IA Emergency Approval Request for Proclamation 10908_Auto Parts Inclusion_Signed

June 26, 2025
MEMORANDUM FOR:

FROM:

SUBJECT:

Dominic Mancini
Deputy Director
Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs
Office of Management and Budget

Digitally signed by
TREVOR KELLOGG

TREVOR KELLOGG Date: 2025.06.26

Trevor Kellogg
14:39:03 -04'00'
Chief of Staff and performing the non-exclusive functions
and duties of the Under Secretary for International Trade
International Trade Administration
Request for OMB Emergency Review and Approval of
Information Collection (IC) for the establishment of a
process by which domestic producers of an automobile or
automobile parts articles may submit automobile parts
articles inclusion requests

On behalf of the International Trade Administration (ITA), I am seeking approval for emergency
Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) clearances to allow the Department of Commerce (Commerce),
as represented by ITA, to publish a Federal Register Notice on the interim final rule (IFR) of
Adoption and Procedures of the Section 232 Automobile Parts Tariff Inclusions Process,
which will include the procedures for domestic producers of an automobile or automobile parts
articles to submit automobile parts articles inclusion requests established by Presidential
Proclamation 10908 of March 26, 2025, “Adjusting Imports of Automobiles and Automobile
Parts into The United States” (Automobile Proclamation) to incentivize domestic automobile
production and reduce American reliance on imports of foreign automobiles and their parts.
BACKGROUND
This IFR, which ITA anticipates will be published on or after June 30, 2025, announces the
procedures for domestic producers of an automobile or automobile parts articles to submit
automobile parts articles inclusion requests, establishing that imports of additional automobile
parts articles have increased in a manner that threatens to impair the national security.
On March 26, 2025, the President issued Proclamation 10908, “Adjusting Imports of
Automobiles and Automobile Parts into The United States,” 90 Fed. Reg. 14705 (Automobile
Proclamation), which imposed additional tariffs on certain automobiles and automobile parts.
The Automobile Proclamation also required the Secretary of Commerce (Secretary) to establish a
process for including additional automobile parts articles within the scope of the tariffs imposed
by the President in the Automobile Proclamation. In addition to inclusions made by the
Secretary, this process is to provide for including additional automobile parts articles at the
request of a domestic producer of an automobile or automobile parts article, or an industry
association representing one or more such producers, where the request establishes that imports

of additional automobile parts articles have increased in a manner that threatens to impair the
national security or otherwise undermines the objectives set forth in any proclamation issued
pursuant to the Secretary’s February 17, 2019 report under Section 232 of the Trade Expansion
Act of 1962, as amended (Section 232) or any additional information submitted to the President
by the Secretary pursuant to those proclamations. When the Secretary receives such a request
from a domestic producer or industry association, the Secretary, after consultation with the
United States International Trade Commission and United States Customs and Border Protection,
is to issue a determination regarding whether to include the articles within 60 days of receiving
the request. Any additional automobile parts articles that the Secretary has determined to be
included within the scope of the tariffs described in the Automobile Proclamation are to be so
included on or after 12:01 a.m. eastern daylight time the day after a notice in the Federal Register
describing the Secretary’s determination. The notice in the Federal Register is to be made as
soon as practicable but no later than 14 days after the Secretary’s determination.
The ITA IFR establishes the process for including additional automobile parts articles within the
scope of the tariffs imposed by the President in the Automobile Proclamation. Domestic
producers of an automobile or automobile parts articles seeking an automobile parts articles
inclusion requests must submit documentation including an automobile parts article description,
eight or ten-digit HTSUS classification, an automobile parts article explanation, information on
the affected domestic industry, statistics on imports and domestic production, and a description
of national security threat associated with the import.
ITA will review the received requests on a rolling basis during the two-week submission window
to validate that each received request contain all the required elements and does not exceed the
page limitation. In the instance where the requestor does not include all the required elements or
otherwise improperly filed the submission, at the discretion of the Under Secretary for
International Trade, the requestor will be granted a 48-hour window to submit a proper filing.
The use of fixed submission windows will provide predictability to industry and will be the most
efficient use of ITA resources given the short timeframes to secure and process public comments
and provide recommendations.
JUSTIFICATION
As promulgated in 5 CFR Part 1320.13, ITA is seeking approval for emergency PRA clearance.
This collection cannot reasonably comply with the normal clearance procedures because the use
of normal clearance procedures is reasonably likely to prevent or disrupt the collection of
information and is reasonably likely to miss the deadline of Proclamation 10925 (90 FR 18899).
The collection of information is needed to meet requirements described in Proclamation 10908,
issued by the President on March 26, 2025. Proclamation 10908 required that this process shall
be established within 90 days, meaning no later than June 24, 2025. The Secretary of Commerce
established the automobile parts articles inclusion process on June 24, 2025, as required by the
Automobile Proclamation. A prepared notice announces procedures for administration of the
automobile parts tariff inclusion process, including request submission, public posting,
comment review, and making determinations. The announced process requires that information
be collected beginning on July 1, 2025. The establishment of this notice has resulted in this new
information collection request.