About The Webinar
Hundreds of new HTSUS amendments are proposed to go into effect Jan. 1, 2028 (or thereabouts) due to World Customs Organization updates to the international Harmonized System that occur every 5 years (or thereabouts). The USITC published the proposed amendments on April 17 and seeks comment on these proposed updates by May 18, 2026. The amendments impact goods such as ambulances, personal protective equipment, medical ventilators, diagnostic devices, vaccines, dietary supplements, plastic waste, plastic products, and goods controlled under international conventions. Some changes will result in reclassifying goods to entirely new provision, while others may only have numerical changes.
It is important that importers review the proposed changes to ensure the duty impact is minimal, as required of this process. This 90-minute webinar will review how these changes will impact current classifications and rulings, help importers ensure they are exercising reasonable care, and identify any opportunities for new cost savings.
Speaker
DEBORAH B. STERN is a Partner, Advisory Committee with Sandler, Travis & Rosenberg, P.A., resident in the Miami office. Ms. Stern advises domestic and multinational clients on both U.S. and foreign customs compliance and other trade matters. She concentrates her practice in traditional customs areas, such as tariff classification, seizures and penalties, country of origin marking, valuation, trademark infringement, broker compliance, government procurement, trade preference programs and free trade agreements, as well as the World Customs Organization’s Harmonized System. With special emphasis in the high-tech sector, she has substantial experience in almost every product area of the tariff schedule.
Key Topics
- New tariff provisions
- Tackling product line reviews
- Using the correlation tables to help reclassify goods
- What to do if your product classification changed to a different duty rate
- How to assess the effect of the amendments on CBP rulings
