Wyden Urges ITC Chief to Develop E-cigarette Statistical Analysis
The International Trade Commission should hone its statistical reporting on e-cigarettes and e-cigarette parts and liquids, Senate Finance ranking member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., told ITC Chairman Meredith Broadbent in a June 8 letter (here). Statistical figures for imports are largely…
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unknown because “current tariff schedules do not contain reporting codes specific to these products,” said Wyden, citing a recent Government Accountability Office report. The GAO released that report in May (here). “Unlike the traditional U.S. market for tobacco products where less than 6 percent of products are imported, it appears that most e-cigarettes are imported, as are the nicotine-containing liquids used in them,” said Wyden in the letter. “Although the health risks of these products are not fully known, the [Food and Drug Administration] and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have warned of their use.” E-cigarettes and related products aren’t subject to “health-based regulation” or “unique import tariffs,” said Wyden. Wyden called on the interagency Committee for Statistical Annotation of Tariff Schedules to develop statistical analysis specific to those products.