Notice2025-00157
Request for Public Input on Presentation of Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States
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Published
January 8, 2025
Issuing agencies
International Trade Commission
Abstract
The United States International Trade Commission invites public input on specific ways in which it could improve its presentation of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTS).
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 5 (Wednesday, January 8, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Page 1545]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-00157]
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INTERNATIONAL TRADE COMMISSION
[MISC-050]
Request for Public Input on Presentation of Harmonized Tariff
Schedule of the United States
AGENCY: United States International Trade Commission.
ACTION: Request for comments.
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SUMMARY: The United States International Trade Commission invites
public input on specific ways in which it could improve its
presentation of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States
(HTS).
DATES: To be assured of consideration, comments must be submitted by
5:15 p.m. on or before February 7, 2025.
ADDRESSES: All Commission offices are in the United States
International Trade Commission Building, 500 E Street SW, Washington,
DC. You may submit comments identified by docket number MISC-050, via
the Commission's Electronic Document Information System (EDIS, <a href="https://edis.usitc.gov">https://edis.usitc.gov</a>). All submissions should be addressed to the Secretary
and must conform to the provisions of section 201.8 of the Commission's
Rules of Practice and Procedure (19 CFR 201.8). Section 201.8 and the
Commission's Handbook on Filing Procedures (<a href="https://www.usitc.gov/documents/handbook_on_filing_procedures.pdf">https://www.usitc.gov/documents/handbook_on_filing_procedures.pdf</a>) require that interested
parties file documents electronically on or before the filing deadline.
Persons with questions regarding filing should contact the Secretary at
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#e9acada0badaa18c8599a99c9a809d8ac78e869f"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="8ecbcac7ddbdc6ebe2fecefbfde7faeda0e9e1f8">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The U.S. International Trade Commission
(Commission or USITC) is an independent and nonpartisan federal agency
with specific responsibilities in adjudicating and enforcing certain
U.S. trade laws, providing relevant and timely analyses to the
President and Congress on trade issues, and maintaining the Harmonized
Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTS).
Subtitle B of Title I of the Omnibus Trade and Competitiveness Act
of 1988 (1988 Act) (19 U.S.C. 3001 et seq.) requires the Commission to
compile and publish the HTS, at appropriate intervals, and also
requires the Commission to keep the HTS under continuous review.
Section 1207(b) of the 1988 Act specifies the types of information that
the Commission must include in the HTS that it compiles and publishes.
It provides that the publications described in section 1207(a) shall
contain, in whatever format--
(1) the then current Harmonized Tariff Schedule;
(2) statistical annotations and related statistical information
formulated under [19 U.S.C 1484(f)]; and
(3) such other matters as the Commission considers to be necessary
or appropriate to carry out the purposes enumerated in the Preamble to
the Convention.
In 2015, the Commission deployed a document-oriented database
application to fulfill its statutory mission of maintaining the HTS.
This application is accessible to the public at <a href="https://hts.usitc.gov">https://hts.usitc.gov</a>.
The goal was to ensure accuracy and reliability through internal
controls and process consistency.
Pursuant to its strategic objective to manage and leverage data as
an asset, the Commission is currently considering ways to improve or
replace the existing application and the manner in which the Commission
provides HTS and related tariff information. To this end, the
Commission is seeking input from the public on user experience of the
HTS and related tariff information. Namely, we are looking for comments
on the following topics:
--Your ability to navigate between parts of the HTS to find the
information you need.
--Your ability to use HTS information for your needs.
--Your ability to compare changes in the HTS.
--Your ability to find and access HTS information.
Written submissions: To be assured of consideration by the
Commission, written submissions related to the Commission's request for
public input should be submitted at the earliest practical date and
should be received not later than 5:15 p.m., February 7, 2025. All
written submissions must conform to the provisions of section 201.8 of
the Commission's Rules of Practice and Procedure (19 CFR 201.8), as
temporarily amended by 85 FR 15798 (March 19, 2020). Under that rule
waiver, the Office of the Secretary will accept only electronic filings
at this time. Filings must be made through the Commission's Electronic
Document Information System (EDIS, <a href="https://edis.usitc.gov">https://edis.usitc.gov</a>). No in-
person, paper-based filings or paper copies of any electronic filings
will be accepted until further notice. Persons with questions regarding
electronic filing should contact the Office of the Secretary, Docket
Services Division (202-205-1802), or consult the Commission's Handbook
on Filing Procedures.
Confidential business information: Do not submit confidential
business information (CBI) or otherwise sensitive or protected
information.
By order of the Commission.
Issued: January 2, 2025.
Lisa Barton,
Secretary to the Commission.
[FR Doc. 2025-00157 Filed 1-7-25; 8:45 am]
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