CBP Provides HTS Subheadings for Additional 25% Tariff on India
CBP has announced the Harmonized Tariff Schedule subheadings that will apply for goods imported from India that are subject to an additional 25% tariff beginning Aug. 27, according to an Aug. 25 cargo systems message and a Federal Register notice.
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These subheadings implement the tariff imposed to punish Indian imports of oil from Russia, under an Aug. 6 executive order (see 2508190047). This tariff is in addition to the 25% reciprocal tariff on India.
The duties set out in the Annex are effective on products of India entered for consumption, or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption, on or after 12:01 a.m. EDT on Aug. 27.
The HTS subheadings are:
9903.01.84: Except for products described in headings 9903.01.85-9903.01.89, articles the product of India that are entered for consumption, or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption, after 12:01 a.m. Eastern Daylight Time on Aug. 27.
9903.01.85: Articles the product of India that (1) were loaded onto a vessel at the port of loading and in transit on the final mode of transit prior to entry into the United States, before 12:01 a.m. EDT on Aug. 27; and (2) are entered for consumption, or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption, before 12:01 a.m. EDT on Sept. 17.
9903.01.86: Articles the product of India, classified in the subheadings enumerated in subdivision (v)(iii) of U.S. note 2 (i.e., Annex II of the original reciprocal tariff executive order).
9903.01.87: Articles of iron or steel, derivative articles of iron or steel, articles of aluminum, derivative articles of aluminum, passenger vehicles (sedans, sport utility vehicles, crossover utility vehicles, minivans, and cargo vans) and light trucks and parts of passenger vehicles (sedans, sport utility vehicles, crossover utility vehicles, minivans, and cargo vans) and light trucks, and semi-finished copper and intensive copper derivative products, of India.
9903.01.88: Articles the product of India that are donations, by persons subject to the jurisdiction of the United States, such as food, clothing, and medicine, intended to be used to relieve human suffering.
9903.01.89: Articles the product of India that are informational materials, including but not limited to, publications, films, posters, phonograph records, photographs, microfilms, microfiche, tapes, compact disks, CD ROMs, artworks, and news wire feeds.