IA Emergency Approval Request for Proclamation 10908_Auto Parts Inclusion

July 17, 2025
MEMORANDUM FOR:

FROM:

SUBJECT:

Dominic Mancini
Deputy Director
Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs
Office of Management and Budget
Trevor Kellogg
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 establish the requisite process 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 Proclamation
9888 (84 Fed. Reg. 23433, May 17, 2019), the Automobile Proclamation, or any subsequent
proclamation addressing the threatened impairment to the national security under Section 232 of
the Trade Expansion Act of 1962, as amended (19 U.S.C. 1862) (Section 232).
BACKGROUND
This IFR, which ITA anticipates will be published on or after July 21, 2025, announces the
procedures for domestic producers of an automobile or automobile parts articles, or an industry
association representing one or more such producers 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 (April 3, 2025)
(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. When such a request is
received, after consultation with the United States International Trade Commission and U.S.
Customs and Border Protection, the Secretary 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.
In this IFR, ITA 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 Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United Status (HTSUS) classification, an
automobile parts article explanation, information on the affected domestic industry, statistics on
imports and domestic production, and a description of the 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 contains 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 10908.
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 establishment of this notice has resulted in
this new information collection request.