations Adjusting Imports of Steel
into the United States and Adjusting Imports of Aluminum into the
United States; and the filing of Objections to Submitted Exclusion
Requests for Steel and Aluminum (83 FR 12106) (the ``March 19 rule''),
laying out procedures for the Section 232 exclusions process.
On September 11, 2018, Commerce issued a second interim final rule,
Submissions of Exclusion Requests and Objections to Submitted Requests
for Steel and Aluminum (83 FR 46026) (the ``September 11 rule''), that
revised the two supplements added by the March 19 rule with
improvements designed to further ensure a transparent, fair, and
efficient exclusion and objection process.
On June 10, 2019, Commerce issued a third interim final rule,
Implementation of New Commerce Section 232 Exclusions Portal (84 FR
26751) (the ``June 10 rule''), that revised the two supplements added
by the March 19 and September 11 rules to grant the public the ability
to submit new exclusion requests through the Section 232 Exclusions
Portal while still allowing the opportunity for public comment on the
portal.
On May 26, 2020, Commerce issued a notice of inquiry with request
for comment, Notice of Inquiry Regarding the Exclusion Process for
Section 232 Steel and Aluminum Import Tariffs and Quotas (85 FR 31441)
(the ``May 26 notice''), that sought public comment on the
appropriateness of the information requested and considered in applying
the exclusion criteria, and the efficiency and transparency of the
process employed.
On December 14, 2020, Commerce issued a fourth interim final rule,
Implementation of New Commerce Section 232 Exclusions Portal (85 FR
81060) (the ``December 14 rule''), that made additional revisions to
the Section 232 exclusion process and added General Approved Exclusions
(GAEs) to supplements no. 2 and no. 3 to part 705.
Adoption of General Approved Exclusions
As noted above, the December 14 rule added new supplements, no. 2
and no. 3, for identifying GAEs for steel and aluminum articles under
the Section 232 exclusions process and the first approved tranche of
GAEs for steel and aluminum articles. GAEs addressed a long-standing
request from exclusion requesters to create a more efficient process to
approve certain exclusions where Commerce has determined that: (1) No
objections will be received; and (2) it is warranted to approve an
exclusion for all importers to use.
Specifically, the December 14 rule added a new Supplement No. 2 to
Part 705--General Approved Exclusions (GAEs) for Steel Articles Under
the Section 232 Exclusions Process, and a new Supplement No. 3 to Part
705--General Approved Exclusions (GAEs) for Aluminum Articles under the
Section 232 Exclusions Process. These two supplements identify the
steel and aluminum articles that have been approved for import under a
GAE. The December 14 rule added 108 GAEs for steel articles under
supplement no. 2 to part 705 and 15 GAEs for aluminum articles under
supplement no. 3 to part 705. Each GAE is identified under the GAE
identifier column, e.g., GAE.1.S: 7304592030 (for the first approved
GAE for steel) or GAE.1.A: 7609000000 (for the first approved GAE for
aluminum).
The Secretary, in consultation with the Secretary of Defense, the
Secretary of the Treasury, the Secretary of State, the United States
Trade Representative, the Assistant to the President for Economic
Policy, the Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs,
and other senior Executive Branch officials, as appropriate, makes the
determinations that certain aluminum and steel articles may be
authorized under a GAE consistent with the objectives of the Section
232 exclusions process as outlined in supplement no. 1 to part 705.
The GAEs described in these supplements may be used by any
importer. The two supplements specify that, in order to use a GAE, the
importer must reference the GAE identifier in the Automated Commercial
Environment (ACE) system that corresponds to the steel or aluminum
articles being imported. GAEs do not include quantity limits. The
effective date for each GAE will be fifteen calendar days after the
date of publication of a Federal Register notice either adding or
revising a specific GAE identifier in supplements no. 2 or no. 3 to
this part. There will be no retroactive relief for GAEs. The December
14 rule also specified that relief is only available to steel or
aluminum articles that are entered for consumption, or withdrawn from
warehouse for consumption, on or after the effective date of a GAE
included in supplements no. 2 or no. 3 to part 705.
The December 14 rule specified that these GAEs are indefinite in
length, but Commerce may at any time issue a Federal Register notice
removing, revising, or adding to an existing GAE in either of the two
supplements as warranted to align with the objectives of the Section
232 exclusions process as described in supplement no. 1 to part 705. As
described below, Commerce is making such a revision with the
publication of today's interim final rule by removing 30 of the GAEs.
Commerce may periodically publish notices of inquiry in the Federal
Register soliciting public comments on potential removals, revisions,
or additions to this supplement.
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Why is Commerce publishing this interim final rule?
Commerce is publishing this interim final rule to remove a subset
of GAEs (26 GAEs for steel and 4 GAEs for aluminum) added in the
December 14 rule after public comments on the December 14 rule and
subsequent Commerce analysis of data in the Section 232 Exclusions
Portal identified these HTSUS codes as not meeting the criteria for
inclusion as a GAE. These cases include HTSUS codes with exclusion
requests that recently received objections and/or denials in the
Section 232 Exclusions Portal. Commerce is removing these GAEs in this
interim final rule to ensure that only those GAEs that meet the stated
criteria from the December 14 rule will continue to be included as
eligible GAEs.
What is the key change included in this interim final rule?
This interim final rule is being published to make the following
key change to the Section 232 exclusions process: As described above,
the December 14 rule included adding 123 GAEs. The addition of GAEs
improved the efficiency and effectiveness of the Section 232 exclusions
process for certain steel and aluminum articles under select HTSUS
codes that had not received objections from domestic industry. Commerce
determined that it could authorize imports under GAEs for these
specified articles as defined by HTSUS codes for all importers rather
than requiring each importer to submit an exclusion request.
Subsequently, based on Commerce's review of the public comments
received in response to the December 14 rule and additional analysis
conducted by Commerce of Section 232 submissions, Commerce determined
that a subset of the GAEs added in the December 14 rule do not meet the
criteria for inclusion as a GAE and should therefore be removed.
Commerce is removing these GAEs in today's rule to ensure that only
those GAEs that meet the stated criteria from the December 14 rule will
continue to be included as eligible GAEs. This interim final rule
removes 30 of the GAEs that were added to the regulations in the
December 14 rule, consisting of 26 GAEs for steel (``GAE.3.S:
7220900060,'' ``GAE.7.S: 7227901060,'' ``GAE.14.S: 7215500018,''
``GAE.16.S: 7228501040,'' ``GAE.23.S: 7220206010,'' ``GAE.27.S:
7219320020,'' ``GAE.33.S: 7304515005,'' ``GAE.34.S: 7219330025,''
``GAE.35.S: 7217901000,'' ``GAE.37.S: 7217108030,'' ``GAE.38.S:
7212200000,'' ``GAE.39.S: 7217204560,'' ``GAE.52.S: 7219220040,''
``GAE.53.S: 7219320038,'' ``GAE.54.S: 7219320045,'' ``GAE.55.S:
7219350005,'' ``GAE.56.S: 7219320036,'' ``GAE.60.S: 7225501110,''
``GAE.68.S: 7302101015,'' ``GAE.71.S: 7217304541,'' ``GAE.75.S:
7219210005,'' ``GAE.76.S: 7304293160,'' ``GAE.78.S: 7216400010,''
``GAE.87.S: 7304293180,'' ``GAE.92.S: 7208390015,'' and ``GAE.98.S:
7229200015'') and 4 GAEs for aluminum (``GAE.2.A: 7607205000,''
``GAE.11.A: 7616995170,'' ``GAE.14.A: 7601209095,'' and ``GAE.15.A:
7616995160''). Because these GAEs do not meet the established criteria,
Commerce is publishing this interim final rule to remove these thirty
GAEs. This interim final rule makes no additional changes to the other
93 GAEs that will continue to remain in supplements no. 2 and no. 3.
This revision further ensures the Section 232 exclusions process is
consistent with the rationale for the import restrictions--protecting
U.S. national security--while increasing the efficiency of the
exclusion process.
Public Comments and BIS Responses
The public comment period on the December 14 rule closed on
February 12, 2021. BIS received thirty-five public comments on the
interim final rule.
GAEs That Received Objections and/or Denials
Comment (a)(1): GAEs did not follow the criteria stated in the
December 14 rule because some GAE HTSUS codes received objections and/
or denials. Several comments referenced the criteria Commerce included
in the December 14 rule detailing why certain HTSUS codes were selected
for GAEs. Specifically, these commenters noted that according to the
Department, the ``GAEs address a long-standing request from public
comments of exclusion requesters to create a more efficient process to
approve certain exclusions for use by all importers where Commerce has
determined that no objections will be received and where it is
warranted to approve an exclusion for all importers to use.'' These
commenters stated that this is not the case because the GAE list from
the December 14 rule included several HTSUS codes for which domestic
producers submitted an objection, covering more than a dozen GAEs.
