232 & 301

  • SECTION 301 HTS CODES

    Hello ICPA, See the link below courtesy of an ICPA member who had the listing of affected HTS codes translated from .pdf to excel. http://www.icpainc.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/Section-301-Proposed-HTS-and-Descriptions-8-Digit.xlsx

  • Section 232 tariffs on steel and aluminum

    QUESTION: From Mar 23 – Apr 30, a number of countries are excepted from the section 232 duties on aluminum and steel, but beginning May 1, it looks like all these exceptions go away.  Is this correct?  Are we missing something?  Seems strange to have such a short window of time for these country exceptions. […]

  • SEC 232 OTHER COUNTRY EXCLUSIONS

    QUESTION: Has anyone heard anything further regarding Australia or other countries besides Mexico and Canada being excluded from the new tariffs? Unless I missed the announcement that tweets are now the official source of the land, I have not seen anything in this regard from DOC or posted in the Federal Register. ========== Answers: In […]

  • Section 232

    QUESTION: If the President uses Section 232 to impose steel and aluminum tariffs, when will it go into effect? Does it have to be put into the Federal Register and we have 90 days from then? Or can he make it effective immediately using 232? ========== Answers: The president can act sooner than the 90 […]