ITC Sends Preliminary MTB Report to Congress
The International Trade Commission its preliminary report on miscellaneous tariff bill (MTB) petitions for duty relief to Congress on June 9, the ITC said (here). The ITC reopened its online petition portal between June 12 and 15 to receive comments…
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on petitions that ITC isn’t recommending for inclusion in a congressional MTB. In the report sent to the Senate Finance and House Ways and Means committees, the ITC classifies petitions according to those meeting the statutory requirements with or without modification, petitions that don’t contain information required by the statute or weren’t filed by a likely beneficiary, and petitions that the ITC doesn’t recommend for inclusion in an MTB. The ITC will deliver its final report to Congress by Aug. 8, the commission said. In its preliminary report (here), the ITC said the majority of the 2,536 MTB petitions still on file required some form of correction or modification before meeting legal requirements.