These same commenters noted that the GAE list also included several
HTSUS codes for which the Department had denied exclusion requests. For
these reasons, these commenters believe the Department's GAE list is,
therefore, flawed.
BIS response: Commerce will continue to apply the criteria that
were included in the December 14 rule. Commerce agrees that a subset of
GAEs included in the December 14 rule did not meet the stated criteria
for inclusion as a GAE. The criteria in the December 14 rule need to be
followed to ensure that GAEs can be implemented in a way that improves
the efficiency and effectiveness of the Section 232 exclusions process
without undermining the effectiveness of the tariffs and the national
security objectives that the tariffs are attempting to address.
Commerce will act to remove or revise GAE entries once Commerce becomes
aware of GAEs that do not meet the stated criteria for inclusion.
Comment (a)(2): Data from Section 232 Exclusions Portal
demonstrating objections were received. Commenters opposed to the GAEs
highlighted that a review of the Section 232 Exclusions Portal shows
that over 70 exclusion requests involving HTSUS provisions included on
supplements no. 2 and no. 3 in the December 14 rule had objections
filed and, in a number of cases, the requests were denied by Commerce.
Commenters noted that despite these findings the HTSUS codes were
included in the December 14 rule as eligible GAEs. Some of these
commenters included detailed screen shots or other information taken
from the Section 232 Exclusions Portal to support their comments.
BIS response: Commerce agrees with these commenters that the data
in the Section 232 Exclusions Portal indicates that certain HTSUS codes
do not meet the criteria for inclusion on the list of GAEs. As
described below in greater detail, the difference between the stated
criteria in the December 14 rule and the published list of GAEs
occurred due to activity in the Section 232 Exclusions Portal which
occurred after the baseline date used by Commerce for identifying which
HTSUS codes had not received objections and/or denials and thus were
eligible for inclusion as GAEs. As described below, Commerce has made
internal process changes to ensure that the rulemaking process for all
future rules adding new GAEs will include review immediately prior to
publication for any new rule adding additional GAEs.
Comment (a)(3): Including steel or aluminum articles in GAEs that
had received objections and/or denials is unfair and contrary to the
objectives of the Section 232 process. Some commenters indicated that
it is unfair to companies who filed objections, after which the related
exclusion requests were denied, to allow the same steel or aluminum
articles to be eligible for GAEs. These commenters were also
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concerned that not only does granting GAEs for such steel and aluminum
articles allow the company who submitted the exclusion request to
import the steel or aluminum product tariff-free, it also opens the
market to all companies who import that aluminum or steel product.
BIS response: Commerce agrees with these concerns and is addressing
them in this interim final rule.
Changes Made in This Interim Final Rule To Improve the Section 232
Exclusions Process
BIS is suspending 30 out of the 123 GAEs that became effective on
December 29, 2020. This interim final rule implements these 30
suspensions by removing these GAEs from supplements no. 2 and no. 3 to
part 705. Commerce made this determination based on internal review of
exclusions data which indicated that the articles specified in these 30
GAEs require further analysis by the Department. Based on the results
of this analysis, Commerce may reissue these GAEs in whole or in part
with subsequent interim final rules. As noted in the December 14 rule,
Commerce may periodically publish notices of inquiry in the Federal
Register soliciting public comments on potential removals, revisions,
or additions to the two supplements for GAEs. Based on Commerce's
experience with the initial tranche of GAEs, Commerce will likely
publish notices prior to adding additional GAEs to help better inform
Commerce decisions on what HTSUS codes or specific products may warrant
inclusion.
The steel and aluminum articles specified by these 30 GAEs (as
defined by their HTSUS Classifications) will revert to the duties and
treatment previously established under Presidential Proclamations 9704
and 9705 as well as subsequent Proclamations.
Commerce identified 26 steel GAEs and 4 aluminum GAEs for removal
in this interim final rule. Commerce identified these GAEs based on
review of its internal exclusions data in light of public comments
received in response to the December 14 rule highlighting, as noted
above, that articles under certain HTSUS codes were included as GAEs
despite previously receiving objections and/or denials in the Section
232 Exclusions Portal.
Commerce issued the set of 123 GAEs based on its analysis of all of
the exclusion requests received through the Section 232 exclusions
process since its implementation on March 19, 2018. BIS based the GAEs
on the HTSUS codes that had never received an objection during the
first thirty months of the Section 232 exclusions process, on the basis
that the lack of objections indicated either an unwillingness or
inability of domestic objectors to manufacture the articles classified
under the HTSUS codes. Commerce conducted its analysis using data,
drawn on a baseline date of September 12, 2020, from the Section 232
Exclusions Portal. The baseline date provided for thirty months of
Section 232 submissions data covering nearly 240,000 of Section 232
submissions. Based on the quantity and timespan of the data, Commerce
concluded that all 123 HTSUS codes could be implemented as GAEs.
Since publishing the December 14 rule, Commerce has become aware
that exclusion requests for steel and aluminum articles specified by 29
of the GAEs removed by this interim final rule--25 steel GAEs and 4
aluminum GAEs--received objections after September 12, 2020. In some
but not all cases, the Department denied these exclusion requests. BIS
is removing these 29 GAEs to conduct further analysis with updated data
from the Section 232 Exclusions Portal. BIS, based on the results of
this analysis, may reissue these GAEs in whole or part in subsequent
rules. Commerce has also made internal process changes specific to the
timing of data runs to ensure that the baseline date used for
determining new GAEs is as close as possible to when any subsequent
rule that adds or revises the GAEs is published. These internal process
changes will allow Commerce, as needed, to remove GAEs from a rule
prior to publication if it is determined that one or more of the GAEs
(or the HTSUS codes comprising the GAEs) have received objections and/
or denials.
As a conforming change to a recent U.S. International Trade
Commission (ITC) decision, this rule also removes one additional steel
GAE. Specifically, the ITC 484(f) Committee retired HTSUS
Classification 7208390015 (covered by GAE.92.S) effective July 1, 2021.
This rule removes GAE.92.S from the GAE List.
In order to more efficiently address future ITC changes to the
Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States, Commerce is adding a
note to supplements no. 2 and no. 3 to specify how GAEs will be treated
when the ITC makes certain changes to the HTSUS Classifications as part
of their routine updates to the HTSUS with revisions (including re-
categorizations), modifications, and removals to/from the HTSUS
Classifications. The note specifies that the list of the HTSUS
Classifications referenced in supplements no. 2 and no. 3 of GAEs is
drawn from the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States
published on the ITC website and ITC Change Records for HTSUS
Classifications (compiled at <a href="https://hts.usitc.gov/">https://hts.usitc.gov/</a>) and will be
amended when the ITC publishes subsequent Change Records. The note
added to supplements no. 2 and no. 3 specifies that if there are any
discrepancies between the list of the HTSUS Classifications in the GAE
List and the HTSUS Classifications identified by the ITC in the
Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States and the associated
Change Records, the ITC's list of HTSUS Classifications shall be
controlling. The new note this rule adds to supplements no. 2 and no. 3
specifies that if an HTSUS Classification defining a GAE is split or
otherwise modified by the ITC in the HTSUS, Commerce will extend the
GAE to the newly created HTSUS Classification(s), so long as the new
`child' HTSUS Classification(s) contain products falling entirely
within the scope of the old `parent' HTSUS Classification. The new note
added to supplements no. 2 and no. 3 also specifies that these types of
`inherited' GAEs will be effective from the effective date of the
change to the HTSUS, even prior to a Commerce rule being published to
add the new HTSUS number to one of the GAE lists under supplements no.
2 or 3. This note being added to supplements no. 2 and no. 3 will allow
Commerce to instruct CBP to retain the GAE in the event of an HTSUS
classification being modified even before Commerce is able to update
and publish a revised GAE list under supplements no. 2 or no. 3. During
the period after the effective date of the change to the HTSUS and
before the GAE is updated, ACE will reject entries claiming the
exclusion with the new HTSUS number and importers will have to make
entry without the exclusion. In order for importers to preserve their
rights, if any, to the exclusion with the new HTSUS number during this
period, the note also advises importers to seek extensions of
liquidation of the affected entries with CBP until Commerce is able to
update and publish a revised GAE list under supplements no. 2 or no. 3.
