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.

BACKGROUND

On February 24, 2023, the President issued Presidential Proclamation 10522 on Adjusting Imports of Aluminum into the United States, providing for 200 percent import duties on aluminum and derivative articles that are the products of Russia (effective March 10, 2023) and that are smelted or cast in Russia (effective April 10, 2023).  The Proclamation also requires that importers shall provide to U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) information necessary to identify the countries where the primary aluminum used in the manufacture of aluminum and derivative articles imports are smelted and cast.  See 88 FR 13267 issued on March 2, 2023.

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Effective with respect to goods entered for consumption, or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption, on or after 12:01 a.m. eastern time on May 10, 2023, importers of all aluminum articles and aluminum derivative articles from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 more information, see the Cargo System Messaging Service (CSMS) guidance 55407022 on Section 232 Additional Duties on Russia Aluminum dated March 8, 2023; and CSMS 55438432 on Section 232 Aluminum Smelt and Cast Reporting Requirements dated March 10, 2023. For more information regarding the Aluminum Smelt/Cast updates to the CATAIR Entry Summary Create/Update and Error Dictionary refer to CSMS 55468907 and 55483045.

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.

Related CSMS Messages: 55438432, 55483045, 55468907, 55407022, 55014059, 42355735, 18-000424, 18-000372, 18-000352, 18-000317