Duty Reduction Efforts
Here you will find the latest information on AFI's efforts to obtain duty reductions on capers, oysters, pepperoncini, pimentos, and sardines as well as an archive of past notices.
 President Signs MTB: Duty Reductions in Place
 Duty Reductions in Miscellaneous Tariff Bill: The bill must be signed by the president within 10 days of when it was passed – August 6. If not, it automatically becomes a law at that point. There’s no indication the president will not sign the bill, so it’s possible it will go into effect before August 6.
 Miscellaneous Tariff Bill Passes in the Senate: AFI’s provisions in the bill include extending the duty reductions on capers, pepperoncini, oysters and artichokes.
Miscellaneous Tariff Bill Passes in the House of Representatives: Contains AFI’s duty reduction bills as well as several hundred similar bills.
 AFI’s Duty Provisions in Danger of Lapsing: There have been some unexpected problems in getting AFI's duty eliminations/reductions extended.
 Duties on Processed Artichokes from Chile: Several members have been told of possible changes to the duty rate for processed artichokes from Chile. A representative from the U.S. Trade Representative’s office gave AFI the following update.
 President Bush to Formally Request Extension of Trade Promotion Authority: Provided by Jeff Levin - Saul Ewing LLP
 Trade Bill Signed & Panama FTA Negotiations Concluded: Provided by Jeff Levin - Saul Ewing LLP
 Miscellaneous Tariff Bill Provisions: Duty Reductions on Oysters and Artichokes
 President Signs Law Reducing Duties on Capers and Pepperoncini: Duty changes to take place on Sept. 2.
 AFI Successful Again in Reducing Duties: Reductions on Capers and Pepperoncini Expected by the End of August
 President Signs Law Reducing Duties on Artichokes: Effective December 19, 2004.
 Pepperoncini Importers - Duty Reduction Efforts: Please confirm that there are no additional HTS numbers members are using when importing pepperoncini.
Also: Harmonized Tariff Schedule
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