[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 198 (Friday, October 14, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Page 62486]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-22355]


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OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES TRADE REPRESENTATIVE


Notice of Technical Amendments to Two Exclusions: 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: This notice announces the U.S. Trade Representative's 
determination to make two technical amendments to certain previously 
reinstated exclusions associated with the section 301 investigation of 
China Acts, Policies, and Practices Related to Technology Transfer, 
Intellectual Property, and Innovation.

DATES: The technical amendments announced in the Annex to this notice 
apply as of October 12, 2021, and extend through December 31, 2022.

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

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Annex to this notice makes technical 
amendments to U.S. note subdivisions 20(ttt)(iii)(50) and 
(ttt)(iii)(51) to subchapter III of chapter 99 of the Harmonized Tariff 
Schedule of the United States (HTSUS), as set out in the Annex of the 
notice published at 87 FR 17380 (March 28, 2022), to correct the 
descriptions of the articles covered by the exclusions.
    Like all exclusions under this Section 301 investigation, these 
technical amendments apply to entries of goods that are not liquidated 
or to entries that are liquidated, but not final.

Annex

    1. Effective with respect to goods entered for consumption, or 
withdrawn from warehouse for consumption, on or after 12:01 a.m. 
eastern standard time on October 12, 2021, and through December 31, 
2022, note 20(ttt)(iii)(50) to subchapter III of chapter 99 of the 
HTSUS is modified by deleting ``each measuring not more than 98 cm 
by 52 cm by 17 cm,''.
    2. Effective with respect to goods entered for consumption, or 
withdrawn from warehouse for consumption, on or after 12:01 a.m. 
eastern standard time on October 12, 2021, and through December 31, 
2022, note 20(ttt)(iii)(51) to subchapter III of chapter 99 of the 
HTSUS is modified by deleting ``each measuring not more than 81 cm 
by 39 cm by 11 cm,''.

Greta Peisch,
General Counsel, Office of the United States Trade Representative.
[FR Doc. 2022-22355 Filed 10-13-22; 8:45 am]
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