Guidelines Published for EU Tariff Suspension

As reported last week, the Federal Register Notice was published in regards to the 4 month suspension of tariffs on beverage alcohol from the EU (as well as the UK). To follow up on this, CBP/US Customs published the guidelines Friday evening, March 12, to support the trade community and confirm the process for filing of customs entries. The suspension is effective for products of the EU entered for consumption, or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption, on or after 12:01 a.m. eastern standard time on March 11, 2021 and before 12:01 a.m. eastern standard time on July 11, 2021. The instructions per the Customs message CSMS #46590066 can be found below:

• Per subparagraph 2 of the Annex to the notice, products of Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Republic of Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, and Sweden falling under HTS subheadings 9903.89.05, 9903.89.07, 9903.89.10, 9903.89.13, 9903.89.16, 9903.89.19, 9903.89.22, 9903.89.25, 9903.89.28, 9903.89.31, 9903.89.34, 9903.89.37, 9903.89.40, 9903.89.43, 9903.89.46, 9903.89.52, 9903.89.55, 9903.89.57, 9903.89.59, 9903.89.61, 9903.89.63 will not be subject to additional Section 301 duties for goods entered for consumption, or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption, on or after 12:01 a.m. eastern standard time on March 11, 2021 and before 12:01 a.m. eastern daylight time on July 11, 2021.

• Importers shall not submit the corresponding Chapter 99 HTS number for the Section 301 LCA duties for products of the EU during the four-month suspension period. 

Again, we are hopeful for the success of this suspension, and will continue to push for permanent removal of all alcohol beverage products affected by these aircraft disputes. As always, if you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to reach out.