US Customs & Border Protection (CBP) is reminding the trade community all rough diamond shipments exported under the subheading 7102.10, 7102.21 and 7102.31 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS) must be filed in the Automated Export System (AES) along with a Kimberley Process Certificate.
The internally enforced, Kimberley Process Certification Scheme (KPCS) was implemented in 2002 to prevent the illegal trade of rough diamonds used to finance armed conflict against sovereign governments and associated human right abuses. The KPCS encompasses countries involved in the production, trade, or manufacturing or rough diamonds. The KPCS was established to control the movement of rough diamonds to prevent conflict diamonds from entering the legitimate trade channels.
The noted guidance can be found on the CBP website.
If the trade community has any questions, they may contact:
Office of Field Operations
Outbound Enforcement and Policy Division (OE&P)
Cynthia Oliver, Program Manager
(202) 344-3277 or
Cynthia.Oliver@dhs.gov
As always, your general questions about the information presented here may be addressed with your Livingston account representative, or by contacting Livingston’s US Regulatory Affairs group: usregaffairs@livingstonintl.com.