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1 50 U.S.C. 1702(b)(1) covers ‘‘postal, telegraphic, 

telephonic, or other personal communication[s], 

which do[ ] not involve a transfer of anything of 

value,’’ and hence does not encompass any 

imported articles of merchandise. 50 U.S.C. 

1702(b)(4) covers ‘‘transactions ordinarily incident 

to travel to or from any country, including [1] 

importation of accompanied baggage for personal 

use, [2] maintenance within any country including 

payment of living expenses and acquisition of 

Beginning date Ending date Underpayments 

(percent) 

Overpayments 

(percent) 

Corporate 

overpayments 

(eff. 1–1–99) 

(percent) 

100123 ................................................................................................. 123124 8 8 7 

010125 ................................................................................................. 033125 7 7 6 

Crinley S. Hoover, 

Acting Chief Financial Officer, U.S. Customs 

and Border Protection. 

[FR Doc. 2025–02228 Filed 2–4–25; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

U.S. Customs and Border Protection 

Implementation of Additional Duties on 

Products of the People’s Republic of 

China Pursuant to the President’s 

February 1, 2025 Executive Order 

Imposing Duties To Address the 

Synthetic Opioid Supply Chain in the 

People’s Republic of China 

AGENCY: U.S. Customs and Border 

Protection, Department of Homeland 

Security. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In order to effectuate the 

President’s February 1, 2025 Executive 

Order ‘‘Imposing Duties to Address the 

Synthetic Opioid Supply Chain in the 

People’s Republic of China,’’ which 

imposes specified rates of duty on 

imports of articles that are products of 

the People’s Republic of China (PRC or 

China), the Secretary of Homeland 

Security has determined that 

appropriate action is needed to modify 

the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the 

United States (HTSUS) as set out in the 

annex to this notice. 

DATES: The duties set out in the annex 

to this document are effective with 

respect to products of the PRC that are 

entered for consumption, or withdrawn 

from warehouse for consumption, on or 

after 12:01 a.m. eastern standard time on 

February 4, 2025. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Brandon Lord, Executive Director, Trade 

Policy and Programs, Office of Trade, 

U.S. Customs and Border Protection, 

(202) 325–6432 or by email at 

traderemedy@cbp.dhs.gov. Susan 

Thomas, Executive Director, Cargo and 

Conveyance Security, Office of Field 

Operations, U.S. Customs and Border 

Protection, (202) 344–3401 or by email 

at traderemedy@cbp.dhs.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On 

January 20, 2025, the President declared 

a national emergency with respect to the 

grave threat to the United States posed 

by the influx of illegal aliens and drugs 

into the United States in Proclamation 

10886 (Declaring a National Emergency 

at the Southern Border). See National 

Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.) 

(NEA). 

On February 1, 2025, the President 

expanded the scope of the national 

emergency declared in that 

proclamation to cover the failure of the 

People’s Republic of China (PRC or 

China) government to arrest, seize, 

detain, or otherwise intercept, chemical 

precursor suppliers, money launderers, 

other transnational criminal 

organizations, criminals at large, and 

drugs. In addition, the President 

determined that this failure to act on the 

part of the PRC constitutes an unusual 

and extraordinary threat, which has its 

source in substantial part outside the 

United States, to the national security, 

foreign policy, and economy of the 

United States. 

To address this threat, pursuant to the 

International Emergency Economic 

Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.) 

(IEEPA), the NEA, section 604 of the 

Trade Act of 1974, as amended (19 

U.S.C. 2483), and 3 U.S.C. 301, the 

President imposed ad valorem tariffs on 

all imports that are products of the PRC, 

excluding those encompassed by 50 

U.S.C. 1702(b). Specifically, the 

February 1, 2025 Executive Order 

adjusted duties on imported products of 

the PRC, by imposing, consistent with 

law, an additional 10 percent ad 

valorem rate of duty as described in the 

annex to this notice. 

The Executive Order directed the 

Secretary of Homeland Security, to 

determine and implement the necessary 

modifications to the Harmonized Tariff 

Schedule of the United States (HTSUS), 

consistent with law, in order to 

effectuate the Executive Order. 

In order to implement the rates of 

duty imposed by the Executive Order, 

effective on 12:01 a.m. eastern standard 

time on February 4, 2025, subchapter III 

of chapter 99 of the HTSUS is modified 

by the annex to this notice. 

