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HTS changes effective July 1, 2009

July 1, 2009
Expeditors International

On July 1, 2009, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (Customs, CBP) issued Cargo Systems Messaging Service (CSMS) message 09-000257 announcing changes to the current Harmonized Tariff System (HTS).  The changes to 25,777 Automated Broker Interface (ABI) records and 4334 Harmonized records are effective July 1, 2009.

The changes recently completed include:

1. Modifications made as a result of the 484(f) Committee, the Committee for Statistical Annotation of Tariff Schedules. These changes are effective on July 1, 2009.
2. Changes were also made as required by the verification of the 2009 Harmonized Tariff Schedule (HTS). We will continue to verify the 2009 HTS for the remainder of the year.
3. The updated records are currently available to all ABI participants and can be retrieved electronically via the procedures indicated in the CATAIR.

Please direct any questions regarding the ABI retrieval process to your client representative.
For all other inquiries, please contact Jennifer Keeling at 703-650-3391 or via email at Jennifer.Keeling@dhs.gov.