Treasury Dept. Regulatory Agenda Continues to Mention Proposed Rule on de Minimis
The Treasury Department published its spring 2024 regulatory agenda for CBP. The agenda continues to list a proposed rule to amend CBP’s regulations on the entry of “certain low-value shipments not exceeding $800 that are eligible for an administrative exemption from duty and tax.”
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The agenda says CBP hopes to publish the rule this month, though it's pending review at the Office of Management and Budget.
The proposal would create a new process for de minimis shipments, “allowing CBP to target high-risk shipments more effectively, including those containing synthetic opioids such as fentanyl,” the agency said. It also would “revise the current process for entering low-value shipments to require additional data elements that would assist CBP in verifying eligibility for duty- and tax-free entry of low-value shipments and bona-fide gifts.”
CBP has said the long-planned rule will include lessons the agency learned from its Section 321 data pilot and its test of Entry Type 86, replacing both programs with the new de minimis procedures (see 2305190036).
The agenda lists Treasury's CBP rulemakings that are pending at the proposed, interim final, final and completed stages, as well as rulemakings that are long-term actions. The agenda lists the regulation title; past regulation(s), if any; the time frame for the next regulatory action(s), if any; a brief description of the regulation; and a contact party name and telephone number.
Agenda Highlights
Highlights of Treasury's CBP rulemakings are below. New items are marked with an asterisk (*).
| Proposed Rule Stage |
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| International Travel Merchandise |
| Inter Partes Proceedings Concerning Administration of Exclusion Orders Resulting From Final Determinations of the United States International Trade Commission Under Section 337 |
| Merchandise Produced by Convict or Forced Labor or Indentured Labor Under Penal Sanctions |
| Elimination of Paper-Based Bond Applications and the Automated Processing of Bond Applications |
| Entry of Low-Value Shipments |
| Final Rule Stage |
| Automated Commercial Environment (ACE) Required for Electronic Entry/Entry Summary (Cargo Release and Related Entry) Filings |
| Importations of Pesticides and Pesticidal Devices |
| Enforcement of Copyrights and the Digital Millennium Copyright Act |
| Goods Returned to the United States |
| Fee for Inbound Express Mail (Inbound EMS) Items |
| Amendment to Statement Processing and Automated Clearinghouse (ACH) |
| Non-Preferential Origin Determinations for Merchandise Imported From Canada or Mexico for Implementation of the Agreement Between the United States of America, the United Mexican States, and Canada |
| Imposition of Import Restrictions on Categories of Archaeological and Ethnological Material of Tunisia |
| Elimination of Debit Voucher Interest Calculated Under 19 CFR 24.3a |
| *Extension and Amendment of Import Restrictions Imposed on Archaeological and Ethnological Material of Ecuador; Correction |
| Import Restrictions Imposed on Archaeological and Ethnological Material of Yemen |