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Timestamp: 2019-11-21 19:00:09
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Entry of Softwood Lumber Products From Canada (United States)
This document adopts as a final rule, with changes, the interim rule amending title 19 of the Code of Federal Regulations (19 CFR) that was published in the Federal Register (71 FR 61399) on October 18, 2006 as Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Dec. 06-25. The interim rule amended the CBP regulations by prescribing the collection of certain entry summary information for purposes of monitoring and enforcing the Softwood Lumber Agreement (SLA 2006) between the Governments of Canada and the United States, entered into on September 12, 2006. In an effort to better enable CBP to accurately and timely fulfill its data collection and reporting obligations under the SLA 2006, this document identifies an additional entry code option that designates softwood lumber products that are specifically identified as exempt from SLA 2006 export measures pursuant to Annex 1A of the Agreement, notwithstanding the fact that the exempt goods are classifiable in residual Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States provisions that are listed as covered by the SLA 2006. This document also amends the list of required entry records set forth in the Appendix to part 163 of title 19 of the Code of Federal Regulations (19 CFR part 163) to reflect the recordkeeping requirements prescribed in CBP Dec. 06-25. Lastly, this document conforms the bond provisions applicable to certain imports of Canadian softwood lumber to reflect the softwood lumber provisions set forth in § 12.140 of title 19 of the Code of Federal Regulations.
On October 18, 2006, Customs and Border Protection (CBP) published in the Federal Register (71 FR 61399), as CBP Dec. 06-25, an interim rule amending § 12.140 of title 19 of the Code of Federal Regulations (19 CFR 12.140) to reflect the terms of the SLA 2006 by prescribing special entry requirements applicable to shipments of softwood lumber products from Canada. The interim amendments required importers to enter a letter code representing the softwood lumber product's Canadian Region of Origin in the data entry field entitled “Country of Origin” located on the CBP Form 7501. Importers were also required to enter a Canadian-issued 8-digit export permit number preceded by a letter code designating either: (1) The date of shipment; (2) a Canadian Region whose exports of softwood lumber products are exempt from the export measures contained in the SLA 2006; or (3) a company listed in Annex 10 of the SLA 2006 as exempt from the Agreement's export measures. Importers of softwood lumber products from the Maritimes were required to provide CBP with the original paper Certificate of Origin issued by the Maritime Lumber Bureau with the paper entry summary documentation. CBP Dec. 06-25 also amended, on an interim basis, the “List of Records Required for the Entry of Merchandise” set forth in the Appendix to part 163 of title 19 of the CFR (19 CFR part 163) to reflect the entry document requirements mandated by the SLA 2006.
As noted above, CBP Dec. 06-25 identifies a series of letter codes that are to be used as prefixes for the export permit numbers entered on the CBP Form 7501. These codes designate either an exclusion from export measures based on a product's Region of Origin, or a company's exempt-status, or the date of shipment as defined in Article XXI.16 of the SLA 2006. These codes enable the United States to fulfill its information collection and exchange obligations under Article XV of the Agreement by being able to assess monthly volumes attributable to specific Regions and excluded companies. This document clarifies CBP Dec. 06-25 by providing importers with an additional entry code option, “P88888888”, which is used to designate entries of softwood lumber products that are specifically identified as exempt from SLA 2006 export measures pursuant to Annex 1A of the Agreement, notwithstanding the fact that the exempt goods are classifiable in residual Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States provisions that are otherwise listed as covered by the SLA 2006.
In addition, § 12.140(b) and (c) are amended to clarify that all entries of softwood lumber products must be submitted to CBP in an electronic format, except for entries of softwood lumber products whose region of origin is the Maritimes, which must be submitted to CBP in paper.
Lastly, this document conforms the bond provisions applicable to certain imports of Canadian softwood lumber, set forth in 19 CFR 113.62(k), to reflect the new organizational structure of the softwood lumber provisions set forth in 19 CFR 12.140. To that end, § 113.62(k) is amended by removing the reference to paragraph (a) within § 12.140, and the existing time period of 20 days within which a principal must establish to the satisfaction of CBP that the applicable export permit has been issued by the Government of Canada is changed to 10 days to reflect the fact that, pursuant to the SLA 2006, the export permit number must be submitted to CBP at the time of entry summary.
Because no notice of proposed rulemaking is required for this rule, the provisions of the Regulatory Flexibility Act (5 U.S.C. 601 et seq. ) do not apply.
Bonds, Customs duties and inspection, Imports, Reporting and recordkeeping requirements, Surety bonds.
(b) Reporting requirements. In the case of softwood lumber products from Canada listed in Annex 1A of the SLA 2006 as covered by the scope of the Agreement, the following information must be included on the electronic entry summary documentation (CBP Form 7501) for each entry (except for entries of softwood lumber products whose Region of Origin is the Maritimes, in which case entry summary documentation must be submitted in paper as set forth in paragraph (c) of this section):
(2) Export Permit Number —(i) Export Permit Number issued by Canada at time of filing entry summary documentation. The 8-digit Canadian-issued Export Permit Number, preceded by one of the following letter codes:
(A) The letter code assigned to represent the date of shipment ( i.e. , “A” represents January, “B” represents February, “C” represents March, etc. ), except for those softwood lumber products produced by a company listed in Annex 10 of the SLA 2006 or whose Region of Origin is the Maritimes, Yukon, Northwest Territories or Nunavut;
6 U.S.C. 101, et seq.; 19 U.S.C. 66, 1623, 1624.
§ 113.62
4. In § 113.62, paragraph (k) is amended by:
a. Removing the term “§ 12.140(a)” and adding in its place the term “§ 12.140”;
6. The Appendix to part 163 is amended by removing the listing for § 12.140(c) and adding in its place § 12.140(b) and (c) under section IV to read as follows:
§ 12.140(b) and (c)
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