Commerce has determined that the internal process changes
implemented will address these issues that occurred during the
selection of the GAEs included in the December 14 rule. Additionally,
as stated in the December 14 rule and above, Commerce may publish
notices requesting comments on additions, removals, or modifications of
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GAEs. Commerce will make changes to the GAEs whenever it is warranted
to ensure that U.S. national security interests are protected. The
adoption of the GAEs was an important step for users of steel and
aluminum articles needed for national security applications as has been
noted by many commenters on past Section 232 interim final rules.
However, Commerce will evaluate all changes to the Section 232 program
in light of whether they are improving the effectiveness of the program
and whether or not the changes are consistent with the objectives of
the Section 232 program.
BIS does not anticipate that suspension of these 30 GAEs will
substantially increase the total volume of submitted exclusion requests
in the Section 232 Exclusions Portal. BIS has received 2,109 exclusion
requests from 109 requestors for articles covered by these 30 GAEs in
the Section 232 Exclusions Portal over an approximate two-year period.
BIS estimates that the removal of these 30 GAEs will affect roughly 100
requestors who submit exclusion requests and will lead to the
submission of an additional 1,100 exclusion requests per year in the
Section 232 Exclusions Portal.
Rulemaking Requirements
1. Executive Orders 13563 and 12866 direct agencies to assess all
costs and benefits of available regulatory alternatives and, if
regulation is necessary, to select regulatory approaches that maximize
net benefits (including potential economic, environmental, public
health and safety effects, distributive impacts, and equity). Executive
Order 13563 emphasizes the importance of quantifying both costs and
benefits, of reducing costs, of harmonizing rules, and of promoting
flexibility. This rule has been determined to be a ``significant
regulatory action,'' although not economically significant, under
section 3(f) of Executive Order 12866. Pursuant to Proclamations 9704
and 9705 of March 8, 2018, and Proclamations 9776 and 9777 of August
29, 2018, the establishment of procedures for an exclusions process
under each Proclamation shall be published in the Federal Register.
2. The Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.)
(PRA) provides that an agency generally cannot conduct or sponsor a
collection of information, and no person is required to respond to nor
be subject to a penalty for failure to comply with a collection of
information, unless that collection has obtained Office of Management
and Budget (OMB) approval and displays a currently valid OMB Control
Number.
This final regulation involves three collections currently approved
by OMB with the following control numbers:
<bullet> Exclusions from the Section 232 National Security
Adjustments of Imports of Steel and Aluminum (control number 0694-
0139).
<bullet> Objections from the Section 232 National Security
Adjustments of Imports of Steel and Aluminum (control number 0694-
0138).
<bullet> Procedures for Submitting Rebuttals and Surrebuttals
Requests for Exclusions from and Objections to the Section 232
Adjustments for Steel and Aluminum (OMB control number 0694-0141).
This rule is expected to increase the burden hours for one of the
collections associated with this rule, OMB control number 0694-0139.
This increase is expected because of the removal of 26 GAEs for steel
and 4 GAEs for aluminum, which is expected to result in an increase of
1,100 exclusion request submissions per year. These removals are
estimated to result in a twenty percent reduction in the burden and
costs savings described in the December 14 rule. These GAE removals are
expected to be an increase in 1,100 burden hours for a total cost
increase of 162,800 dollars to the public. There is also expected to be
an increase in 6,600 burden hours for a total cost increase of 257,000
dollars to the U.S. Government. As Commerce asserted in the December 14
rule that the steel and aluminum articles identified as being eligible
for GAEs, including those being removed in today's rule, had not
received any objections, the addition of those new GAEs was not
estimated to result in a decrease in the number of objections,
rebuttals, or surrebuttals received by BIS. As described elsewhere in
this rule, the GAEs removed in today's interim final rule did receive
objections and/or denials and therefore warrant removal at this time.
Because the December 14 rule did not make any adjustments to the
collections for objections, rebuttals, or surrebuttals, the removal of
these GAEs is estimated to result in no change in the burden associated
with the other two collections. Commerce Department intends to provide
separate 60-day notice in the Federal Register requesting public
comment on the information collections contained within this rule.
3. This rule does not contain policies with Federalism implications
as that term is defined in Executive Order 13132.
4. The provisions of the Administrative Procedure Act (5 U.S.C.
553) requiring notice of proposed rulemaking, the opportunity for
public comment, and a delay in effective date are inapplicable because
this regulation involves a military or foreign affairs function of the
United States. (See 5 U.S.C. 553(a)(1)). As explained in the reports
submitted by the Secretary to the President, steel and aluminum are
being imported into the United States in such quantities or under such
circumstances as to threaten to impair the national security of the
United States, and therefore the President is implementing these
remedial actions (as described Proclamations 9704 and 9705 of March 8,
2018) to protect U.S. national security interests. That implementation
includes the creation of an effective process by which affected
domestic parties can obtain exclusion requests ``based upon specific
national security considerations.'' Commerce started this process with
the publication of the March 19 rule and refined the process with the
publication of the September 11, June 10, and December 14 rules and is
continuing the process with the publication of today's interim final
rule. The revisions to the exclusion request process are informed by
the comments received in response to the December 14 rule and
Commerce's experience with managing the Section 232 exclusions process.
In the December 14 rule, Commerce took what many commenters
characterized as a significant step to improve the efficiency and
effectiveness of the Section 232 exclusions process by adding General
Approved Exclusions (GAEs). The GAEs are an effort to improve the
efficiency and effectiveness of the Section 232 exclusions process
while not undermining the national security objectives of the tariffs
by adopting a more efficient authorization mechanism for certain steel
and aluminum articles that had not received objections over an extended
period of time and with many exclusion requests being submitted for the
specified articles. Many commenters on the earlier Section 232 rules
requested that Commerce create a type of general approval that could be
used by any importer. These commenters on the earlier Section 232
rules, as well as on December 14 rule, indicated that such general
approvals would be important to minimize the negative impacts of the
tariffs and the inefficiencies of the Section 232 exclusions process,
which these commenters indicated was undermining U.S. national security
and economic security because of the difficulty and increased costs
involved in obtaining needed steel and aluminum
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articles, including in certain cases for U.S. defense applications.
Commerce took a deliberative approach in identifying what HTSUS codes
could be considered for inclusion as GAEs and specified criteria in the
December 14 rule to explain how the adoption of these GAEs would not
undermine the national security objectives of the Section 232 process
and would instead help to protect U.S. national security and economic
security by improving the efficiency and effectiveness of the Section
232 exclusions process. Some commenters on the December 14 rule
identified the implementation of the GAEs as an area where the
transparency, effectiveness, and fairness of the process was improved.
However, other commenters on the December 14 rule raised concerns
with the addition of the GAEs, in particular raising concerns that the
addition would directly undermine U.S. national security and the
objectives of the Section 232 exclusions process. These commenters on
the December 14 rule highlighted that Commerce was not being consistent
with the criteria Commerce used for justifying adding the GAEs.
Therefore, these commenters noted that the addition of these GAEs had
the potential to significantly undermine the national security
objectives. These commenters also took issue with Commerce's claim that
these GAEs would not negatively impact U.S. national security when
describing the rationale for adding these GAEs. Comments received for
the December 14 rule in this area primarily focused on the creation of
specific GAEs containing articles for which exclusion requests had
previously received objections and/or been denied. These commenters
noted that for the addition of this subset of GAEs, regardless of the
merits or rationale for adding the other GAEs, there was a disconnect
with Commerce's stated criteria from the December 14 rule. Therefore,
this subset of 29 GAEs must be removed from the regulations.
Commerce understands the importance of having a transparent, fair,
and efficient product exclusion request process, consistent with the
directive provided by the President to create this type of process to
mitigate any unintended consequences of imposing the tariffs on steel
and aluminum in order to protect critical U.S. national security
interests. The publication of today's rule should make further
improvements in all three respects.
In addition, Commerce finds that there is good cause under 5 U.S.C.
