[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 181 (Wednesday, September 18, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 49115-49116]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-20186]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
U.S. Customs and Border Protection
Requirement for Certificates of Export for Importations of Steel
Products of the Republic of Korea
AGENCY: U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Department of Homeland
Security.
ACTION: General notice.
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SUMMARY: This document provides notice that importations into the
United States of steel products of the Republic of Korea subject to
absolute quota limits must be presented with valid and properly
executed certificates of exportation.
DATES: Certificates of exportation for importations into the United
States of steel products of the Republic of Korea subject to absolute
quota limits are required for such products entered, or withdrawn from
warehouse, for consumption on or after October 18, 2019.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Julia Peterson, Quota and Agriculture
Branch, Trade Policy and Programs, (202) 384-8905, [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
Absolute quotas are established by Presidential proclamations,
Executive orders, and legislative enactments. See section 132.2(a) of
title 19 of the Code of Federal Regulations (19 CFR 132.2(a)). On April
30, 2018, President Donald J. Trump signed Proclamation 9740 (83 FR
20683) imposing, among other things, absolute quota limits on certain
steel products of the Republic of Korea, pursuant to U.S. Note 16(e),
subchapter III, Chapter 99, Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United
States (HTSUS), and subheadings 9903.80.05 through 9903.80.58, HTSUS.
Subsequently, on September 4, 2019, President Trump signed Proclamation
9777 (83 FR 45025), wherein clause 7 provides that where a government
of a country identified in the superior text to subheadings 9903.80.05
through 9903.80.58, HTSUS, notifies the United States that it has
established a mechanism for the certification of exports to the
products covered by the quantitative limitations applicable to those
subheadings, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) may require that
importers of these products furnish relevant certification of export
information in order to qualify for the treatment set forth in those
subheadings. If CBP adopts such a requirement, clause 7 to Proclamation
9777 requires that CBP shall publish in the Federal Register notice of
the requirement and procedures for the submission of relevant
certification of export information. Moreover, clause 7 to Proclamation
9777 mandates that no article that is subject to the export
certification requirement announced in such a notice may be entered for
consumption, or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption, on or after
the effective date specified in such a notice, except upon presentation
of a valid and properly executed certification of export.
The Republic of Korea is a government of a country identified in
the superior text to subheadings 9903.80.05 through 9903.80.58, HTSUS.
Furthermore, the Republic of Korea has notified the United States that
it has established a mechanism for the certification of exports to the
products covered by the quantitative limitations applicable to these
subheadings, specifically in the form of official certificates of
exportation issued by the Korea Iron and Steel Association, as
authorized by the Republic of Korea. This document provides notice that
CBP will require valid and properly executed certificates of
exportation for importations into the United States of steel products
of the Republic of Korea covered by the quantitative limitations
applicable to subheadings 9903.80.05 through 9903.80.58, HTSUS, that
are entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or after
October 18, 2019. The subject importations will not be released unless
the entry summaries are accompanied by valid and properly executed
certificates of exportation, as described in this notice.
Importers are advised that only exporters may obtain valid and
properly executed certificates of exportation, which exporters may
apply for online via the website for the Korea Iron and Steel
Association (http://sq.kosa.or.kr/). Importers should obtain these
certificates of exportation from exporters and submit them to CBP with
the entry summaries filed for their importations. For entries filed
through ACE, additional guidance on the submission of the certificates
of export is available in a draft portion of the CBP and Trade
Automated Interface Requirements (CATAIR) for entry summary filings
(specifically, within the draft chapter designated as the AE CATAIR),
regarding the record entitled Importer's Additional Declaration Detail
(https://www.cbp.gov/trade/ace/catair).
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Dated: September 11, 2019.
Brenda B. Smith,
Executive Assistant Commissioner, Office of Trade.
[FR Doc. 2019-20186 Filed 9-17-19; 8:45 am]
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