Articles that are the products of 

China, which hereinafter will include 

products of Hong Kong in accordance 

with Executive Order 13936 on Hong 

Kong Normalization (See 85 FR 43413 

(July 17, 2020)), excluding those 

encompassed by 50 U.S.C. 1702(b), that 

are entered for consumption, or 

withdrawn from warehouse for 

consumption, on or after 12:01 a.m. 

eastern standard time on February 4, 

2025, will be subject to the additional 

ad valorem rate of duty provided for in 

new HTSUS heading 9903.01.20, except 

that goods entered for consumption, or 

withdrawn from warehouse for 

consumption, after 12:01 a.m. eastern 

standard time on February 4, 2025, that 

were loaded onto a vessel at the port of 

loading, or in transit on the final mode 

of transport prior to entry into the 

United States, before 12:01 a.m. eastern 

time on February 1, 2025, shall not be 

subject to such additional duty only if 

the importer certifies to CBP that the 

goods so qualify by declaring new 

HTSUS heading 9903.01.23 as described 

in the annex to this notice. The 

exception for goods that were in transit 

before February 1, 2025 is time limited, 

to prevent importers from abusing this 

provision when it is no longer realistic 

due to the passage of time, as provided 

in new HTSUS heading 9903.01.23 that 

is described the annex to this notice, 

and will only apply to goods entered for 

consumption, or withdrawn from 

warehouse for consumption, on or after 

12:01 a.m. eastern standard time on 

February 4, 2025, and before 12:01 a.m. 

eastern standard time on March 7, 2025. 

Imported products of China that are 

encompassed by 50 U.S.C. 1702(b) will 

not be subject to the additional ad 

valorem duty provided for in new 

HTSUS heading 9903.01.20, but such 

qualifying products, other than products 

for personal use included in 

accompanied baggage of persons 

arriving in the United States, must be 

declared and entered under new HTSUS 

heading 9903.01.21 or new HTSUS 

heading 9903.01.22. Specifically, new 

HTSUS heading 9903.01.21 covers 

products encompassed by 50 U.S.C. 

1702(b)(2) and new HTSUS heading 

9903.01.22 covers products 

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goods or services for personal use, and [3] 

arrangement or facilitation of such travel including 

nonscheduled air, sea, or land voyages,’’ only the first of which encompasses imported articles of 

merchandise. 

The additional ad valorem duty 

provided for in new HTSUS heading 

9903.01.20 applies in addition to all 

other applicable duties, taxes, fees, 

exactions, and charges. Further, the 

February 1, 2025 Executive Order 

clarifies that duty-free de minimis 

treatment under 19 U.S.C. 1321 shall 

not be available for the articles of China 

subject to the additional 10 percent ad 

valorem rate of duty. Accordingly, 

articles covered by heading 9903.01.20 

shall not be eligible for the 

administrative exemption from duty and 

certain taxes at 19 U.S.C. 1321(a)(2)(C)— 

the so-called ‘‘de minimis’’ exemption. 

In order to protect the revenue of the 

United States and effectively carry out 

the Executive Order’s instruction to 

exclude such articles from eligibility for 

the de minimis exemption, including 

with respect to shipments arriving by 

international mail from China, CBP has 

determined that, in accordance with 19 

CFR 145.12(a)(1), it is necessary to 

require formal entry for all mail 

shipments from China. Without regard 

to their value, no mail shipments from 

China will be cleared or released by CBP 

unless and until formal entry is properly 

filed. 

Products of China that are eligible for 

temporary duty exemptions or 

reductions under subchapter II to 

chapter 99 shall be subject to the 

additional ad valorem rate of duty 

imposed by heading 9903.01.20. 

The additional duties imposed by 

heading 9903.01.20 shall not apply to 

goods for which entry is properly 

claimed under a provision of chapter 98 

of the tariff schedule pursuant to 

applicable regulations of U.S. Customs 

and Border Protection (‘‘CBP’’), and 

whenever CBP agrees that entry under 

such a provision is appropriate, except 

for goods entered under heading 

9802.00.80; and subheadings 

9802.00.40, 9802.00.50, and 9802.00.60. 

For subheadings 9802.00.40, 9802.00.50, 

and 9802.00.60, the additional duties 

apply to the value of repairs, alterations, 

or processing performed (in the PRC), as 

described in the applicable subheading. 

For heading 9802.00.80, the additional 

duties apply to the value of the article 

assembled abroad (in the PRC), less the 

cost or value of such products of the 

United States, as described. 