553(b)(B) to waive the provisions of the Administrative Procedure Act
requiring prior notice and the opportunity for public comment, and that
there is good cause under 5 U.S.C. 553(d)(3) to waive the delay in
effective date, because such delays would be either impracticable or
contrary to the public interest. In order to ensure that the actions
taken to adjust imports do not undermine users of steel or aluminum
that are subject to the remedial actions instituted by the
Proclamations and that are critical to protecting the national security
of the United States, the Presidential Proclamations authorized the
Secretary of Commerce, in consultation with the Secretary of Defense,
the Secretary of the Treasury, the Secretary of State, the United
States Trade Representative, the Assistant to the President for
Economic Policy, the Assistant to the President for National Security
Affairs, and other senior Executive Branch officials as appropriate, to
grant exclusions for the import of goods not currently available in the
United States in a sufficient quantity or satisfactory quality, or for
other specific national security reasons. The Presidential
Proclamations further directed the Secretary to, within ten days, issue
procedures for submitting and granting these requests for exclusions--
this interim final rule fulfills that direction. As described above,
the Secretary complied with the direction from the President with the
publication of the March 19 rule, as well as in the improvements made
in the September 11, June 10, and December 14 rules, and is taking the
next step in improving the Section 232 exclusions process by making
needed changes with the publication of today's rule, so as not to
undermine the national security objectives for which the December 14
rule added the GAEs to the regulations. The immediate implementation of
an effective exclusion request process, consistent with the intent of
the Presidential Proclamations, also required creating a process to
allow any individual or organization in the United States to submit
objections to submitted exclusion requests. The objection process was
created with the publication of the March 19 rule, and the subsequent
rules further improved specific aspects of the Section 232 exclusions
process. The publication of today's rule makes needed changes in the
Section 232 exclusions process to create the type of fair, transparent,
and efficient process that was intended in the March 19, September 11,
June 10, and December 14 rules, but commenters noted that the specific
subset of GAEs that contained steel or aluminum articles for which
exclusion requests had received objections and/or been denied. Today's
rule makes critical changes to further ensure a fair, transparent, and
efficient exclusion process by ensuring the GAEs that remain in the
regulations are consistent with the objectives of the Section 232
exclusion process.
If this interim final rule were to be delayed to allow for public
comment or to provide for a thirty-day delay in the date of
effectiveness, companies in the United States would be unable to
immediately benefit from the improvements made to the GAE process and
could face significant economic hardship, which could potentially
create a detrimental effect on the general U.S. economy and national
security. Comments received on the December 14 rule that were critical
of the GAEs were clear that the removal of GAEs that consisted of HTSUS
codes that received objections and/or denials under the Section 232
process was needed. Commenters noted that failure to provide this
additional improvement could allow the ``floodgates'' to open for
imports of those articles, and that the influx of such articles could
undermine the efficiency of the Section 232 process. Commenters also
noted that if this specific improvement is not made, significant
economic consequences could occur. Given the imports of these articles
have already been objected to and/or denied in exclusion requests under
the Section 232 process for national security reasons, allowing these
specific GAEs to exist could undermine other critical U.S. national
security interests.
Because a notice of proposed rulemaking and an opportunity for
prior public comment are not required for this rule by 5 U.S.C. 553, or
by any other law, the analytical requirements of the Regulatory
Flexibility Act, 5 U.S.C. 601 et seq., are not applicable. Accordingly,
no regulatory flexibility analysis is required, and none has been
prepared.
List of Subjects in 15 CFR Part 705
Administrative practice and procedure, Business and industry,
Classified information, Confidential business information, Imports,
Investigations, National security.
For the reasons set forth in the preamble, part 705 of subchapter A
of 15 CFR chapter VII is amended as follows:
PART 705--EFFECT OF IMPORTED ARTICLES ON THE NATIONAL SECURITY
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1. The authority citation for part 705 continues to read as follows:
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Authority: Section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962, as
amended (19 U.S.C. 1862) and Reorg. Plan No. 3 of 1979 (44 FR 69273,
December 3, 1979).
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2. In part 705, amend Supplement No. 2 by revising the supplement
heading and the table to read as follows:
Supplement No. 2 to Part 705--GENERAL APPROVED EXCLUSIONS (GAEs) FOR
STEEL ARTICLES UNDER THE SECTION 232 EXCLUSIONS PROCESS
* * * * *
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Description of steel that
may be imported (at 10- Other
digit harmonized tariff limitations
schedule of the United (e.g., country Federal Register
GAE Identifier States (HTSUS) of import or citation
statistical reporting quantity
number or more narrowly allowed)
defined at product level)
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GAE.1.S: 7304592030...................... 7304592030. TUBES/PIPES/ ................ 85 FR 81079, 12/14/2020.
HLLW PRFLS OTH ALLOY 86 FR [INSERT FR PAGE
STL, SMLESS, CIRC CS, NUMBER] December 9,
OTHER THAN COLD-DRAWN/ 2021.
COLD-ROLLED (COLD-
REDUCED), SUITABLE FOR
BOILERS ETC, HEAT-
RESISTING STL.
GAE.2.S: 7304592080...................... 7304592080. TUBES/PIPES/H ................ 85 FR 81079, 12/14/2020.
PRFLS ALLOY STL, SMLSS, 86 FR [INSERT FR PAGE
CIRC CS, OTHER THAN COLD- NUMBER] December 9,
DRAWN/COLD-ROLLED (COLD- 2021.
REDUCED), SUIT FOR
BOILERS ETC, NOT HT-RSST
STL, OS DIAMETER
>406.4MM.
GAE.4.S: 7222406000...................... 7222406000. ANGLES SHAPES ................ 85 FR 81079, 12/14/2020.
AND SECTIONS STAINLESS 86 FR [INSERT FR PAGE
STEEL, OTHER THAN HOT NUMBER] December 9,
ROLLED, NOT DRILLED, NOT 2021.
PUNCHED, AND NOT
OTHERWISE ADVANCED.
GAE.5.S: 7306901000...................... 7306901000. OTH TUBES/ ................ 85 FR 81079, 12/14/2020.
PIPES/HOLLOW PROFILES 86 FR [INSERT FR PAGE
IRON/NONALLOY STL, NUMBER] December 9,
RIVETED/SIMILARLY CLOSED 2021.
(NOT WELDED).
GAE.6.S: 7212600000...................... 7212600000. FLAT-ROLLED ................ 85 FR 81079, 12/14/2020.
IRON/NONALLOY STL, WDTH 86 FR [INSERT FR PAGE
<600MM, CLAD. NUMBER] December 9,
2021.
GAE.8.S: 7220207060...................... 7220207060. FLAT-ROLLED ................ 85 FR 81079, 12/14/2020.
STAINLESS STL, WDTH 86 FR [INSERT FR PAGE
<300MM, NFW THAN COLD- NUMBER] December 9,
RLD (COLD-REDUCED), 2021.
THICKNESS >0.25MM BUT </
= 1.25MM, </= 0.5%
NICKEL <15% CHROMIUM.
GAE.9.S: 7223005000...................... 7223005000. FLAT WIRE OF ................ 85 FR 81079, 12/14/2020.
STAINLESS STEEL. 86 FR [INSERT FR PAGE
NUMBER] December 9,
2021.
GAE.10.S: 7220208000..................... 7220208000. FLAT-ROLLED ................ 85 FR 81079, 12/14/2020.
STAINLESS STL, WDTH 86 FR [INSERT FR PAGE
<300MM, NFW THAN COLD- NUMBER] December 9,
RLD (COLD-REDUCED), THK 2021.
</= 0.25MM, RAZOR BLADE
STL.
GAE.11.S: 7217108060..................... 7217108060. ROUND WIRE ................ 85 FR 81079, 12/14/2020.
IRON/NONALLOY STL, NOT 86 FR [INSERT FR PAGE
PLATED/COATED, >/= 0.6% NUMBER] December 9,
CARBON, NOT HEAT- 2021.
TREATED, OS DIAMETER
<1.0MM.
GAE.12.S: 7226923060..................... 7226923060. FLAT-ROLLED ................ 85 FR 81079, 12/14/2020.
OTH ALLOY STL, WDTH 86 FR [INSERT FR PAGE
<300MM, NFW THAN COLD- NUMBER] December 9,
RLD (COLD-REDUCED), TOOL 2021.
STEEL OTH THAN HIGH-
SPEED, OTHER THAN BALL-
BEARING STEEL.
GAE.13.S: 7229905010..................... 7229905016. ROUND WIRE ................ 85 FR 81079, 12/14/2020.
OTHER ALLOY STL, OS 86 FR [INSERT FR PAGE
DIAMETER <1.0MM. NUMBER] December 9,
2021.
GAE.15.S: 7304598060..................... 7304598060. TUBES/PIPES/ ................ 85 FR 81079, 12/14/2020.
HLLW PRFLS OTH ALLOY 86 FR [INSERT FR PAGE
STL, SMLESS, CIRC CS, NUMBER] December 9,
OTHER THAN COLD-DRAWN/ 2021.
COLD-ROLLED (COLD-
REDUCED), OS DIAMETER
>285.8MM BUT <406MM,
WALL THK <12.7MM.
GAE.17.S: 7304246030..................... 7304246030. TUBING (OIL/ ................ 85 FR 81079, 12/14/2020.
GAS DRILLING) STAINLESS 86 FR [INSERT FR PAGE
STL, SEAMLESS, OS NUMBER] December 9,
DIAMETER </= 114.3MM, 2021.
WALL THK >9.5MM.
GAE.18.S: 7229905031..................... 7229905031. ROUND WIRE ................ 85 FR 81079, 12/14/2020.
