Notice2026-08297
Notice of Technical Corrections to the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States for Duties Imposed by Presidential Proclamation 11021
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Published
April 29, 2026
Effective
April 6, 2026
Issuing agencies
Commerce DepartmentIndustry and Security Bureau
Abstract
The President issued Proclamation 11021 "Strengthening Actions Taken to Adjust Imports of Aluminum, Steel, and Copper Into the United States," (Presidential Proclamation) on April 2, 2026, to adjust imports of metal products to address more effectively threats to the national security. In the Presidential Proclamation, the President authorized the Secretary of Commerce (the Secretary) to publish modifications to the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS) to effectuate or implement the Presidential Proclamation. The Secretary also is authorized to make any technical corrections to any Annex of the Presidential Proclamation. This notice issues two technical corrections to Annex IV of the Proclamation and a clarification.
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[Federal Register Volume 91, Number 82 (Wednesday, April 29, 2026)]
[Notices]
[Pages 23056-23057]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2026-08297]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Bureau of Industry and Security
[Docket No. 260424-0111]
XRIN 0694-XC158
Notice of Technical Corrections to the Harmonized Tariff Schedule
of the United States for Duties Imposed by Presidential Proclamation
11021
AGENCY: Bureau of Industry and Security, Office of Strategic Industries
and Economic Security, U.S. Department of Commerce.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The President issued Proclamation 11021 ``Strengthening
Actions Taken to Adjust Imports of Aluminum, Steel, and Copper Into the
United States,'' (Presidential Proclamation) on April 2, 2026, to
adjust imports of metal products to address more effectively threats to
the national security. In the Presidential Proclamation, the President
authorized the Secretary of Commerce (the Secretary) to publish
modifications to the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States
(HTSUS) to effectuate or implement the Presidential Proclamation. The
Secretary also is authorized to make any technical corrections to any
Annex of the Presidential Proclamation. This notice issues two
technical corrections to Annex IV of the Proclamation and a
clarification.
DATES: These technical corrections and clarification are effective with
respect to certain products that are entered for consumption, or
withdrawn from warehouse for consumption, on or after 12:01 a.m.
Eastern Time on April 6, 2026.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On April 2, 2026, the President issued the Presidential
Proclamation ``Strengthening Actions Taken to Adjust Imports of
Aluminum, Steel, and Copper into the United States'' (Proclamation
11021 of April 2, 2026) (91 FR 18201).
The Presidential Proclamation instructed the Secretary and the U.S.
Trade Representative, in consultation with the Chair of the U.S.
International Trade Commission, the Commissioner of U.S. Customs and
Border Protection (CBP), and the heads of other relevant executive
departments and agencies, to determine whether any modifications to the
HTSUS are necessary to effectuate or implement this proclamation or any
actions taken pursuant to the Proclamation. The Presidential
Proclamation also authorized the Secretary and the Trade Representative
to make any technical corrections to any Annex to that Proclamation.
This notice provides for two technical corrections to Annex IV of
the Presidential Proclamation and issues a clarification. Both
corrections are contained in Annex I to this notice, which amends Annex
IV of the Presidential Proclamation. The first correction is to include
a new subheading in Chapter 99 of the HTSUS. The Presidential
Proclamation imposes duties only on imported goods that are aluminum,
steel, or copper articles or their derivatives. Filers should use this
new subheading for goods that are imported under an HTSUS heading,
subheading, or statistical reporting number listed in subparts (c)(i)-
(x) of U.S. Note 16 in subchapter III of Chapter 99 of the HTSUS (Note
16) that do not contain any aluminum, steel, or copper because it is
not an aluminum, steel or copper article or one of their derivatives,
and therefore, the duties imposed do not apply.
The second technical correction is to correct an inconsistency in
part (e) of Note 16. This part was intended to capture subdivisions
(c)(ii), (iv), and (vi)-(viii) of Note 16. The first paragraph of part
(e) and the article description in part 2 already include subdivisions
(c)(ii), (iv), and (vi)-(viii) with respect to Heading 9903.82.06. This
technical correction is made by striking the second paragraph of
subpart (e) to Note 16.
In June of last year, the President finalized the EPD, and in
Proclamation 10947 of June 3, 2025 (Adjusting Imports of Aluminum and
Steel Into the United States), the President provided for a lower 25
percent tariff rate on U.K.-origin steel as part of the EPD. Since last
June, U.K.-origin steel made by Tata Steel UK that contained steel for
which the reported country of melt and pour was the Netherlands has
qualified for the lower section 232 steel tariff rate on U.K.-origin
steel. This notice clarifies that U.K.-origin steel articles made by
Tata Steel UK for which the reported country of melt and pour is the
Netherlands can continue to be imported under the lower section 232
steel tariff rate for U.K.-origin steel and may be declared under
Heading 9903.82.04 until January 1, 2028. Additionally, U.K.-origin
steel articles made by Tata Steel UK for which the reported country of
melt and pour is the Netherlands may also count toward the 95 percent
of steel melted and poured under note 16(d) of the HTSUS (with respect
to products under Headings
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9903.82.04 and 9903.82.05) until January 1, 2028.
Annex 1
A. Effective with respect to goods entered for consumption, or
withdrawn from warehouse for consumption, on or after 12:01 a.m.
eastern time on April 6, 2026, subchapter III of chapter 99 of the
Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS) is modified as
follows:
1. U.S. note 16 is modified:
a. by deleting ``headings 9903.85.67'' in subdivision (a) and
inserting ``headings 9903.82.01, 9903.85.67,'' in lieu thereof and
b. by deleting ``Heading 9903.82.06 applies to articles
classifiable in the provisions provided for in subdivisions (c)(ii),
(iv), (vi) and (vii) of this note.'' in subdivision (e).
2. The following new heading is inserted in numerical sequence,
with the material in each new heading inserted in the columns of the
HTSUS labeled ``Heading/Subheading'', ``Article Description'', ``Rates
of Duty 1--General'', ``Rates of Duty 1--Special'' and ``Rates of Duty
2'', respectively:
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Rates of duty
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Heading/ subheading Article description 1
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General Special
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``9903.82.01............ Articles provided No change........... No change.......... No change''.
for in subdivision
(c) of U.S. note 16
to this subchapter
that do not contain
any aluminum,
steel, or copper. .
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Jessica Curyto,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Technology Security.
[FR Doc. 2026-08297 Filed 4-27-26; 11:15 am]
BILLING CODE 3510-33-P
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