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

• Published date: 28 January 2022
• Citation: 87 FR 4704
• Record Number: 2022-01732
• Section: Notices
• Court: Trade Representative Office Of The United States

Federal Register, Volume 87 Issue 19 (Friday, January 28, 2022)

[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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