Articles that are products of the PRC, 

excluding those encompassed by 50 

U.S.C. 1702(b), except those that are 

eligible for admission to a foreign trade 

zone under ‘‘domestic status’’ as defined 

in 19 CFR 146.43, and are admitted into 

a United States foreign trade zone on or 

after 12:01 a.m. eastern standard time on 

February 4, 2025, must be admitted as 

‘‘privileged foreign status’’ as defined in 

19 CFR 146.41. Such articles will be 

subject, upon entry for consumption, to 

the duties imposed by the Executive 

Order and the rates of duty related to 

the classification under the applicable 

HTSUS subheading in effect at the time 

of admission into the United States 

foreign trade zone. 

No drawback shall be available with 

respect to the additional duties imposed 

pursuant to the Executive Order. 

Kristi Noem, 

Secretary. 

Annex 

To Modify Chapter 99 of the Harmonized 

Tariff Schedule of the United States 

Effective with respect to goods entered for 

consumption, or withdrawn from warehouse 

for consumption, on or after 12:01 a.m. 

eastern standard time on February 4, 2025, 

subchapter III of chapter 99 of the 

Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United 

States (HTSUS) is modified: 

1. by inserting the following new heading 

9903.01.20 in numerical sequence, with the 

material in the new heading inserted in the 

columns of the HTSUS labeled ‘‘Heading/ 

Subheading’’, ‘‘Article Description’’, ‘‘Rates 

of Duty 1—General’’, ‘‘Rates of Duty 1— 

Special’’ and ‘‘Rates of Duty 2’’, respectively: 

Heading/ 

subheading Article description 

Rates of duty 

1 

2 

General Special 

‘‘9903.01.20 .................. Except for products described in headings 9903.01.21, 

9903.01.22, or 9903.01.23 articles the product of China 

and Hong Kong, as provided for in U.S. note 2(s) to 

this subchapter.

The duty provided 

in the applicable 

subheading + 

10%.

The duty provided 

in the applicable 

subheading + 

10%.

No change’’. 

2. by inserting the following new heading 

9903.01.21 in numerical sequence, with the 

material in the new heading inserted in the 

columns of the HTSUS labeled ‘‘Heading/ 

Subheading’’, ‘‘Article Description’’, ‘‘Rates 

of Duty 1—General’’, ‘‘Rates of Duty 1— 

Special’’ and ‘‘Rates of Duty 2’’, respectively: 

Heading/ 

subheading Article description 

Rates of duty 

1 

2 

General Special 

‘‘9903.01.21 .................. Articles the product of China and Hong Kong that are donations, by persons subject to the jurisdiction of the 

United States, of articles, such as food, clothing, and 

medicine, intended to be used to relieve human suffering, as provided for in U.S. note 2(t) to this subchapter.

The duty provided 

in the applicable 

subheading.

The duty provided 

in the applicable 

subheading.

No change’’. 

3. by inserting the following new heading 

9903.01.22 in numerical sequence, with the 

material in the new heading inserted in the 

columns of the HTSUS labeled ‘‘Heading/ 

Subheading’’, ‘‘Article Description’’, ‘‘Rates 

of Duty 1—General’’, ‘‘Rates of Duty 1— 

Special’’ and ‘‘Rates of Duty 2’’, respectively: 


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Heading/ 

subheading Article description 

Rates of duty 

1 

2 

General Special 

‘‘9903.01.22 .................. Articles the product of China and Hong Kong that are informational materials, including but not limited to, publications, films, posters, phonograph records, photographs, microfilms, microfiche, tapes, compact disks, 

CD ROMs, artworks, and news wire feeds.

The duty provided 

in the applicable 

subheading.

The duty provided 

in the applicable 

subheading.

No change’’. 

4. by inserting the following new heading 

9903.01.23 in numerical sequence, with the 

material in the new heading inserted in the 

columns of the HTSUS labeled ‘‘Heading/ 

Subheading’’, ‘‘Article Description’’, ‘‘Rates 

of Duty 1—General’’, ‘‘Rates of Duty 1— 

Special’’ and ‘‘Rates of Duty 2’’, respectively: 

Heading/ 

subheading Article description 

Rates of duty 

1 

2 

General Special 

‘‘9903.01.23 .................. Except for products described in headings 9903.01.21 

and 9903.01.22, and other than products for personal 

use included in accompanied baggage of persons arriving in the United States, articles the product of China 

and Hong Kong that: (1) were loaded onto a vessel at 

the port of loading, or in transit on the final mode of 

transport prior to entry into the United States, before 

12:01 a.m. eastern standard time on February 1, 2025; 

and (2) are entered for consumption, or withdrawn from 

warehouse for consumption, on or after 12:01 a.m. 

eastern standard time on February 4, 2025, and before 

12:01 a.m. eastern standard time on March 7, 2025.

