As mentioned in ShapTalk December 2018 issue, all remaining tariff numbers will have a specific unit of quantity (UOQ) assigned to them.

Under the Trade Facilitation and Enforcement Act of 2015 (TFTEA), also referred to as the New Drawback Law, changes will be made to all HTS and Schedule B numbers for all units of measure currently indicated with an “X”.

An “X” appearing in the column for units of quantity means that no quantity (other than gross weight) is to be reported. All tariff numbers with a quantity measure of “X” will be replaced with an actual unit of measure to be used by Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to facilitate drawback claims.

If the specified units of quantity do not appear on your commercial invoice, Shapiro will be asking for additional information in order to submit the correct units of quantity to the Automated Commercial Environment (ACE).

Timeline:

January 1, 2019

  • All 659 dutiable statistical suffixes with a UOQ of “X” will have a specific UOQ assigned to them.

June 3, 2019

  • List of the new UOQs for non-dutiable statistical suffixes with a UOQ of “X” posted to cbp.gov.

January 1, 2020

  • All of the 851 non-dutiable statistical suffixes with a UOQ of “X” will have a specific UOQ assigned to them.

The dutiable Units of Quantity already implemented can be found here.

The new Units of Quantity for non-dutiable tariff numbers effective 1/1/2020 can be found here.

The TFTEA Harmonized Tariff Schedule Unit of Quantity Change Fact Sheet can be found here.

Questions and Concerns regarding these new Units of Quantities can be directed to: CBP’s 484(f) Team at [email protected].

Shapiro will continue to monitor the situation and provide updates as they become available.