OTHER ALLOY STL, WITH OS 86 FR [INSERT FR PAGE
DIAMETER >/= 1.0MM BUT NUMBER] December 9,
<1.5MM. 2021.
GAE.19.S: 7304598010..................... 7304598010. TUBES/PIPES/ ................ 85 FR 81079, 12/14/2020.
HOLLOW PROFILES OTH 86 FR [INSERT FR PAGE
ALLOY STL, SEAMLESS, NUMBER] December 9,
CIRC CS, OTHER THAN COLD- 2021.
DRAWN/COLD-ROLLED (COLD-
REDUCED), NOT HEAT-
RESISTANT, OS DIAMETER
<38.1MM.
GAE.20.S: 7219310010..................... 7219310010. FLAT-ROLLED ................ 85 FR 81079, 12/14/2020.
STAINLESS STL, WDTH >/= 86 FR [INSERT FR PAGE
600MM, NFW THAN COLD-RLD NUMBER] December 9,
(COLD-REDUCED), THK >/= 2021.
4.75MM, COILS.
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GAE.21.S: 7304598045..................... 7304598045. TUBES/PIPES/ ................ 85 FR 81079, 12/14/2020.
HLLW PRFLS OTH ALLOY 86 FR [INSERT FR PAGE
STL, SMLESS, CIRC CS, NUMBER] December 9,
OTHER THAN COLD-DRAWN/ 2021.
COLD-ROLLED (COLD-
REDUCED), NOT HEAT-
RESISTANT, OS DIAMETER >/
= 190.5MM BUT </=
285.8MM, WALL THK
<12.7MM.
GAE.22.S: 7306401090..................... 7306401090. OTH TUBES/ ................ 85 FR 81079, 12/14/2020.
PIPES/HOLLOW PRFLS 86 FR [INSERT FR PAGE
STAINLESS STL, WELDED, NUMBER] December 9,
CIRC CS, WALL THK 2021.
<1.65MM, </= 0.5% NICKEL.
GAE.24.S: 7211296080..................... 7211296080. FLAT-ROLLED ................ 85 FR 81079, 12/14/2020.
IRON/NONALLOY STL, WIDTH 86 FR [INSERT FR PAGE
>/= 300MM BUT <600MM, NUMBER] December 9,
NOT CLAD/PLATED/COATED, 2021.
NFW THAN COLD-RLD (COLD-
REDUCED), >/= 0.25%
CRBN, THK </= 1.25MM.
GAE.25.S: 7217201500..................... 7217201500. FLAT WIRE ................ 85 FR 81079, 12/14/2020.
IRON/NONALLOY STL, 86 FR [INSERT FR PAGE
PLATED/COATED WITH ZINC. NUMBER] December 9,
2021.
GAE.26.S: 7219120026..................... 7219120026. FLAT-ROLLED ................ 85 FR 81079, 12/14/2020.
STAINLESS STL, WDTH 86 FR [INSERT FR PAGE
>1575MM, HOT-RLD, COILS, NUMBER] December 9,
THK >6.8MM BUT <10MM. 2021.
GAE.28.S: 7304243010..................... 7304243010. CASING (OIL/ ................ 85 FR 81079, 12/14/2020.
GAS DRILLING) STAINLESS 86 FR [INSERT FR PAGE
STL, SEAMLESS, THREADED/ NUMBER] December 9,
COUPLED, OS DIAMETER 2021.
<215.9MM, WALL THK
<12.7MM.
GAE.29.S: 7219220035..................... 7219220035. FLAT-ROLLED ................ 85 FR 81079, 12/14/2020.
STAINLESS STL, THICKNESS 86 FR [INSERT FR PAGE
>/= 4.75MM BUT <10MM, NUMBER] December 9,
WIDTH >/= 600MM BUT 2021.
<1575MM, HOT-RLD, NOT
COILS, THK 4.75-10MM,
>0.5% NICKEL.
GAE.30.S: 7222403085..................... 7222403085. SHAPES/ ................ 85 FR 81079, 12/14/2020.
SECTIONS STAINLESS STL, 86 FR [INSERT FR PAGE
HOT-RLD, NOT DRILLED/ NUMBER] December 9,
PUNCHED/ADVANCED, MAX 2021.
CROSS SECTION <80MM.
GAE.31.S: 7222403045..................... 7222403045. SHAPES/ ................ 85 FR 81079, 12/14/2020.
SECTIONS STAINLESS STL, 86 FR [INSERT FR PAGE
HOT-RLD, NOT DRILLED/ NUMBER] December 9,
PUNCHED/ADVANCED, MAX CS 2021.
>/= 80MM.
GAE.32.S: 7219110060..................... 7219110060. FLAT-ROLLED ................ 85 FR 81079, 12/14/2020.
STAINLESS STL, WDTH 86 FR [INSERT FR PAGE
>1575MM, HOT-RLD, COILS, NUMBER] December 9,
THK >10MM. 2021.
GAE.36.S: 7219110030..................... 7219110030. FLAT-ROLLED ................ 85 FR 81079, 12/14/2020.
STAINLESS STL, WIDTH >/= 86 FR [INSERT FR PAGE
600MM BUT <1575MM, HOT- NUMBER] December 9,
RLD, COILS, THK >10MM. 2021.
GAE.40.S: 7220206060..................... 7220206060. FLAT-ROLLED ................ 85 FR 81079, 12/14/2020.
STAINLESS STL, WDTH 86 FR [INSERT FR PAGE
<300MM, NFW THAN COLD- NUMBER] December 9,
RLD (COLD-REDUCED), THK 2021.
>1.25MM, </= 0.5%
NICKEL, <15% CHROMIUM.
GAE.41.S: 7217108025..................... 7217108025. ROUND WIRE ................ 85 FR 81079, 12/14/2020.
IRON/NONALLOY STL, NOT 86 FR [INSERT FR PAGE
PLATED/COATED, >0.6% NUMBER] December 9,
CARBON, HEAT-TREATED, OS 2021.
DIAMETER <1.0MM.
GAE.42.S: 7220121000..................... 7220121000. FLAT-ROLLED ................ 85 FR 81079, 12/14/2020.
STAINLESS STL, WIDTH >/= 86 FR [INSERT FR PAGE
300MM BUT <600MM, HOT- NUMBER] December 9,
RLD, THK <4.75MM. 2021.
GAE.43.S: 7209900000..................... 7209900000. FLAT-ROLLED ................ 85 FR 81079, 12/14/2020.
IRON/NONALLOY STL, WDTH 86 FR [INSERT FR PAGE
>/= 600MM, COLD-RLD, NOT NUMBER] December 9,
CLAD/PLATED/COATED, 2021.
WHETHER OR NOT IN COILS.
GAE.44.S: 7213913020..................... 7213913020. BARS/RODS ................ 85 FR 81079, 12/14/2020.
IRON/NA STL, IRR COILS, 86 FR [INSERT FR PAGE
HOT-RLD, CIRC CS, OS NUMBER] December 9,
DIAMETER <14MM, NOT 2021.
TEMPRD/TREATD/PARTLY
MFTD, WELDING QUALITY
WIRE ROD.
GAE.45.S: 7306617060..................... 7306617060. OTH TUBES/ ................ 85 FR 81079, 12/14/2020.
PIPES/HOLLOW PROFILES 86 FR [INSERT FR PAGE
OTH ALLOY STL (NOT NUMBER] December 9,
STAINLESS), WELDED, SQ/ 2021.
RECT CS, WALL THK <4MM.
GAE.46.S: 7216330090..................... 7216330090. H SECTIONS ................ 85 FR 81079, 12/14/2020.
IRON/NONALLOY STL, HOT- 86 FR [INSERT FR PAGE
RLD/DRWN/EXTRD, HEIGHT >/ NUMBER] December 9,
= 80MM. 2021.
GAE.47.S: 7217905030..................... 7217905030. WIRE IRON/ ................ 85 FR 81079, 12/14/2020.
NONALLOY STL, NOT PLATED/ 86 FR [INSERT FR PAGE
COATED WITH BASE METALS NUMBER] December 9,
OR PLASTICS, <0.25% 2021.
CARBON.
GAE.48.S: 7226923030..................... 7226923030. FLAT-ROLLED ................ 85 FR 81079, 12/14/2020.
OTH ALLOY STL, WDTH 86 FR [INSERT FR PAGE
<300MM, NFW THAN COLD- NUMBER] December 9,
RLD (COLD-REDUCED), TOOL 2021.
STEEL OTH THAN HIGH-
SPEED, BALL-BEARING STL.
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GAE.49.S: 7219120051..................... 7219120051. FLAT-ROLLED ................ 85 FR 81079, 12/14/2020.