The duty provided 

in the applicable 

subheading.

The duty provided 

in the applicable 

subheading.

No change’’. 

5. by inserting the following new U.S. note 

2(s) to subchapter III of chapter 99 of the 

HTSUS in numerical sequence: 

‘‘2. (s) For the purposes of heading 

9903.01.20, products of China and Hong 

Kong, other than products described in 

heading 9903.01.21, heading 9903.01.22, 

heading 9903.01.23, and other than products 

for personal use included in accompanied 

baggage of persons arriving in the United 

States, shall be subject to an additional 10% 

ad valorem rate of duty. Notwithstanding 

U.S. note 1 to this subchapter, all products 

of China and Hong Kong that are subject to 

the additional ad valorem rate of duty 

imposed by heading 9903.01.20 shall also be 

subject to the general rates of duty imposed 

on products of China and Hong Kong entered 

under subheadings in chapters 1 to 97 of the 

tariff schedule. Products of China and Hong 

Kong that are eligible for temporary duty 

exemptions or reductions under subchapter II 

to chapter 99 shall be subject to the 

additional ad valorem rate of duty imposed 

by heading 9903.01.20. 

The additional duties imposed by heading 

9903.01.20 shall not apply to goods for which 

entry is properly claimed under a provision 

of chapter 98 of the tariff schedule pursuant 

to applicable regulations of U.S. Customs and 

Border Protection (‘‘CBP’’), and whenever 

CBP agrees that entry under such a provision 

is appropriate, except for goods entered 

under heading 9802.00.80; and subheadings 

9802.00.40, 9802.00.50, and 9802.00.60. For 

subheadings 9802.00.40, 9802.00.50, and 

9802.00.60, the additional duties apply to the 

value of repairs, alterations, or processing 

performed (in China and Hong Kong), as 

described in the applicable subheading. For 

heading 9802.00.80, the additional duties 

apply to the value of the article assembled 

abroad (in China and Hong Kong), less the 

cost or value of such products of the United 

States, as described. 

Products of China and Hong Kong that are 

provided for in heading 9903.01.20 shall 

continue to be subject to antidumping, 

countervailing, or other duties, taxes, fees, 

exactions and charges that apply to such 

products, as well as to the additional ad 

valorem rate of duty imposed by heading 

9903.01.20. 

Products of China and Hong Kong that are 

provided for in heading 9903.01.20 shall not 

be eligible for the administrative exemption 

from duty and certain taxes at 19 U.S.C. 

1321(a)(2)(C)—the so-called ‘‘de minimis’’ 

exemption. 

(t) Heading 9903.01.21 covers only 

products of China and Hong Kong, that are 

donations, by persons subject to the 

jurisdiction of the United States, of articles, 

such as food, clothing, and medicine, 

intended to be used to relieve human 

suffering, except to the extent that the 

President determines that such donations (A) 

would seriously impair his ability to deal 

with any national emergency declared under 

section 1701 of title 19 of the U.S. Code, (B) 

are in response to coercion against the 

proposed recipient or donor, or (C) would 

endanger Armed Forces of the United States 

which are engaged in hostilities or are in a 

situation where imminent involvement in 

hostilities is clearly indicated by the 

circumstances.’’ 

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration 

Services 

[CIS No. 2804–25] 

Termination of the October 3, 2023 

Designation of Venezuela for 

Temporary Protected Status 

AGENCY: U.S. Citizenship and 

Immigration Services, U.S. Department 

of Homeland Security. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: On October 3, 2023, 

Venezuela was newly designated for 

Temporary Protected Status (TPS) based 

on the determination that there were 

extraordinary and temporary conditions 

in that country that prevented the safe 

return of Venezuelan nationals, and that 

permitting such Venezuelan nationals to 

remain temporarily in the United States 

is not contrary to the U.S. national 

interest. The 2023 designation of 

Venezuela for TPS is set to expire on 

April 2, 2025. After reviewing country 


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