Amendment to Duties To Address the Situation at Our Southern Border
Amends Import Duties and Ends De Minimis Duty Exemption
What it does
Agencies must end duty-free de minimis treatment for eligible imports when the Secretary of Commerce notifies the President that systems can collect applicable tariffs.
Real-world impact
- Low-value covered imports that had been duty-free may become subject to tariffs after notification.
- The Commerce Department must confirm systems to process and collect tariffs before duty-free treatment ends.
- Agencies collecting tariffs will be expected to increase processing and revenue collection for covered articles.
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Summary
This order amends earlier orders imposing duties related to the situation at the southern border. It revises the rule on duty-free "de minimis" treatment — the practice that lets otherwise eligible low-value covered goods enter without tariffs — and makes that duty-free treatment available only until the Secretary of Commerce notifies the President that systems exist to fully and quickly process and collect the applicable tariffs for those goods.
It affects importers of covered articles, the Commerce Department, and agencies that collect tariffs, and says implementation must follow law and available funding.
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