Notice2024-17360
Notice of Conforming Amendments to Reinstated Exclusions: China's Acts, Policies and Practices Related to Technology Transfer, Intellectual Property, and Innovation
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Published
August 6, 2024
Issuing agencies
Trade Representative, Office of United States
Abstract
Effective July 1, 2024, the U.S. International Trade Commission (USITC) implemented certain changes to statistical reporting categories in the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS). As a result of these changes, USTR is making conforming amendments to two extended exclusions associated with the Section 301 investigation of China Acts, Policies and Practices Related to Technology Transfer, Intellectual Property, and Innovation.
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 151 (Tuesday, August 6, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Page 64038]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-17360]
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OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES TRADE REPRESENTATIVE
Notice of Conforming Amendments to Reinstated Exclusions: China's
Acts, Policies and Practices Related to Technology Transfer,
Intellectual Property, and Innovation
AGENCY: Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: Effective July 1, 2024, the U.S. International Trade
Commission (USITC) implemented certain changes to statistical reporting
categories in the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States
(HTSUS). As a result of these changes, USTR is making conforming
amendments to two extended exclusions associated with the Section 301
investigation of China Acts, Policies and Practices Related to
Technology Transfer, Intellectual Property, and Innovation.
DATES: The conforming amendments announced in the Annex to this notice
are applicable as of July 1, 2024. Customs and Border Protection (CBP)
will issue instructions on entry guidance and implementation.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For general questions about this
notice, contact Senior Associate General Counsel Philip Butler or
Assistant General Counsel Rachel Hasandras at (202) 395-5725. For
specific questions on customs classification or implementation of the
product exclusions identified in the Annex to this notice, contact
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#087c7a696c6d7a6d656d6c71486b6a78266c607b266f677e"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="b0c4c2d1d4d5c2d5ddd5d4c9f0d3d2c09ed4d8c39ed7dfc6">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
A. Background
Effective July 1, 2024, the USITC implemented certain changes to
ten-digit statistical reporting categories of the HTSUS in accordance
with its responsibility under section 484(f) of the Tariff Act of 1930,
19 U.S.C. 1484(f). Two of the extended exclusions in the Section 301
investigation of China's Acts, Policies and Practices Related to
Technology Transfer, Intellectual Property, and Innovation, as set out
at 89 FR 46948 (May 30, 2024), are affected by the amended statistical
reporting categories.
B. Conforming Amendments to Reinstated Exclusion Extensions
To maintain the pre-existing product coverage of the China 301
actions, two conforming amendments to the corresponding note provision
in the HTSUS are required. In particular, the Annex to this notice
makes conforming amendments to U.S. notes 20(vvv)(iv)(10) and
20(vvv)(iv)(11) to subchapter III of chapter 99 of the HTSUS, as set
out in the Annex at 89 FR 46948 (May 30, 2024).
Annex
Effective with respect to goods entered for consumption, or
withdrawn from the warehouse for consumption, on or after 12:01 a.m.
eastern standard time on July 1, 2024, note 20(vvv)(iv)(10) to
subchapter III of chapter 99 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the
United States (HTSUS) is modified by inserting ``described in
statistical reporting number 3926.90.9989 effective July 1, 2024''
after ``July 1, 2020''; and note 20(vvv)(iv)(11) to subchapter III of
chapter 99 of the HTSUS is modified by inserting ``described in
statistical reporting number 3926.90.9989 effective July 1, 2024''
after ``July 1, 2020''.
Juan Millan,
Acting General Counsel, Office of the United States Trade
Representative.
[FR Doc. 2024-17360 Filed 8-5-24; 8:45 am]
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