[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quota limits are required for such products entered, or withdrawn from 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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