The amount of extra work for me to arrange exports to the US due to steel tariffs ffs.
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As you have probably heard, Trump has implemented a 25% tariff on all steel and aluminum. Therefore, from this point forward, we need the invoice to show the material(s) that are used to make the commodities listed on each line so that we can classify the line items correctly with the new HTS codes that will apply.
Please see below for more information. The information required needs to be for each line item.
Steel and Aluminum in Products Classified Elsewhere
Upon reviewing the updated guidance on this, moving forward we will need to report the portion and value of the steel/aluminum portion of any item, even if it is 80% plastic. We will need to report a second HTS line for the steel portion/value and net weight of the steel portion. This means the importer must obtain from the shipper an invoice that provides the value of the item(s), and also provides value/weight of the steel/aluminum portion. Furthermore, we have to report the country of melt and pour (steel) or smelt and cast (aluminum) of the metal. So it would be good to have the vendors add a statement to the invoice that states something along those lines "steel melted poured in China". If the statement is not included we will assume it is the same as the country of manufacture when keying the entry.
Reporting Instructions for Duties Based on Steel Content
For new steel derivatives outside of Chapter 73, the 25 percent duty is to be reported with HTS 9903.81.91 based upon the value of the steel content.
If the value of the steel content is the same as the entered value or is unknown, the duty must be reported under HTS 9903.81.91 based on the entire entered value, and report on only one entry summary line.
In the case where the value of the steel content is less than the entered value of the imported article, the good must be reported on two lines. The first line will represent the non-steel content while the second line will represent the steel content. Each line should be reported in accordance with the below instructions.
Non-Steel content, first line:
• Ch 1-97 HTS, this same HTS must be reported on both lines.
• Country of origin, same must be reported on both lines.
• Total entered value of the article less the value of steel content.
• Report the total quantity of the imported goods.
• Report all other applicable duties, such as IEEPA tariffs and antidumping and countervailing duties.
Steel content, second line:
• Same Ch. 1-97 HTS reported on the first line.
• Same country of origin reported on the first line.
• Report 0 for quantity for the Ch. 1- 97 HTS.
• Report the value of steel content.
• Report the Section 232 duties based on the value of steel content with HTS 9903.81.91.
• Report a second quantity (of the steel content) in kilograms with the HTS 9903.81.91.
• Report all other applicable duties, such as IEEPA tariffs and antidumping and countervailing duties.
Melt and Pour Reporting Requirements
The reporting of the country of melt and pour and applicability code is mandatory for both steel and steel derivatives. To report the country of melt and pour, importers must report the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) code on steel articles and derivative steel articles subject to Section 232. For steel articles, importer must report the ISO code where the steel was originally melted and poured.
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