STAINLESS STL, WIDTH >/= 86 FR [INSERT FR PAGE
1370MM BUT <1575MM, HOT- NUMBER] December 9,
RLD, COILS, THICKNESS >/ 2021.
= 4.75MM BUT <6.8MM.
GAE.50.S: 7227906020..................... 7227906020. BARS/RODS ................ 85 FR 81079, 12/14/2020.
OTHER ALLOY STL, IRR 86 FR [INSERT FR PAGE
COILS, HOT-RLD, NOT TOOL NUMBER] December 9,
STL, WELDING QUALITY 2021.
WIRE RODS.
GAE.51.S: 7217905090..................... 7217905090. WIRE IRON/ ................ 85 FR 81079, 12/14/2020.
NONALLOY STL, NOT PLATED/ 86 FR [INSERT FR PAGE
COATED WITH BASE METALS NUMBER] December 9,
OR PLASTICS, >/= 0.6% 2021.
CARBON.
GAE.57.S: 7304901000..................... 7304901000. TUBES/PIPES/ ................ 85 FR 81079, 12/14/2020.
HOLLOW PROFILES IRON/ 86 FR [INSERT FR PAGE
NONALLOY STL, SEAMLESS, NUMBER] December 9,
NONCIRCULAR CROSS 2021.
SECTION, WALL THK >/=
4MM.
GAE.58.S: 7304390002..................... 7304390002. TUBES/PIPES/ ................ 85 FR 81079, 12/14/2020.
HLLW PRFLS IRON/NA STL, 86 FR [INSERT FR PAGE
SMLESS, CIRC CS, OTHER NUMBER] December 9,
THAN COLD-DRAWN/COLD- 2021.
ROLLED (COLD-REDUCED),
SUITABLE FOR BOILERS
ETC, OS DIAMETER <38.1MM.
GAE.59.S: 7219120071..................... 7219120071. FLAT-ROLLED ................ 85 FR 81079, 12/14/2020.
STAINLESS STL, WDTH 86 FR [INSERT FR PAGE
>600MM BUT <1370MM, HOT- NUMBER] December 9,
RLD, COILS, THICKNESS >/ 2021.
= 4.75MM BUT <10MM, NOT
HIGH-NICKEL ALLOY, >0.5%
NICKEL, </= 1.5% OR >/=
5% MOLYBDENUM.
GAE.61.S: 7217905060..................... 7217905060. WIRE IRON/ ................ 85 FR 81079, 12/14/2020.
NONALLOY STL, PLATED/ 86 FR [INSERT FR PAGE
COATED, >0.25% BUT <0.6% NUMBER] December 9,
CARBON. 2021.
GAE.62.S: 7220125000..................... 7220125000. FLAT-ROLLED ................ 85 FR 81079, 12/14/2020.
STAINLESS STL, WDTH 86 FR [INSERT FR PAGE
<300MM, HOT-RLD, THK NUMBER] December 9,
<4.75MM. 2021.
GAE.63.S: 7226928005..................... 7226928005. FLAT-ROLLED ................ 85 FR 81079, 12/14/2020.
OTH ALLOY STL, WDTH 86 FR [INSERT FR PAGE
<300MM, NFW THAN COLD- NUMBER] December 9,
RLD (COLD-REDUCED), NOT 2021.
TOOL STL, THK >0.25MM,
HIGH-NICKEL ALLOY STL.
GAE.64.S: 7217106000..................... 7217106000. OTHER WIRE ................ 85 FR 81079, 12/14/2020.
IRON/NONALLOY STL, NOT 86 FR [INSERT FR PAGE
PLATED/COATED, <0.25% NUMBER] December 9,
CARBON. 2021.
GAE.65.S: 7219120021..................... 7219120021. FLAT-ROLLED ................ 85 FR 81079, 12/14/2020.
STAINLESS STL, WIDTH >/= 86 FR [INSERT FR PAGE
1370MM BUT </= 1575MM, NUMBER] December 9,
HOT-RLD, COILS, 2021.
THICKNESS >6.8MM BUT </=
10MM.
GAE.66.S: 7304390016..................... 7304390016. TUBES/PIPES/ ................ 85 FR 81079, 12/14/2020.
HOLLOW PROFILES IRON/NA 86 FR [INSERT FR PAGE
STL, SEAMLESS, CIRC CS, NUMBER] December 9,
OTHER THAN COLD-DRAWN/ 2021.
COLD-ROLLED (COLD-
REDUCED), GALVANIZED, OS
DIAMETER </= 114.3MM.
GAE.67.S: 7304244040..................... 7304244040. CASING (OIL/ ................ 85 FR 81079, 12/14/2020.
GAS DRILLING) STAINLESS 86 FR [INSERT FR PAGE
STL, SEAMLESS, NOT NUMBER] December 9,
THREADED/COUPLED, OS 2021.
DIAMETER >/= 215.9MM BUT
</= 285.8MM, WALL THK >/
= 12.7MM.
GAE.69.S: 7304413005..................... 7304413005. TUBES/PIPES/ ................ 85 FR 81079, 12/14/2020.
HOLLOW PRFLS STAINLESS 86 FR [INSERT FR PAGE
STL, SEAMLESS, CIRC CS, NUMBER] December 9,
COLD-DRWN/RLD (COLD- 2021.
REDUCED), OS DIAMETER
<19MM, HIGH-NICKEL ALLOY
STL.
GAE.70.S: 7215500090..................... 7215500090. OTHER BARS/ ................ 85 FR 81079, 12/14/2020.
RODS IRON/NONALLOY STL, 86 FR [INSERT FR PAGE
COLD-FORMED/FINISHED, NUMBER] December 9,
NOT COILS, >/= 0.6% 2021.
CARBON.
GAE.72.S: 7227200030..................... 7227200030. BARS/RODS ................ 85 FR 81079, 12/14/2020.
SILICO-MANGANESE STL, 86 FR [INSERT FR PAGE
IRR COILS, HOT-RLD, NUMBER] December 9,
WELDING QUALITY WIRE 2021.
RODS, STAT NOTE 6.
GAE.73.S: 7306697060..................... 7306697060. OTH TUBES/ ................ 85 FR 81079, 12/14/2020.
PIPES/HOLLOW PROFILES 86 FR [INSERT FR PAGE
OTH ALLOY STL (NOT NUMBER] December 9,
STAINLESS), WELDED, OTH 2021.
NONCIRCULAR CS, WALL THK
<4MM.
GAE.74.S: 7302101045..................... 7302101045. RAILS IRON/ ................ 85 FR 81079, 12/14/2020.
NONALLOY STL, NEW, HEAT 86 FR [INSERT FR PAGE
TREATED, >30KG/M. NUMBER] December 9,
2021.
GAE.77.S: 7305316090..................... 7305316090. OTHER TUBES/ ................ 85 FR 81079, 12/14/2020.
PIPES ALLOY STL, CIRC 86 FR [INSERT FR PAGE
CS, OS DIAMETER NUMBER] December 9,
>406.4MM, NOT LINE PIPE 2021.
OR CASING (OIL/GAS),
LONGITUDINALLY WELDED,
NOT TAPERED PIPES/TUBES,
NON-STAINLESS ALLOY
STEEL.
[[Page 70012]]
GAE.79.S: 7226990110..................... 7226990110. FLAT-ROLLED ................ 85 FR 81079, 12/14/2020.
OTH ALLOY STL, WDTH 86 FR [INSERT FR PAGE
<600MM, ELECTROLYTICALLY NUMBER] December 9,
PLATD/COATD W/ZINC, NOT 2021.
GRAIN ORIENTED, NOT OF
HIGH-SPEED STEEL,
FURTHER WORKED THAN HOT-
ROLLED OR COLD-ROLLED.
GAE.80.S: 7225506000..................... 7225506000. FLAT-ROLLED ................ 85 FR 81079, 12/14/2020.
OTH ALLOY STL, WDTH >/= 86 FR [INSERT FR PAGE
600MM, COLD-RLD, THK >/= NUMBER] December 9,
4.75MM, NOT OF TOOL 2021.
STEEL.
GAE.81.S: 7304905000..................... 7304905000. TUBES/PIPES/ ................ 85 FR 81079, 12/14/2020.
HOLLOW PROFILES IRON/ 86 FR [INSERT FR PAGE
NONALLOY STL, SEAMLESS, NUMBER] December 9,
NOT CIRCULAR CS, WALL 2021.
THK <4MM.
GAE.82.S: 7219220005..................... 7219220005. FLAT-ROLLED ................ 85 FR 81079, 12/14/2020.
