Some replacement parts to increase in price Options

[mepstein]

Got an email from restoration design -

To all our valued customers,

President Trump has signed an executive order imposing a duty of 25% on all parts produced outside of North America. This will include all parts produced in Europe, China and Taiwan. This order does not affect Canadian parts at this time.

If you anticipate needing parts, call us or look at our website to determine which parts this executive order will affect. To avoid the 25% duty rate, parts will need to cross into the USA prior to March 23rd, 2018, when the executive order will take effect.

[peteyd]

I don't have time to sit here and debate with anyone that thinks they know what they are talking about in reference to these lovely tariffs that the US government are imposing.

Here are some answers to the questions we had. Also please read through the proclamations.

Can RDI ship finished products manufactured from Canada & Mexico Duty free as in the past? - yes

Is Aluminum from outside North America 10% Duty ?– yes, if it is classified as the tariff numbers below.
Is Steel from outside North America 25% Duty - yes, if it is classified as the tariff numbers below.

Can US parts still be shipped like before with no issues? - yes, but the Declaration of Foreign Shipper is still required at the time of entry for 9801.00.10 as usual.

Although we use the 8708.29 code, could this be tested for foreign parts being punched, steel, etc. like the codes below? – I would expect US Customs to start verifying the tariff number used on goods made of these metals through CF28 forms.

The links to the proclamations can be found here:

Steel: https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-act...-united-states/

Aluminum: https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-act...-united-states/

The tariff numbers impacted are here:
The proclamation has defined “steel articles” subject to the additional duties in the Harmonized Tariff Schedule as:

• 7206.10 through 7216.50
• 7216.99 through 7301.10
• 7302.10
• 7302.40 through 7302.90
• 7304.10 through 7306.90

The proclamation has defined “aluminum articles” subject to the additional duties in the Harmonized Tariff Schedule as:

• HTS 7601 - Unwrought aluminum
• HTS 7604 - Aluminum bars, rods, and profiles
• HTS 7605 - Aluminum wire
• HTS 7606 and 7607 - Aluminum plate, sheet, strip, and foil (flat rolled products)
• HTS 7608 and 7609 - Aluminum tubes and pipes and tube and pipe fitting
• HTS 7616.99.5160 - Aluminum castings
• HTS 7616.99.5170 – Aluminum forgings

Exemptions:

Currently the only goods, under the aforementioned tariff numbers, that are exempt are goods that were manufactured (not simply purchased from or shipping from) Canada, Mexico, and the United States.

These duties go into effect at 12:01 a.m. eastern daylight time on March 23, 2018.

According to the proclamation,

“Except as otherwise provided in this proclamation, or in notices published pursuant to clause 3 of this proclamation, all steel articles imports specified in the Annex shall be subject to an additional 25 percent ad valorem rate of duty with respect to goods entered, or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption, on or after 12:01 a.m. eastern daylight time on March 23, 2018. This rate of duty, which is in addition to any other duties, fees, exactions, and charges applicable to such imported steel articles, shall apply to imports of steel articles from all countries except Canada and Mexico.”


The only new information to come out has been the assignment of the chapter 99 tariff numbers for the offshore steel/aluminum.

“The proclamations create new subheadings 9903.85.01 and 9903.80.01 for aluminum and steel products covered by the tariffs, as well as new notes to chapter 99 detailing the scope of the Section 232 actions.” ITT 3/14/18.

Pete