U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) has informed the trade community that the new requirement for a Lacey Declaration will come into force on August 1st or 30 days after the Federal Register Notice.
The following commodities/HTS codes will require the Lacey declaration as of August 1st, 2021:
Ch. 33 Headings (Essential Oils)
- 3301295109-essential oils of cedarwood
- 3301295121-essential oils of linaloe or bois de rose
- 3301295139-essential oils of sandalwood
Ch. 42 Headings (Trunks, Cases, Suitcases)
- 4202292000-trunks, cases, and suitcases of wood
- 4202992000-other, of wood, not lined
- 4202993000-other, of wood, lined
Ch. 44 Headings (Wood and Articles of Wood)
- 441012-oriented strand board (OSB)
- 4415-cases, boxes, crates, drums, containers, pallets, box-pallets, etc. (APHIS will only require a declaration for new products, not for those that are used, recycled, or reclaimed.)
Ch. 92 Headings (Musical Instruments)
- 9205902000-wind musical instruments: bagpipes
- 9205904020-clarinets
- 9205904080-other (woodwind instruments)
- 9205904060-flutes and piccolos
- 9206002000-drums
- 9207900040-musical instruments (fretted string instruments)
- 9209.92-parts and accessories for musical instruments of heading 9202
- 9209928000-parts and accessories for musical instruments
- 9209992000-parts and accessories for bagpipes
- 9209994040-parts and accessories for other woodwind instruments
- 9209998000-parts and accessories for musical instruments of heading 9202, other
Ch. 96 Headings (Miscellaneous Manufactured Articles)
- 9620005500-monopods, bipods, tripods and similar articles of wood
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