U.S. Customs and Border Protection has issued the draft agenda for the 74th session of the World Customs Organization’s Harmonized System Committee, which will be held in Brussels Sept. 16-27. The HSC’s responsibilities include issuing decisions on the interpretation of the Harmonized Commodity Description and Coding System, which can take the form of published tariff classification opinions or amendments to the Explanatory Notes. The committee also considers amendments to the legal text of the Harmonized System.
For more information on classification issues at the WCO or HSC, please contact attorney Deb Stern at (305) 894-1007 or via email.
The HSC is slated to consider a number of issues at its upcoming meeting, including a possible strategic review of the HS and changes to threshold values for the next review cycles. Also up for consideration is the classification of numerous goods, including the following.
- air coolers
- apparel of laminated textile materials
- asphalt materials transfer vehicles
- blood pressure monitors for home use
- caramel popcorn
- cell-cultured food products
- CPU cooling devices
- display cover glass
- edamame
- electric scooters
- festive articles
- grounded power strips
- mung beans
- plastic products combined with textiles
- powdered cooked chicken
- power strips and cable reels
- products used for personal light therapy
- reverse vending machines
- semi-trailers
- sesame snacks
- spray dispensers
- touchscreen connected fitness mirrors
- turboshaft engines
- unmanned aircraft
- vehicle safety seat belts
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