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CBP announced on February 24, 2018 that the last big step in automating the import and export process within the Automated Commercial Environment (ACE) has been completed. "This is a monumental milestone for CBP—over 15 years in the making—an electronic system that streamlines and automates all phases of cargo processing, including pre-arrival, arrival, post release, exports, and partner government agency (PGA) integration into what we call a 'single window,'" stated an article by U.S. Customs and Border Protection.
ACE is and has been one of the most intricate and elaborate IT projects ever managed by the federal government. "CBP personnel developed over 5.3 million lines of code, automated 269 forms, input the regulations of more than 47 PGAs and added hundreds of thousands of users," stated CBP. Getting ACE implemented was not an easy feat for the customs brokers, but they pushed through and are proud of their accomplishment.
The President has signed an executive order on September 5. This order provides an updated version of Annex II to Executive Order 14257.
New additions to Annex II are in 9 Chapters of the HTSUS. The chapters are 25, 26, 28, 29, 47, 71, 72, 75, and 85. The full list can be reviewed by clicking on the excecutive order link below.
Also, there were some items that were removed from Annex II and will now be subject to reciprocal tariffs. These HTS include 2818.30.00, 3824.99.93, 3907.29.00, 3907.30.00, 3907.61.00, 3907.69.00, 3907.99.50, and 3910.00.00. These will all now be subject to reciprocal tariffs.
These changes took effect at 12:01 a.m. Eastern on September 8.
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The President has signed an executive order on September 4. This order sets the parameters for the United States-Japan agreement.
In general, items will be subject to a baseline 15% duty rate on most items which are of Japanese origin. The order also states that “The tariffs set forth in subsection (a) of this section shall apply retroactively to products of Japan entered for consumption or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption on or after 12:01 a.m. ET on August 7, 2025.”
CBP has advised that Post Summary Corrections or Protests should not be filed until CBP has provided additional guidance through a CSMS message on how to process any corrections.
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The US Department of Commerce has posted for public inspection a Federal Register Notice that will be published in the Federal Register on August 19, 2025. This notice states that “BIS (Bureau of Industry and Security) is adding 407 Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States codes to the list of products that will be considered as steel or aluminum derivative products.
Per the FRN, “The non-steel and non-aluminum content will remain subject to the reciprocal and other applicable tariffs.” It goes on to note “The complete list of HTSUS codes added to the Section 232 tariffs by today’s action is listed in the annexes to this notice.”
Finally, the notice indicates that “The duties set out in the annex for these additional steel and aluminum derivatives are effective for…products that are entered for consumption, or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption, on or after 12:01 a.m. Eastern Time on August 18, 2025.
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