[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 151 (Tuesday, August 6, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Page 64038]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-17360]


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OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES TRADE REPRESENTATIVE


Notice of Conforming Amendments to Reinstated 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: Effective July 1, 2024, the U.S. International Trade 
Commission (USITC) implemented 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 conforming 
amendments to two extended exclusions associated with the Section 301 
investigation of China Acts, Policies and Practices Related to 
Technology Transfer, Intellectual Property, and Innovation.

DATES: The conforming amendments announced in the Annex to this notice 
are applicable as of July 1, 2024. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) 
will issue instructions on entry guidance and implementation.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For general questions about this 
notice, contact Senior 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 exclusions identified in the Annex to this notice, contact 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

A. Background

    Effective July 1, 2024, the USITC implemented certain changes to 
ten-digit statistical reporting categories of the HTSUS in accordance 
with its responsibility under section 484(f) of the Tariff Act of 1930, 
19 U.S.C. 1484(f). Two of the extended 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 89 FR 46948 (May 30, 2024), are affected by the amended statistical 
reporting categories.

B. Conforming Amendments to Reinstated Exclusion Extensions

    To maintain the pre-existing product coverage of the China 301 
actions, two conforming amendments to the corresponding note provision 
in the HTSUS are required. In particular, the Annex to this notice 
makes conforming amendments to U.S. notes 20(vvv)(iv)(10) and 
20(vvv)(iv)(11) to subchapter III of chapter 99 of the HTSUS, as set 
out in the Annex at 89 FR 46948 (May 30, 2024).

Annex

    Effective with respect to goods entered for consumption, or 
withdrawn from the warehouse for consumption, on or after 12:01 a.m. 
eastern standard time on July 1, 2024, note 20(vvv)(iv)(10) to 
subchapter III of chapter 99 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the 
United States (HTSUS) is modified by inserting ``described in 
statistical reporting number 3926.90.9989 effective July 1, 2024'' 
after ``July 1, 2020''; and note 20(vvv)(iv)(11) to subchapter III of 
chapter 99 of the HTSUS is modified by inserting ``described in 
statistical reporting number 3926.90.9989 effective July 1, 2024'' 
after ``July 1, 2020''.

Juan Millan,
Acting General Counsel, Office of the United States Trade 
Representative.
[FR Doc. 2024-17360 Filed 8-5-24; 8:45 am]
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