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U.S. Notes (con.) (viii) Heading 9903.85.71 provides the ordinary duty treatment of aluminum articles enumerated in subdivision (b) of this note that are products of Mexico and contain primary aluminum for which the primary country of smelt, secondary country of smelt, or country of most recent cast, is China, Russia, Belarus or Iran. For any such goods that are eligible for special tariff treatment under any of the free trade agreements or preference programs listed in general note 3(c)(i) to the tariff schedule, the duty provided in such heading shall be collected in addition to any special rate of duty otherwise applicable under the appropriate tariff heading, except where prohibited by law. A Certificate of Analysis for a smelted primary aluminum used in a product imported under the above headings, or such other information as may be required by U.S. Customs and Border Protection, must be supplied by the importer in order to make entry under this subdivision. Goods for which entry is claimed under a provision of chapter 98 and which are subject to the additional duties prescribed herein shall be eligible for and subject to the terms of such provision and applicable U.S. Customs and Border Protection (“CBP”) regulations, except that duties under subheading 9802.00.60 shall be assessed based upon the full value of the imported article. Notwithstanding the provisions of this subdivision, for so long as Proclamation 10522 of February 24, 2023 (“Adjusting Imports of Aluminum Into the United States”) remains in effect, headings 9903.85.67 and 9903.85.69 shall continue to apply aluminum articles where any amount of primary aluminum used in the manufacture of the aluminum articles is smelted or cast in Russia. (ix) Heading 9903.85.72 provides the ordinary duty treatment of derivative aluminum articles that are the product of Mexico, and contain primary aluminum for which the primary country of smelt, secondary country of smelt, or country of most recent cast, is China, Russia, Belarus or Iran. For any such products that are eligible for special tariff treatment under any of the free trade agreements or preference programs listed in general note 3(c)(i) to the tariff schedule, the duty provided in these headings shall be collected in addition to any special rate of duty otherwise applicable under the appropriate tariff heading, except where prohibited by law. A Certificate of Analysis for a smelted primary aluminum used in a product imported under the above headings, or such other information as may be required by U.S. Customs and Border Protection, must be supplied by the importer in order to make entry under this subdivision. Goods for which entry is claimed under a provision of chapter 98 and which are subject to the additional duties prescribed herein shall be eligible for and subject to the terms of such provision and applicable U.S. Customs and Border Protection (“CBP”) regulations, except that duties under subheading 9802.00.60 shall be assessed based upon the full value of the imported article. Notwithstanding the provisions of this subdivision, for so long as Proclamation 10522 of February 24, 2023 (“Adjusting Imports of Aluminum Into the United States”) remains in effect, headings 9903.85.68 and 9903.85.70 shall continue to apply to derivative aluminum articles where any amount of primary aluminum used in the manufacture of the derivative aluminum articles is smelted or cast in Russia. (b) The rates of duty set forth in heading 9903.85.01 and subheadings 9903.85.05 and 9903.85.06, inclusive, apply to all imported products of aluminum classifiable in the provisions enumerated in this subdivision: (i) unwrought aluminum provided for in heading 7601: (ii) bars, rods and profiles provided for in heading 7604; wire provided for in heading 7605; (iii) plates, sheets and strip provided for in heading 7606; foil provided for in heading 7607; (iv) tubes, pipes and tube or pipe fittings provided for in heading 7608 and 7609; (v) castings and forgings of aluminum provided for in subheading 7616.99.51. Any reference above to aluminum products classifiable in any heading or subheading of chapter 76, as the case may be, shall mean that any good provided for in the article description of such heading or subheading and of all its subordinate provisions (both legal and statistical) is covered by the provisions of this note and related tariff provisions. (c) The Secretary of Commerce may determine and announce any exclusions from headings 9903.85.01,9903.85.03, 9903.85.21, and 9903.85.67 through 9903.85.70 that may be appropriate for individual derivative aluminum products or individual aluminum products otherwise covered by subdivision (a)(iii) or subdivision (b) of this note, respectively, or for individual shipments thereof, whether or not limited to particular quantities of any such goods or shipments, and shall immediately convey all such determinations to U.S. Customs and Border Protection ("CBP") for implementation by CBP at the earliest possible opportunity, but not later than five business days after the date on which CBP receives any such determination from Commerce. Pursuant to subheading 9903.85.11 and superior text thereto, the Secretary may provide that any excluded product shall be granted entry into the customs territory of the United States when the applicable quantitative limitation has filled for the specified period for such good. Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States Revision 15 (2026) Annotated for Statistical Reporting Purposes XXII 99 - III - 81