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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 5 (Wednesday, January 8, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Page 1545]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2025-00157]

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INTERNATIONAL TRADE COMMISSION

[MISC-050]

Request for Public Input on Presentation of Harmonized Tariff 
Schedule of the United States

AGENCY: United States International Trade Commission.

ACTION: Request for comments.

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SUMMARY: The United States International Trade Commission invites 
public input on specific ways in which it could improve its 
presentation of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States 
(HTS).

DATES: To be assured of consideration, comments must be submitted by 
5:15 p.m. on or before February 7, 2025.

ADDRESSES: All Commission offices are in the United States 
International Trade Commission Building, 500 E Street SW, Washington, 
DC. You may submit comments identified by docket number MISC-050, via 
the Commission's Electronic Document Information System (EDIS, https://edis.usitc.gov). All submissions should be addressed to the Secretary 
and must conform to the provisions of section 201.8 of the Commission's 
Rules of Practice and Procedure (19 CFR 201.8). Section 201.8 and the 
Commission's Handbook on Filing Procedures (https://www.usitc.gov/documents/handbook_on_filing_procedures.pdf) require that interested 
parties file documents electronically on or before the filing deadline. 
Persons with questions regarding filing should contact the Secretary at 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The U.S. International Trade Commission 
(Commission or USITC) is an independent and nonpartisan federal agency 
with specific responsibilities in adjudicating and enforcing certain 
U.S. trade laws, providing relevant and timely analyses to the 
President and Congress on trade issues, and maintaining the Harmonized 
Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTS).
    Subtitle B of Title I of the Omnibus Trade and Competitiveness Act 
of 1988 (1988 Act) (19 U.S.C. 3001 et seq.) requires the Commission to 
compile and publish the HTS, at appropriate intervals, and also 
requires the Commission to keep the HTS under continuous review. 
Section 1207(b) of the 1988 Act specifies the types of information that 
the Commission must include in the HTS that it compiles and publishes. 
It provides that the publications described in section 1207(a) shall 
contain, in whatever format--
    (1) the then current Harmonized Tariff Schedule;
    (2) statistical annotations and related statistical information 
formulated under [19 U.S.C 1484(f)]; and
    (3) such other matters as the Commission considers to be necessary 
or appropriate to carry out the purposes enumerated in the Preamble to 
the Convention.
    In 2015, the Commission deployed a document-oriented database 
application to fulfill its statutory mission of maintaining the HTS. 
This application is accessible to the public at https://hts.usitc.gov. 
The goal was to ensure accuracy and reliability through internal 
controls and process consistency.
    Pursuant to its strategic objective to manage and leverage data as 
an asset, the Commission is currently considering ways to improve or 
replace the existing application and the manner in which the Commission 
provides HTS and related tariff information. To this end, the 
Commission is seeking input from the public on user experience of the 
HTS and related tariff information. Namely, we are looking for comments 
on the following topics:

--Your ability to navigate between parts of the HTS to find the 
information you need.
--Your ability to use HTS information for your needs.
--Your ability to compare changes in the HTS.
--Your ability to find and access HTS information.

    Written submissions: To be assured of consideration by the 
Commission, written submissions related to the Commission's request for 
public input should be submitted at the earliest practical date and 
should be received not later than 5:15 p.m., February 7, 2025. All 
written submissions must conform to the provisions of section 201.8 of 
the Commission's Rules of Practice and Procedure (19 CFR 201.8), as 
temporarily amended by 85 FR 15798 (March 19, 2020). Under that rule 
waiver, the Office of the Secretary will accept only electronic filings 
at this time. Filings must be made through the Commission's Electronic 
Document Information System (EDIS, https://edis.usitc.gov). No in-
person, paper-based filings or paper copies of any electronic filings 
will be accepted until further notice. Persons with questions regarding 
electronic filing should contact the Office of the Secretary, Docket 
Services Division (202-205-1802), or consult the Commission's Handbook 
on Filing Procedures.
    Confidential business information: Do not submit confidential 
business information (CBI) or otherwise sensitive or protected 
information.

    By order of the Commission.

    Issued: January 2, 2025.
Lisa Barton,
Secretary to the Commission.
[FR Doc. 2025-00157 Filed 1-7-25; 8:45 am]
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