The new requirements for reporting the countries of smelt and cast for imports of aluminum and aluminum derivative products effective on April 10, 2023 have been delayed thirty days until May 10, 2023. This will allow additional time for the trade to update their software programming and systems to comply with these new reporting requirements.

There is no change to the April 10, 2023 effective date of the 200 percent duties on imports of aluminum and derivative aluminum articles that are products of Russia, or where any amount of primary aluminum used in the manufacture of such aluminum articles is smelted in Russia, or where such aluminum articles are cast in Russia.

NEW EFFECTIVE DATE FOR REPORTING SMELT AND CAST COUNTRIES

Effective with respect to goods entered for consumption, or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption, on or after 12:01 a.m. eastern time on May 10, 2023, importers of all aluminum articles and aluminum derivative articles from all countries of origin (except the U.S.), regardless of whether Section 232 duties, quotas, exclusions, or general approved exclusion apply, shall report the primary country of smelt,  secondary country of smelt, and country of cast on the entry summary.

For questions regarding Section 232 trade remedies, please contact the Trade Remedy Branch mailbox at traderemedy@cbp.dhs.gov. For questions regarding Section 232 Quota, please contact the HQ Quota mailbox at HQQuota@cbp.dhs.gov. Information on CSMS # 55701614 can be found by clicking here.

RIM logistics, ltd. will continue to monitor the changes that affect the import of aluminum products and will keep you updated. Please contact your RIM representative, or contact us at Compliance@rimlogistics.com, should you have any questions/concerns.