Livingston Offers Advice for Steel, Aluminum Importers
Steel and aluminum importers should begin an analysis of the "immediate and potential duty exposure" as a result of the coming tariffs on the metals (see 1803080025), trade consultancy Livingston International said in blog post. Importers may also consider "the…
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potential to make the case that those materials are not available or are in short supply from US sources," to avoid the tariffs. Steel and aluminum may also want to look into modifying products "for import such that the HTS classification no longer falls under these proclamations," the company said. Also important will be checking that articles believed to be affected by the tariffs are correctly classified and ensuring that the "broker will be prepared to compliantly apply the Chapter 99 provisions for affected articles of steel and aluminum."