IA Emergency Approval Request for Proclamation 10908_Auto Parts Inclusion_Final signed

July 17, 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: 2025.07.18

Trevor Kellogg
17:11:20 -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 establish the
requisite process to provide for including additional automobile parts articles for passenger vehicles and
light trucks within the scope of the tariffs imposed by Proclamation 10908 (90 Fed. Reg. 14705, April 3,
2025) (Automobile Proclamation). This process includes 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. If the Secretary determines that the domestic producer or industry

association establishes that these imports have increased in a manner that threatens to impair the national
security, then the automobile parts article will be added to the tariffs outlined in the Automobile
Proclamation.
On March 26, 2025, the President issued the 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 explanation of why the article is an
automobile parts article; information on the affected domestic industry; statistics on imports and
domestic production; and a description of how and to what extent imports of the article have increased in
a manner that threatens to impair the national security or otherwise undermines the objectives set forth
in Proclamation 9888, the Automobiles Proclamation, or any subsequent proclamation addressing the
threats described in those proclamations.
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.