[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 19 (Friday, January 28, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 4704-4705]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-01732]


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OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES TRADE REPRESENTATIVE


Conforming Amendments to Product Exclusion Extensions: China's 
Acts, Policies, and Practices Related to Technology Transfer, 
Intellectual Property, and Innovation

AGENCY: Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: Effective January 27, 2022, the U.S. International Trade 
Commission (USITC) will implement certain changes to statistical 
reporting categories in the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United 
States (HTSUS). As a result of these changes, USTR is making three 
conforming amendments to product exclusion extensions in the above-
titled investigation under Section 301.

DATES: The conforming amendments in the Annex to this notice are 
effective January 27, 2022.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For general questions about this 
notice, contact Associate General Counsel Philip Butler or Assistant 
General Counsel Rachel Hasandras at (202) 395-5725. For specific 
questions on customs classification or implementation of the product 
exclusion identified in the Annex to this notice, contact 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

A. Background

    Effective January 27, 2022, the USITC, in accordance with 
Presidential Proclamation 10326 of December 23, 2021, will implement 
certain changes in ten digit statistical reporting categories of the 
HTSUS in accordance with its responsibility to update the HTSUS to 
conform to amendments adopted by the World Customs Organization. Three 
of the currently applicable product exclusions in the Section 301 
investigation of China's Acts, Policies, and Practices Related to 
Technology Transfer, Intellectual Property, and Innovation, as set out 
at 85 FR 85831 (December 29, 2020), 86 FR 13785 (March 10, 2021), and 
86 FR 63438 (November 16, 2021) are based on the amended statistical 
reporting categories.

B. Technical Amendments to Exclusion Extensions

    The Annex to this notice conforms three existing product exclusions 
with the January 27, 2022 changes to ten digit statistical reporting 
categories in the HTSUS. In particular, the Annex makes a technical 
amendment to U.S. notes 20(sss)(i)(1), 20(sss)(iii)(14), and 
20(iii)(15) to subchapter III of chapter 99 of the HTSUS, as set out in 
the Annexes to the notices published at 85 FR 85831 (December 29, 
2020), 86 FR 13785 (March 10, 2021), and 86 FR 63438 (November 16, 
2021).

Annex

    Effective with respect to goods entered for consumption, or 
withdrawn from warehouse for consumption, on or after 12:01 a.m. 
eastern daylight time on [January 27, 2022] and before 11:59 p.m. 
eastern daylight time on [May 31, 2022]:
    1. Note 20(sss)(i)(1) to subchapter III of chapter 99 of the 
Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS) is amended by 
deleting ``8421.39.8090'' and by inserting ``8421.39.8090 prior to 
January 27, 2022; described in statistical reporting number 
8421.39.0190 effective January 27, 2022'' in lieu thereof;
    2. Note 20(sss)(iii)(14) to subchapter III of chapter 99 of the 
HTSUS is amended by deleting ``3824.99.9297'' and by inserting 
``3824.99.9297 prior to January 27, 2022; described in statistical 
reporting number 3824.99.9397 effective January 27, 2022'' in lieu 
thereof; and
    3. Note 20(sss)(iii)(15) to subchapter III of chapter 99 of the 
HTSUS is amended by deleting ``3824.99.9297'' and by inserting 
``3824.99.9297 prior to January 27, 2022; described in statistical

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reporting number 3824.99.9397 effective January 27, 2022'' in lieu 
thereof.

Greta Peisch,
General Counsel, Office of the United States Trade Representative.
[FR Doc. 2022-01732 Filed 1-27-22; 8:45 am]
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