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HTS shake-ups: check your codes against 2025 revisions.
USITC’s 2025 HTS updates (and the first revision set) are in effect. Even small nomenclature edits can move SKUs across duty lines or statistical breakouts. Class/ops teams should re-test top drivers and refresh broker instructions where headings or notes changed.
China/Hong Kong duties: CBP reiterates scope & handling.
CBP’s Cargo Systems Messaging Service issued updated guidance this year on additional duties tied to China-origin goods—including treatment of products of Hong Kong. Importers relying on legacy settings should re-validate origin determinations and entry flags with their filers.
Filings & accountability: routed exports are still regulated exports.
Census’ FTR keeps drawing a bright line between standard and routed transactions: document who is filing the EEI, who supplies which data elements, and how the ITN returns to your records. If your SOPs don’t spell this out, that’s a finding waiting to happen.
Ops checklist (fast): re-pull top 25 classifications vs. 2025 changes; confirm tariff treatment for China-exposed SKUs; and refresh routed-export authorizations with forwarders.
Editor’s note: Informational only; not legal advice. TradeReady can run a targeted HTS Expert Review or AES spot check if you want a second set of eyes.
Primary sources:
USITC: 2025 HTS Change Record (Rev. 1). Harmonized Tariff Schedule
CBP (CSMS): Updated guidance—additional duties on imports from China & Hong Kong (Feb. 25, 2025). GovDelivery
eCFR: 15 CFR §30.3—AES responsibilities; standard vs. routed transactions. eCFR