STAINLESS STL, WDTH >/= 86 FR [INSERT FR PAGE
600MM, HOT-RLD, NOT NUMBER] December 9,
COILS, THICKNESS >/= 2021.
4.75MM BUT </= 4.75MM
BUT </= 10MM, HIGH-
NICKEL ALLOY STL.
GAE.83.S: 7217104045..................... 7217104045. ROUND WIRE ................ 85 FR 81079, 12/14/2020.
IRON/NONALLOY STL, NOT 86 FR [INSERT FR PAGE
PLATED/COATED, <0.25% NUMBER] December 9,
CARBON, OS DIAMETER 2021.
<1.5MM, HEAT-TREATED, IN
COILS WEIGHING >2 KG.
GAE.84.S: 7209270000..................... 7209270000. FLAT-ROLLED ................ 85 FR 81079, 12/14/2020.
IRON/NONALLOY STL, WDTH 86 FR [INSERT FR PAGE
>/= 600MM, COLD-RLD, NOT NUMBER] December 9,
CLAD/PLATED/COATED, NOT 2021.
COILS, THK 0.5-1MM.
GAE.85.S: 7219900060..................... 7219900060. OTHER FLAT- ................ 85 FR 81079, 12/14/2020.
ROLLED STAINLESS STL, 86 FR [INSERT FR PAGE
WDTH >/= 600MM, FURTHER NUMBER] December 9,
WORKED THAN COLD-RLD, </ 2021.
= 0.5% NICKEL, <15%
CHROMIUM.
GAE.86.S: 7219120081..................... 7219120081. FLAT-ROLLED ................ 85 FR 81079, 12/14/2020.
STAINLESS STL, WIDTH >/= 86 FR [INSERT FR PAGE
600MM BUT <1370MM, HOT- NUMBER] December 9,
RLD, COILS, NOT HIGH- 2021.
NICKEL ALLOY, THICKNESS
>/= 4.75MM BUT.
GAE.88.S: 72241000005.................... 7224100005. INGOTS AND ................ 85 FR 81079, 12/14/2020.
OTHER PRIMARY FORMS OF 86 FR [INSERT FR PAGE
HIGH-NICKEL ALLOY STEEL. NUMBER] December 9,
2021.
GAE.89.S: 7213200080..................... 7213200080. BARS/RODS ................ 85 FR 81079, 12/14/2020.
IRON/NONALLOY STL, HOT- 86 FR [INSERT FR PAGE
RLD, IRR COILS, FREE- NUMBER] December 9,
CUTTING STL, <0.1% LEAD. 2021.
GAE.90.S: 7216100010..................... 7216100010. U SECTIONS ................ 85 FR 81079, 12/14/2020.
IRON/NONALLOY STL, HOT- 86 FR [INSERT FR PAGE
ROLLED/DRAWN/EXTRUDED, NUMBER] December 9,
HEIGHT <80MM. 2021.
GAE.91.S: 7306695000..................... 7306695000. OTH TUBES/ ................ 85 FR 81079, 12/14/2020.
PIPES/HOLLOW PROFILES 86 FR [INSERT FR PAGE
IRON/NONALLOY STL, NUMBER] December 9,
WELDED, OTH NONCIRCULAR 2021.
CS, WALL THK <4MM.
GAE.93.S: 7208380015..................... 7208380015. FLAT-ROLLED ................ 85 FR 81079, 12/14/2020.
IRON/NA STL, WDTH >/= 86 FR [INSERT FR PAGE
600MM, HOT-RLD, NOT CLAD/ NUMBER] December 9,
PLATED/COATED, COILS, 2021.
THICKNESS >/= 3MM BUT
<4.75MM, HIGH-STRENGTH
STL.
GAE.94.S: 7217104090..................... 7217104090. ROUND WIRE ................ 85 FR 81079, 12/14/2020.
IRON/NONALLOY STL, NOT 86 FR [INSERT FR PAGE
PLATED/COATED, <0.25% NUMBER] December 9,
CARBON, OS DIAMETER 2021.
<1.5MM, NOT HEAT-TREATED.
GAE.95.S: 7302105020..................... 7302105020. RAILS OF ................ 85 FR 81079, 12/14/2020.
ALLOY STEEL, NEW. 86 FR [INSERT FR PAGE
NUMBER] December 9,
2021.
GAE.96.S: 7210706030..................... 7210706030. FLAT-ROLLED ................ 85 FR 81079, 12/14/2020.
IRON/NA STL, WDTH >/= 86 FR [INSERT FR PAGE
600MM, PAINTD/VARNSHD/ NUMBER] December 9,
COATD W/PLASTICS, 2021.
ELECTROLYTICALLY PLATD/
COATD W/ZINC.
GAE.97.S: 7304244060..................... 7304244060. CASING (OIL/ ................ 85 FR 81079, 12/14/2020.
GAS DRILLING) STAINLESS 86 FR [INSERT FR PAGE
STL, SEAMLESS, NOT NUMBER] December 9,
THREADED/COUPLED, OS 2021.
DIAMETER >285.8MM BUT /
=12.7MM.
GAE.99.S: 7304243040..................... 7304243040. CASING (OIL/ ................ 85 FR 81079, 12/14/2020.
GAS DRILLING) STAINLESS 86 FR [INSERT FR PAGE
STL, SEAMLESS, THREADED/ NUMBER] December 9,
COUPLED, OS DIAMETER >/= 2021.
215.9MM BUT /=12.7MM.
GAE.100.S: 7304243020.................... 7304243020. CASING (OIL/ ................ 85 FR 81079, 12/14/2020.
GAS DRILLING) STAINLESS 86 FR [INSERT FR PAGE
STL, SEAMLESS, THREADED/ NUMBER] December 9,
COUPLED, OS DIAMETER 2021.
<215.9MM, WALL THK >/=
12.7MM.
GAE.101.S: 7219130081.................... 7219130081. FLAT-ROLLED ................ 85 FR 81079, 12/14/2020.
STAINLESS STL, WIDTH >/= 86 FR [INSERT FR PAGE
600MM BUT <1370MM, NFW NUMBER] December 9,
THAN HOT-RLD, COILS, 2021.
ANNEALED OR PICKLED,
THICKNESS >/= 3MM BUT
<4.75MM, <0.5% OR >24%
NICKEL.
[[Page 70013]]
GAE.102.S: 7211140090.................... 7211140090. FLAT-ROLLED ................ 85 FR 81079, 12/14/2020.
IRON/NONALLOY STL, WDTH 86 FR [INSERT FR PAGE
<600MM, NOT CLAD/PLATED/ NUMBER] December 9,
COATED, NFW THAN HOT- 2021.
RLD, NOT UNIVERSAL MILL
PLATE, THK >/= 4.75MM,
NOT HIGH-STRENGTH STEEL,
COILS.
GAE.103.S: 7218910030.................... 7218910030. SEMIFINISHED ................ 85 FR 81079, 12/14/2020.
STAINLESS STL, 86 FR [INSERT FR PAGE
RECTANGULAR CROSS NUMBER] December 9,
SECTION, WDTH <4X THK, 2021.
CS AREA >/= 232 CM2.
GAE.104.S: 7306213000.................... 7306213000. CASING (OIL/ ................ 85 FR 81079, 12/14/2020.
GAS DRILLING) STAINLESS 86 FR [INSERT FR PAGE
STL, WELDED, THREADED/ NUMBER] December 9,
COUPLED. 2021.
GAE.105.S: 7211234500.................... 7211234500. FLAT-ROLLED ................ 85 FR 81079, 12/14/2020.
IRON/NONALLOY STL, WDTH 86 FR [INSERT FR PAGE
<300MM, NOT CLAD/PLATED/ NUMBER] December 9,
COATED, NFW THAN COLD- 2021.
RLD (COLD-REDUCED),
<0.25% CRBN, THK </=
0.25MM.
GAE.106.S: 7220206080.................... 7220206080. FLAT-ROLLED ................ 85 FR 81079, 12/14/2020.
STAINLESS STL, WDTH 86 FR [INSERT FR PAGE
<300MM, NFW THAN COLD- NUMBER] December 9,
RLD (COLD-REDUCED), THK 2021.
>1.25MM, NOT HIGH-NICKEL
ALLOY, </= 0.5% NICKEL,
>/= 15% CHROMIUM.
GAE.107.S: 7305391000.................... 7305391000. OTHER TUBES/ ................ 85 FR 81079, 12/14/2020.
PIPES IRON/NONALLOY STL, 86 FR [INSERT FR PAGE
CIRC CS, OS DIAMETER NUMBER] December 9,
>406.4MM, WELDED, OTHER 2021.
THAN LONGITUDALLY WELDED.
