US Issues Country Wise Tariff Rate Quotas for Steel Imports fromEU
Strategic Research Institute
Published on :
31 Dec, 2021, 5:08 am
US Customs and Border Protection has issued several guidance documents on 29 December 2021, through its Cargo Systems Messaging Service concerning recent Presidential Proclamations that established the tariff rate quota process for imports of aluminum and steel articles from the member countries of the European Union. Effective 1 January 2022, imports of steel articles from member countries of the EU are covered under a TRQ under HTSUS subheadings 9903.80.65 through 9903.81.19. Section 232 steel products from the EU that are in-quota will enter free of any Section 232 duty. TRQ entries will be processed on a first-come, first-served basis until the country limit for that TRQ ID HTSUS group is reached. All steel article imports from the EU in excess of the TRQ quantities will remain subject to the 25% ad valorem duty rate imposed by HTSUS subheading 9903.80.01, provided they are not subject to exclusion.
The steel TRQ will be administered quarterly, with each quarter assigned 25% of the annual TRQ amount. Third quarter and fourth quarter TRQ limits will be evaluated to include carry forward amounts up to 6% of the annual country limit for each steel HTSUS group. Unused first quarter steel quantity, up to 6% of the annual country limit for each HTSUS group, will be combined into the third quarter limit for that HTSUS group. Unused second quarter steel quantity, up to 6% of the annual country limit for each HTSUS group, will be combined into the fourth quarter limit for that HTSUS group.
Quarter 1: January 1, 2022 through March 31, 2022
Quarter 2: April 1, 2022 through June 30, 2022
Steel imports from the EU must be melted and poured in a member country of the EU in order to be eligible for the TRQ.
The EU member countries covered by these guidelines are Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain and Sweden.
Current GAE Steel HTS List:
7208.38.00.15; 7209.27.00.00; 7209.90.00.00; 7210.70.60.30; 7211.14.00.90; 7211.23.45.00; 7211.29.60.80; 7212.60.00.00; 7213.20.00.80; 7213.91.30.20; 7215.50.00.90; 7216.10.00.10; 7216.33.00.90; 7217.10.40.45; 7217.10.40.90; 7217.10.60.00; 7217.10.80.25; 7217.10.80.60; 7217.20.15.00; 7217.20.45.50; 7217.90.50.30; 7217.90.50.60; 7217.90.50.90; 7218.91.00.30; 7219.11.00.30; 7219.11.00.60; 7219.12.00.21; 7219.12.00.26; 7219.12.00.51; 7219.12.00.71; 7219.12.00.81; 7219.13.00.81; 7219.22.00.05; 7219.22.00.35; 7219.31.00.10; 7219.90.00.60; 7220.12.10.00; 7220.12.50.00; 7220.20.60.60; 7220.20.60.80; 7220.20.70.60; 7220.20.80.00; 7222.40.30.45; 7222.40.30.85; 7222.40.60.00; 7223.00.50.00; 7224.10.00.05; 7225.50.60.00; 7226.92.30.30; 7226.92.30.60; 7226.92.80.05; 7226.99.01.10; 7227.20.00.30; 7227.90.60.20; 7229.90.50.16; 7229.90.50.31; 7302.10.10.45; 7302.10.50.20; 7304.24.30.10; 7304.24.30.20; 7304.24.30.40; 7304.24.40.40; 7304.24.40.60; 7304.24.60.30; 7304.39.00.02; 7304.39.00.16; 7304.41.30.05; 7304.59.20.30; 7304.59.20.80; 7304.59.80.10; 7304.59.80.45; 7304.59.80.60; 7304.90.10.00; 7304.90.50.00; 7305.31.60.90; 7305.39.10.00; 7306.21.30.00; 7306.40.10.90; 7306.61.70.60; 7306.69.50.00; 7306.69.70.60; 7306.90.10.00