Aluminum Smelt and Cast
Proclamation 10522 has been issued that requires new Aluminum Smelt and Cast Requirements for importers. These new data elements are required on the Entry Summary and guidance from CBP has been provided in CSMS 55438432. Please review these two documents to see if any of your products fall under the new reporting requirements (CSMS 55701614).
We have created menu options for you to key in the new data elements at the time of Entry Summary filing.
- ABI-01 Self-Filer – If you fill out the new data elements in the Menu, the data will automatically be transmitted to CBP when you transmit your Entry Summary.
For ABI-01 filers, the menu will show you all potentially applicable products on an entry that has the status of New, Hold or Revalidate and has an HTS that is listed by CBP. Based on the guidance provided and the data within the application, we are not able to indicate whether you must file for every part that shows in this new screen, but we have provided you the means to do so, should you wish to report.
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We have not currently created any validations, as we are still learning all the requirements from CBP. We do not want to hamper or force any filings until there is more knowledge about these updates.
The Aluminum Smelt and Cast screen allows you to apply the same data to multiple lines, so you do not need to key this for every line, just every combination you need to file. If a line requires no reporting, do not select that line, or fill out any data.
This screen can be opened by clicking
Aluminum Smelt and Cast
from the ABI
menu.
To apply the data to lines that require reporting:
- Check the boxes of the entry lines you want to apply the same data to.
- Hover your cursor to theActionoption and clickAluminum Smelt and Cast Requirements.
- A pop-up will appear that alerts you that data will be applied. ClickOKif you wish to proceed.
- TheUser Inputpop-up will appear. On the columnInput, click the dropdowns to select a country to each of the messages described below.
MessagesActionPrimary Country of Smelt- Report the country where the largest volume of new aluminum metal is produced from alumina (or aluminum oxide) by the electrolytic Hall-Héroult process.
- Filers may report “N/A” for the primary country of smelt if the product contains only secondary aluminum and no primary aluminum. Secondary aluminum is defined as aluminum metal that is produced from recycled aluminum scrap through a re-melting process.
- Products of the U.S. are not covered by the countries of smelt reporting requirements. Until further notice, for products of the U.S., filers may report “N/A” for the countries of smelt.
Secondary Country of Smelt- Report the country where the second largest volume of new aluminum metal is produced from alumina (or aluminum oxide) by the electrolytic Hall-Héroult process.
- If Russia is not the country reported for the primary country of smelt, and any primary aluminum used in the manufacture of the product was smelted in Russia, report the ISO code for Russia as the secondary country of smelt.
- Filers may report “N/A” for the secondary country of smelt if the product contains only secondary aluminum and no primary aluminum. Secondary aluminum is defined as aluminum metal that is produced from recycled aluminum scrap through a re-melting process.
- Products of the U.S. are not covered by the countries of smelt reporting requirements. Until further notice, for products of the U.S., filers may report “N/A” for the countries of smelt.
Country of Cast- Report the country where the aluminum (with or without alloying elements) was last liquified by heat and cast into a solid state. The final solid state can take the form of either a semi-finished product (slab, billets or ingots) or a finished aluminum product.
- Products of the U.S. are not covered by the cast reporting requirements. Until further notice, for products of the U.S., filers may report US for country of cast.
- ClickSavewhen all three fields are filled out.
After saving the input, a successful message is displayed, and the countries are displayed in the grid.
If you determine you need to change data after the entry has been validated, simply re-save the entry so that it is in revalidate status. The entry and the fields will again be available for you to edit in the new menu screen.
EXTRACT
You can download your
Aluminum Smelt and Cast Requirements
entry lines in an Excel spreadsheet by clicking the action button Extract
.
Refer to the Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) section for more information about it.
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