GAE.108.S: 7217204550.................... 7217204550. ROUND WIRE ................ 85 FR 81079, 12/14/2020.
IRON/NONALLOY STL, 86 FR [INSERT FR PAGE
PLATED/COATED WITH ZINC, NUMBER] December 9,
OS DIAMETER >/= 1.0MM 2021.
BUT <1.5MM, >/= 0.25%
BUT <0.6% CARBON.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Note to Supplement No. 2: Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United
States (HTSUS) Classifications are identified by the U.S. International
Trade Commission (ITC) through its web version of the Harmonized Tariff
Schedule. The list of the HTSUS Classifications referenced in this
table of GAEs is drawn from the HTSUS and ITC Change Records for HTSUS
Classifications (compiled at <a href="https://hts.usitc.gov/">https://hts.usitc.gov/</a>) and will be
amended when the ITC publishes subsequent Change Records. If there are
any discrepancies between the list of the HTSUS Classifications in this
table and the HTSUS Classifications identified by the ITC in the
Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States and the associated
Change Records, the ITC's list of HTSUS Classifications shall be
controlling. Therefore, if an HTSUS Classification defining a GAE is
split or otherwise modified by the ITC in the HTSUS, GAEs are extended
to the newly-created HTSUS Classification(s), so long as the new
`child' HTSUS Classification(s) contain products falling entirely
within the scope of the old `parent' HTSUS classification. These types
of `inherited' GAEs are effective from the effective date of the change
to the HTSUS, even prior to a Commerce rule being published to add the
new HTSUS number to the GAE list under supplement no. 2. During the
period after the effective date of the change to the HTSUS and before
the GAE is updated, ACE will reject entries claiming the exclusion with
the new HTSUS number and importers will have to make entry without the
exclusion. In order for importers to preserve their rights, if any, to
the exclusion with the new HTSUS number during this period, importers
are advised to seek extensions of liquidation of the affected entries
with CBP until Commerce is able to update and publish a revised GAE
list under this supplement no. 2.
0
3. In part 705, amend Supplement No. 3 by revising the supplement
heading and the table to read as follows:
Supplement No. 3 to Part 705--GENERAL APPROVED EXCLUSIONS (GAEs) FOR
ALUMINUM ARTICLES UNDER THE SECTION 232 EXCLUSIONS PROCESS
* * * * *
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Description of aluminum
that may be imported
(at 10-digit
Harmonized) Tariff Other limitations
Schedule of the United (e.g., country of Federal Register
GAE Identifier States (HTSUS) import or quantity citation
statistical reporting allowed)
number or more narrowly
defined at product
level)
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
GAE.1.A: 7609000000.................. 7609000000. ALUMINUM ....................... 85 FR 81083, 12/14/
TUBE OR PIPE FITTINGS 2020. 86 FR [INSERT FR
(COUPLINGS, ELBOWS, PAGE NUMBER] December
SLEEVES). 9, 2021.
[[Page 70014]]
GAE.3.A: 7607196000.................. 7607196000. ALUMINUM ....................... 85 FR 81083, 12/14/
FOIL OF THICKNESS </= 2020. 86 FR [INSERT FR
0.2MM, NOT BACKED, PAGE NUMBER] December
OTHER THAN ROLLED BUT 9, 2021.
NOT FURTHER WORKED,
OTHER THAN ETCHED
CAPACITOR FOIL, OTHER
THAN CUT TO SHAPE W/
THICKNESS </= 0.15 MM.
GAE.4.A: 7604210010.................. 7604210010. ALUMINUM ....................... 85 FR 81083, 12/14/
ALLOY HOLLOW PROFILES 2020. 86 FR [INSERT FR
OF HEAT-TREATABLE PAGE NUMBER] December
INDUSTRIAL ALLOYS OF A 9, 2021.
KIND DESCRIBED IN NOTE
6 TO THIS CHAPTER.
GAE.5.A: 7604291010.................. 7604291010. ALUMINUM ....................... 85 FR 81083, 12/14/
ALLOY PROFILES OTHER 2020. 86 FR [INSERT FR
THAN HOLLOW PROFILES PAGE NUMBER] December
OF HEAT-TREATABLE 9, 2021.
INDUSTRIAL ALLOYS OF A
KIND DESCRIBED IN NOTE
6 TO THIS CHAPTER.
GAE.6.A: 7607191000.................. 7607191000. ALUMINUM ....................... 85 FR 81083, 12/14/
FOIL OF THICKNESS </= 2020. 86 FR [INSERT FR
0.2MM, NOT BACKED PAGE NUMBER] December
OTHER THAN ROLLED BUT 9, 2021.
NOT FURTHER WORKED,
ETCHED CAPACITOR FOIL.
GAE.7.A: 7606116000.................. 7606116000. ALUMINUM ....................... 85 FR 81083, 12/14/
PLATES, SHEETS AND 2020. 86 FR [INSERT FR
STRIP, THICKNESS > PAGE NUMBER] December
0.2MM, RECTANGULAR 9, 2021.
(INCLUDING SQUARE),
NOT ALLOYED, CLAD.
GAE.8.A: 7605290000.................. 7605290000. ALUMINUM ....................... 85 FR 81083, 12/14/
WIRE ALLOY, MAXIMUM 2020. 86 FR [INSERT FR
CROSS-SECTIONAL PAGE NUMBER] December
DIMENSION </= 7MM. 9, 2021.
GAE.9.A: 7601209080.................. 7601209080. UNWROUGHT ....................... 85 FR 81083, 12/14/
ALUMINUM ALLOY, SHEET 2020. 86 FR [INSERT FR
INGOT (SLAB) OF A KIND PAGE NUMBER] December
DESCRIBED IN 9, 2021.
STATISTICAL NOTE 3 TO
THIS CHAPTER.
GAE.10.A: 7607116010................. 7607116010. ALUMINUM ....................... 85 FR 81083, 12/14/
FOIL OF THICKNESS 2020. 86 FR [INSERT FR
>0.01 MM AND </=0.15 PAGE NUMBER] December
MM, ROLLED, NOT 9, 2021.
BACKED, BOXED &
WEIGHING </=11.3 KG.
GAE.12.A: 7607201000................. 7607201000. ALUMINUM ....................... 85 FR 81083, 12/14/
FOIL OF THICKNESS </ 2020. 86 FR [INSERT FR
=0.2 MM, BACKED PAGE NUMBER] December
COVERED OR DECORATED 9, 2021.
WITH A CHARACTER,
DESIGN, FANCY EFFECT
OR PATTERN.
GAE.13.A: 7604295090................. 7604295090. ALUMINUM ....................... 85 FR 81083, 12/14/
ALLOY BARS AND RODS, 2020. 86 FR [INSERT FR
OTHER THAN ROUND CROSS PAGE NUMBER] December
SECTION, OTHER THAN 9, 2021.
HEAT-TREATABLE
INDUSTRIAL ALLOYS OF A
KIND DESCRIBED IN
NOTES 5 & 6 OF THIS
CHAPTER.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Note to Supplement No. 3: Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United
States (HTSUS) Classifications are identified by the U.S. International
Trade Commission (ITC) through its web version of the Harmonized Tariff
[[Page 70015]]
Schedule of the United States. The list of the HTSUS Classifications
referenced in this table of GAEs is drawn from the HTSUS and ITC Change
Records for HTSUS Classifications (compiled at <a href="https://hts.usitc.gov/">https://hts.usitc.gov/</a>)
and will be amended when the ITC publishes subsequent Change Records.
If there are any discrepancies between the list of HTSUS
Classifications in this table and the HTSUS Classifications identified
by the ITC in the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States and
the associated Change Records, the ITC's list of HTSUS Classifications
shall be controlling. Therefore, if an HTSUS Classification defining a
GAE is split or otherwise modified by the ITC in the HTSUS, GAEs are
extended to the newly-created HTSUS Classification(s), so long as the
new `child' HTSUS Classification(s) contain products falling entirely
within the scope of the old `parent' HTSUS classification. These types
of `inherited' GAEs are effective from the effective date of the change
to the HTSUS, even prior to a Commerce rule being published to add the
new HTSUS number to the GAE list under this supplement no. 3. During
the period after the effective date of the change to the HTSUS and
before the GAE is updated, ACE will reject entries claiming the
exclusion with the new HTSUS number and importers will have to make
entry without the exclusion. In order for importers to preserve their
rights, if any, to the exclusion with the new HTSUS number during this
period, importers are advised to seek extensions of liquidation of the
affected entries with CBP until Commerce is able to update and publish
a revised GAE list under this supplement no. 3.
Matthew S. Borman,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Export Administration.
[FR Doc. 2021-26634 Filed 12-8-21; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 3510-33-P
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