Background

U.S. Customs and Border Protection has issued the draft agenda for the 75th session of the World Customs Organization’s Harmonized System Committee, which will be held in Brussels March 10-21. 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 the classification of goods such as the following.

- air coolers

- asphalt material transfer vehicles

- blood pressure monitors for home use

- bracelets

- cell-cultured food products

- CPU cooling devices

- e-cigarette pods

- festive decorations

- hard capsule filling machines

- immature soya beans

- iron bird cages

- lead concentrate

- meat and cheese substitutes

- powdered cooked chicken

- power strips and cable reels

- propeller-type wind turbine blade blanks

- PVC décor film

- roasted shell mung beans

- scooters

- self-propelled concrete mixers

- six-outlet grounded power strips

- smart products

- snacks with chickpeas, peas, and beans

- unedged boards

- vehicle safety seat belts

- wire mesh

- wireless earphones

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